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CITIZENSHIP (exhibition 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!

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