Tag: Drawing
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Asemic Walks: 50 Templates for Pataphysical Inspections
Asemic Walks: 50 Templates for Pataphysical InspectionsHartmut AbendscheinTimglaset Editions2020 8.25 × 6 in. closed108 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverLaser printing If the title of Asemic Walks: 50 Templates for Pataphysical Inspections seems somewhat opaque, the book itself is transparent – literally. Fifty sheets of translucent drafting vellum, each with a printed route, are bound between a few solid…
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The Circus
The CircusTara HomasiPinsapo Press / Publication Studio2019 9 × 12.25 × 0.7 in.190 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printing Tara Homasi coaxed The Circus out of an existing book, The Circle of Life: Rituals from the Human Family Album. If Tom Phillips’ seminal redacted book, A Humument, is impressive because the original book is mediocre, obscure and visually…
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Terra Nullius
Terra NulliusChristopher Kardambikis2020 7.5 × 10.25 in. closed50 pagesBinding: Plastic strip fastenerRisograph I try not to talk about William Blake. I love his work, but I find his outsized role in the genealogy of artists’ books to be of little use for contemporary criticism. So, when I opened Terra Nullius by Christopher Kardambikis, I shuddered.…
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Object Objects
Object ObjectsShana KaplowDesigned by Matthew RezacSelf-published with support from TITLE Collective2019 10.625 × 8.375 in. closed112 pagesSmyth-sewn softcover with French flapsOffset printing “I can’t unknow the impact of these massive systems,” interdisciplinary visual artist Shana Kaplow writes on the front flap of Object Objects, referring to the underpinnings of capital and exploitative labor that gird…
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Visible Climate
Visible Climate: Postcards from America’s Changing LandscapesLee Lines and Rachel Simmons2020 10 × 8 in. closed22 pagesBinding: Drum leaf with hard coversHP IndigoOpen edition Postcards are a peculiar medium, evoking presence and absence simultaneously. The writer of a postcard says, “I am here” to someone who isn’t. Or they say, “I was there” to a…
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Eulalia #3
Eulalia #3Hope AmicoGutwrench Press2020 4.25 × 5 in. closed32 pagesBinding: Dos-à-dos sewn with a 3-hole pamphlet stitchLetterpress cover and laser insides Eulalia #3 is the third in a series of zines which center on the generative constraint of Amico’s practice – the content for each themed issue is completed in a single sitting. In reality,…
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False Fiction Fractured Fact Altered
False Fiction Fractured Fact Altered is a wonderful democratic access point to Marilyn R. Rosenberg’s asemic writing and collage practice.
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Voragem
VoragemIsabel Baraona and Catarina Domingues2016 7.625 × 10.25 in.32 pagesBinding: Dos-a-dos; saddle-stitched pamphlets tied into the cover, with an unbound pamphlet insertedDigital and offset printingEdition of 100 As a medium, books are noteworthy for their finitude. This seems increasingly significant in an era of infinite internet and endlessly reconfigurable data. So it is perhaps surprising…
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Lost Houses of Lyndale
Lost Houses of LyndaleMatt BergstromDesign by Mary Clare Butler2018Fata Morgana Presswww.fatamorganapress.com/ 8 × 5 in.40 pagesBinding: Single-section pamphletLetterpress cover and offset inside In Lost Houses of Lyndale, Matt Bergstrom presents a history of all the recently-demolished homes along a two-block stretch in the rapidly-gentrifying Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. After a brief introduction, the book proceeds with a…
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