Blank. Raw. Illegible... Artists' books as statement (1960-2022) (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Laidler, P. Blank. Raw. Illegible... Artists' books as statement (1960-2022). [Artist Book]. Exhibited at Germany. 14 May 2023 - 3 September 2023. (Unpublished)

In reference to one of the first ground-breaking exhibitions in the 1970s about the then still new medium of artists’ books—"Book as Artwork 1960/72”, held in 1972 at Nigel Greenwood Inc. in London and curated by Italian critic Germano Celant with ga... Read More about Blank. Raw. Illegible... Artists' books as statement (1960-2022).

Butch courage and the nature of nurture (2021)
Journal Article
Laidler, P. (2021). Butch courage and the nature of nurture. Beneficial Shock, 48-54

The article explores how courage is embedded in, and emanates from artefacts using The Gold Watch episode in Quentin Tarantino’s episodic film Pulp Fiction. Commentary is centred around the family heirloom and how this filmic timepiece simultaneousl... Read More about Butch courage and the nature of nurture.

„Borderline printmakers” (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Laidler, P. „Borderline printmakers”. [https://www.impact11.hk/en/]. Exhibited at Impact 11 International Printmaking Conference, Hong Kong. 20 April 2021 - 25 April 2021. (Unpublished)

Contemporary printmakers often reach boarders of their own discipline, as they were testing its flexibility, limitations and endurance. They create unexpected combinations, create fusions of artistic means relevant to printmaking and other mediums. T... Read More about „Borderline printmakers”.

Spatial traces and skeletal projections (2020)
Journal Article
Laidler, P. (2020). Spatial traces and skeletal projections. Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice, 5(1), 117-122. https://doi.org/10.1386/drtp_00025_7

The article discusses how sketching is utilised as a durational state within my practice and as a means to cultivate the creative potential that is afforded by the rough draft. The proceeding development of the sketch is also considered in relation t... Read More about Spatial traces and skeletal projections.