Tag: Laser
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The Chiliagon Locket: A Mental Exercise from My Childhood
Neil MajeskiThe Chiliagon Locket: A Mental Exercise from My ChildhoodFrom the series: The Last State or the Penultimate2019 4.5 × 7 in. closed12 pagesSaddle-stitched, softcover pamphletInkjet and laser [In a departure from the usual Artists’ Book Reviews format, this mini review is part of a series on Neil Majeski’s pamphlet series, The Last State or the Penultimate. The first of…
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Depictions of a Developing Lampshade
Neil MajeskiDepictions of a Developing LampshadeFrom the series: The Last State or the Penultimate2019 4.5 × 7 in. closed8 pagesSaddle-stitched, softcover pamphletInkjet and laser [In a departure from the usual Artists’ Book Reviews format, this mini review is part of a series on Neil Majeski’s pamphlet series, The Last State or the Penultimate. The first…
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The Last State or the Penultimate
Neil MajeskiThe Last State or the Penultimate2019–2021 4.5 × 7 in. closedVaried page countsSaddle-stitched softcover pamphletsInkjet and laser Depictions of a Developing LampshadeThe Chiliagon Locket: A Mental Exercise from My ChildhoodThe Perverse DoiliesCurious Details in PostcardsMusic of the Uncanny Soundscapes To review Neil Majeski’s The Last State or the Penultimate, a series of five interrelated…
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Stock Pile
Stock PileAreca RoeDesign by Kelly MunsonForeword by Sheila Dickinson2021Self-published, printed by Edition One 8.5 × 11 in. closed90 pagesPerfect-bound softcover with French foldsLaser Stock photography is an uncanny reflection of reality. Its sanitization and anonymization of familiar settings function as a trick mirror, an almost-real representation that subtly but indelibly differs from what we encounter…
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Copy No. 1
Copy No. 1Edited by Vanessa Norton and Steven Trull2022Wasted Books 6 × 7 in. closed74 pages plus a single-sheet insertionPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printing Copy No. 1 is the first issue of a new periodical, a “magazine of recycled materials,” published by Wasted Books. As a celebration of plagiarism in all aspects of creative production, this debut…
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Against Decorum
Against DecorumMichael Hampton2022Information as material 6.25 × 9.25 in. closed120 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printingEdition of 500 Against Decorum is a work of uncreative writing, which forges poetry from the condition descriptions in rare book catalogues. These fragments of technical terms speak to age and injury and, ultimately, love and obsession. Hampton’s remix method epitomizes the publisher’s…
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How to Draw Tornadoes
How to Draw TornadoesMichael Darcy2021 8.5 × 10.75 × 1 in. closed116 pagesCase-bound, sewn on tapesLaser printing “Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.” Alexander Pope, Epistles to Several Persons In How to Draw Tornadoes, Michael Darcy explores his early education through the longstanding analogy between the…
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Hogarth’s Copycats: 300 Years of Artistic Piracy
Hogarth’s Copycats: 300 Years of Artistic PiracyJeremy Bell2021 11 × 8.5 in. closed54 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printing Hogarth’s Copycats: 300 Years of Artistic Piracy is one of three books about William Hogarth by the independent scholar (and musician) Jeremy Bell. The three books, along with their online paratext, form a fluid ecosystem of interconnected and self-referential…
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To My Unborn Child
To My Unborn ChildWen-Li Chen2018 7 × 9 × 1 in. closed296 pagesSewn hardcover with exposed spineDigital printingEdition of 5 As the title implies, To My Unborn Child is an epistolary work ostensibly addressed to Chen’s then-unborn child. It addresses concerns shared by many expecting parents as well as some particular to Chen’s own inheritance…
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A Direction Out There: Readwalking (With) Thoreau
A Direction Out There: Readwalking (With) ThoreauEmmanuelle WaeckerléContributions by Vicky Smith and Michael HamptonMA Bibliothèque2021 4.125 × 6.75 in. closed92 pagesPerfect bound softcover with French flapsDigital printing Emmanuelle Waeckerlé is an interdisciplinary artist who works in sound, performance, and publishing. For over two decades, she has been elaborating the concept of readwalking — the simultaneous…
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