Small Book – is PRESS

PaCT:
A Journey Across Time

February 13, 2022

PaCT: A Journey Across Time is authored and designed by is PRESS publisher Peter Miles Bergman with photography by Dylan Kuhn. is PRESS, 1st edition 2020, (first offered for sale 2022) Edition of 303 – signed and numbered. Denver, Colorado.

This book pairs with the book PaCT: A Journey Beyond the Horizon and the zine MAN MADE: A Journey Through the In Between. (All can be purchased together in a PaCT: Pack , to get $5 off and free shipping!)

PaCT: A Journey Across Time is a 266 page, 2.5 x 6.5 x 1.5″ thick perfect bound photo-animated flip book. PaCT documents a 23 year, two-part journey with this photo-animated flip book, with photos by Dylan Kuhn, and a 263 page art-book and memoir – all by Peter Miles Bergman.

In 1996 at the age of 23, Peter and Dylan Kuhn set out to hike the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. Burned out, injured, and broke after 90 days and 1,750 miles they quit in Oregon with a pact to return for the remaining 900 miles when they were twice as old. In 2019 they reconvened at 46 to reflect on life’s journey, and race increasingly threatening storms towards Canada.

The animation is of a lone figure stopping to pause for a snapshot before tossing a graduation cap, and instantaneously changing into a suit while 1,700 miles across California race by behind him followed by with the same figure – 23 years older – pausing before waving and walking off into the distance as 900 miles of Oregon and Washington race by. Opposite pages from the photos show the location where the photo was taken on stylized black and white maps.

More on the project, including an except can be read at pact.report and seen on instagram @pact.report.

PaCT: A Journey Across Time is digitally printed on 10-pt cast coated cover stock at Turbo Press, Denver, CO.

CITIZENSHIP (catalog)

October 25, 2020

Citizenship: A Practice of Society is a catalogue for an exhibition of the same title running Oct. 1 2020 – Feb. 14th 2021, co-published by MCA Denver and is PRESS, edited by exhibition curator Zoe Larkins, designed by is PRESS. (Institute of Sociometry is also featured in the exhibition with an installation titled “LLiLL, Leftist Leaflets in Little Free Libraries”. Limited edition of 300 – 25 is PRESS editions come with a letterpress print and a trimmed off spine bookmark with the Institute of Sociometry page signed by catalog designers and exhibition artists (and is agents and is PRESS partners) Heather Link-Bergman and Peter Miles Bergman.

Citizenship: A Practice of Society is a 60 page, 8×12″ perfect bound catalog with a letterpress printed cover and two paper stocks! “Citizenship: A Practice of Society observes an exhibition survey of politically engaged art made since 2016. In response to political events and the current climate, as well as recent art world trends, the exhibition posits art making as a critical civic act. The works in the exhibition exemplify how artists act as citizens, and even how citizens act as artists. The exhibition features recent work and several new commissions by more than 30 artists and organizations: Nicole Awai, Alexandra Bell, Tania Bruguera, the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), Alex Da Corte, Creative Time, Jeremy Deller, Shannon Finnegan, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Nan Goldin, Ann Hamilton, Adelita Husni-Bey, Ekene Ijeoma, the Institute of Sociometry, Ariel René Jackson, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Titus Kaphar, Kenya (Robinson), Robert Longo, Alan Michelson, Marilyn Minter, Vik Muniz, Jayson Musson, Ahmet Ögüt, Yoko Ono, Trevor Paglen, Pope.L, Pedro Reyes, Yumi Janairo Roth, Dread Scott, Laura Shill, Aram Han Sifuentes, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Nari Ward.” – MCA Denver

Citizenship: A Practice of Society is digitally printed on 70# French Poptone Snowcone and 100# uncoated white digital cougar paper at Turbo Press, Denver, CO. The covers are letterpress printed by is PRESS on 140# French Poptone Snowcone on a Chandler and Price Craftsman letterpress.

PASSAGE

November 14, 2019

PASSAGE is by Heather Link-Bergman. 1st edition 2019, edition of 40. Denver, Colorado

PASSAGE is an 18 page, 5×7″ accordion fold with letterpress printed covers from handset metal type! PASSAGE features selections from over a decade’s worth of film photography by Heather Link- Bergman. PASSAGE is a rite, a place, a time, a situation, a station and a state of being.

PASSAGE is laser printed on 80# French speckletone paper. The covers are printed on 100# French Kraft on book board with a letterpress title printed in copper ink on a Vandercook proof press.

Raw Fury #4

April 4, 2020

Raw Fury #4 (ISSN 2327-6002) 2017 published by is PRESS, Denver in conjunction with Flatlands Studio, Chicago.

Raw Fury #4 is 7.5” square, perfect-bound, 60 page annual book on mixed paper stock with rounded corners. The covers are screen printed and letterpress printed on 140lb. French construction white paper. Screen printed posters by CHema Skandal and Davi Caramelo are included.

Raw Fury #4 is a local scene ‘zine, and a ridiculously fancy annual book with professional editorial standards, that focuses on contemporary urban art from or connected to Chicago and Denver.

Raw Fury #4 includes interviews with Johnny Sampson, Molly Bounds, Kashink, and Emit and the work of Eric Von Haynes, Oscar Arriola, Heather Link-Bergman, Institute of Sociometry, Ken R. Klopack, Scot Lefavor, Lisa Pangborn, bunny M, Max Sansing, Edgar Serrano, and James Jankowiak

Raw Fury #4 | Chicago Art Book Fair Special Edition is a limited edition cover we made for the inaugural Chicago Art Book Fair with 3-color risograph and letterpress covers with hand sewn Japanese stitch binding in magenta book thread!

Chicago at:
Quimbey’s,

New York City at:
Quimbey’s New York

Follow Focus #2

November 13, 2020

Follow Focus #2 is by NYC/Denver motion graphic designer, editor, painter, director, and a photographer, and painter Vincent Comparetto. Follow Focus #1, First Edition of 200, 2017 is published by Abstract City.

Follow Focus #2 is a 54 page, 7.5×7.5″ perfect bound book that, “celebrates a sub culture I have been documenting for 20 years. This specific community comprised of primarily women and non binary artists performing on the periphery of the city in warehouses and live work artist cooperatives. Ultimately I would like this book to showcase the necessity for sustainable creative spaces within every city that cater to performing artists from all walks of life. ” ~ from abstractcity.org

Follow Focus #2 is digitally printed on 60# text at Publication Printers, Denver, Colorado with screenprinted covers on 120# hot pink cover stock.

Follow Focus #1

November 13, 2020

Follow Focus #1 is by NYC/Denver motion graphic designer, editor, painter, director, and a photographer, and painter Vincent Comparetto. Follow Focus #1, First Edition of 200, 2017 is published by Abstract City with letterpress covers printed by is PRESS.

Follow Focus #1 is a 54 page, 7.5×7.5″ perfect bound book that, “showcases street photography from recent travels through out Europe and America. Shot with both digital and film cameras.” ~ from abstractcity.org

Follow Focus #1 is digitally printed on 60# text at Publication Printers, Denver, Colorado with two color letterpress covers printed on 120# red cover stock at is PRESS, Denver, Colorado.

Zeromile #14

December 8, 2022

Zeromile is published annually by students and faculty in the Communication Design program of the Art Department of Metropolitan State University of Denver is Denver, Colorado. Staff members of the magazine are students in the Communication Design Program pursuing BFA degrees. Peter Miles Bergman of is PRESS is the teacher of the class and the publisher of the magazine. All sales go to fund the next issue and support student artists and designers!

Zeromile #14 is a 52 page, 8.375×10.875″perfect bound magazine on the theme of Fusion published in Fall 2022. We believe it is important to explore the ways people, culture, and ideas come together to create culture that is greater than the sum of its parts. In today’s world we are presented with an eclectic mix of ideas and cultures – largely due to the power of the internet and the effective nature of modern technology. Zeromile #14 explores the ways in which the diversity we are exposed to strengthens concepts, ideas, and movements. Article topics this year reflect the diversity of both the topic and the student body at MSU Denver by exploring technology: human AI hybrids, and robotics. Indigenous religion: Santa Muerte, Curanderismo, and the fusion of Christianity and Indigenous beliefs in Peru, and personal essays reflecting on intergenerational Korean immigrant and Black Cajun culture.

Zeromile #14 is digitally printed on 80# matte paper with 100# matte covers. The magazine has a contemporary design aesthetic that is highly readable with a bright unified color scheme, eye catching design elements, and frequent illustrations.

Zeromile #13

December 20, 2020

Zeromile issue #13 is a 54 page, 8.375×10.875″perfect bound magazine on the theme of commUNITY published in Fall 2020. Article topics are culture focused including articles on online education, drag queens, long distance relationships, online communication, Black Lives Matter, and the fates of the restaurant and live music industries during the global pandemic. .

Zeromile issue #13 is digitally printed on 80# matte paper with 100# matte covers. Each magazine comes with a sheet of die-cut stickers. The magazine has a contemporary design aesthetic that is highly readable with a bright unifies color scheme, geometric design elements, and frequent illustrations.

Zeromile #12

December 20, 2020

Zeromile issue #12 is a 52 page, 9×12″perfect bound magazine on the theme of Presence published in Fall 2018. Article topics are culture focused including articles on consumer culture, security and privacy, the rise of atheism, burnout, and healthcare.

Zeromile issue #12 is digitally printed on 100# matte paper. The covers are a stipple finished synthetic gloss 100# paper. The magazine has a metamodern design aesthetic that is highly readable with edgy graphic treatments.

Zeromile #11

December 20, 2020

Zeromile issue #11 is published annually by students and faculty in the Communication Design program of the Art Department of Metropolitan State University of Denver is Denver, Colorado. Staff members of the magazine are students in the Communication Design Program pursuing BFA degrees. Peter Miles Bergman of is PRESS is the teacher of the class and the publisher of the magazine. All sales go to fund the next issue and support student artists and designers!

Zeromile issue #11 is a 66 page magazine, 7×10″perfect bound magazine on the theme of Movement published in Fall 2017. Themes include media criticism, plastic and the climate crisis, body autonomy, feminist theory on instagram, taking the knee and political free speech in art.

Zeromile issue #11 is digitally printed on 70# matte paper with two sheets of 120# black cardstock with white printing bound in to the magazine as a section divider. The magazine has a conceptual and minimalist design which starts with a monochrome color palette slowly adding tonality until it’s full color!

Zeromile #10

December 20, 2020

Zeromile issue #10 is a 60 page, 8×10.625″perfect bound magazine on the theme of Tension published in Fall 2016. Article topics are art and design focused including topics such as Islamic art, dating apps and authenticity, designing gender, Black Lives Matter, materialism and the American dream, appropriation in art.

Zeromile issue #11 is digitally printed on 100# matte paper. The covers are a stipple finished synthetic gloss 100# paper. The covers are a stipple finished synthetic gloss paper with a gold masthead. The magazine has a postmodern design aesthetic that is colorful and expressive.