A.C.A. PUBLIC is an independent publishing venture that has evolved out of Askeaton Contemporary Arts’ international artists’ residency programme. Conscious of the continual streamlining of contemporary culture and societal structures it inhabits, A.C.A. PUBLIC polemically interrogates, bargains and improvises with alternative models and interpretations of the public sphere. With over a dozen titles, we place an emphasis on artists and writers who have an interest and expertise in site-specific and context-led approaches, and with practitioners who consider themes of the environment and societal structures.
Our publications can be found in museums, galleries, design shops, book fairs and independent bookstores. We are offering a 40% wholesale discount on all publications plus a complimentary display copy for each title, with free delivery on all orders to the UK and Ireland. For elsewhere, please request a distribution quote. We can also arrange sale or return dispatches upon arrangement. Please make enquiries to niamh.askeaton@gmail.com
Our books are held in the National Irish Visual Arts Library and all UK and Ireland copyright libraries including the National Library of Ireland, Trinity College Library, University of Ulster, Oxford University Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, and the British Library. In 2023, The Tate Library and Archive in London acquired A.C.A. PUBLIC’s complete back catalogue of publications.