Calvin Lee’s A Romance in Pictures currently on view in the Indie Photobook Library reading room at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) Book Fair.

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If you find yourself in St. Petersburg, head on over to Tamizdat, an exhibition of zines and artists’ publications at New Holland curated by Victoria Yee Howe.

Arts & Sciences Projects publications in the exhibit include those by Carl Gunhouse, Ryan Compton, Calvin Lee, Martin Masetto, and Philip Tomaru.

Now through 1 June 2013

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Arts & Sciences Projects is heading to Russia!

18 May – 1 June 2013

TAMIZDAT

at New Holland

St. Petersburg, Russia

Summer in New Holland 2013 will open with a pop-up show TAMIZDAT, by FAMILY BUSINESS, the New York based gallery initiated by artist Maurizio Cattelan and Massimiliano Gioni, the curator of the Venice Biennale 2013.

TAMIZDAT is an independent press ‘mini-market’, held in St. Petersburg. TAMIZDAT is the newest incarnation of the MEGABODEGA zine show that took place in July 2012 at Family Business Gallery in New York.

TAMIZDAT refers to the Russian term ‘samizdat’, which was a key form of dissident activity during the Soviet era in which individuals reproduced censored, foreign publications by hand, and passed the documents from reader to reader. The aim of the exhibition project is to revisit the strong Russian tradition of self-published, paper-based products that led to the democratization of information, where every person can make a book or a magazine expressing their thoughts and ideas, with a creative touch.

During the project there will be presented 400 self-published art pieces from all over the world. Moreover, nightly there will be zine presentations and book launches, as well as variety of events such as concerts, poetry readings and performances by international and local artists.

Arts & Sciences Projects publications included in TAMIZDAT :

A Romance in Pictures by Calvin Lee

American Desire by Carl Gunhouse

3 by Ryan Compton

Friends & Family by Martin Masetto

Young Man with International Style by Philip Tomaru

More details here.

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Did you get a copy of the LIST?

The complete list of photobooks selected for the 10x10 American Photobooks project.

If you’re in NYC, check out the reading room in Long Island City, just a few blocks from MoMA PS1.

The 10x10 American Photobooks project is co-sponsored by the International Center of Photography Library, Tokyo Institute of Photography and the Photobook Facebook Group.

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Zine as self-portrait

Robin Cameron

Across 12 pages and with fewer than ten images interspersed with drawings and text, Zine as Self-Portrait offers small, ephemeral moments from Cameron’s life as an emerging artist in New York. Published by the Holster, the print on demand zine distribution project, Cameron’s $2 zine embraces the under-valued qualities of parsimony and restraint.

Selections from the 10x10 American Photobooks project, co-sponsored by the International Center of Photography Library, Tokyo Institute of Photography and the Photobook Facebook Group.

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Chris Mottalini.

The Mistake by the Lake

(Lozen up, 2010)

Chris Mottalini’s The Mistake by the Lake is a photographic record of school bus stop shelters found throughout the greater-Buffalo area, his former hometown. Built by parents, these amateur architectural structures were designed to shelter young ones from the long and frigid winters in the northern regions of New York. Long concerned with the human element found in forgotten and misused architectural spaces, Mottalini has earned acclaim for his on-going photographic series on soon-to-be demolished homes designed by modernist Paul Rudolph. Published in a limited edition of 100, The Mistake by the Lake is a small-scale, yet highly sought treasure of vernacular photography.

Selections from the 10x10 American Photobooks project, co-sponsored by the International Center of Photography Library, Tokyo Institute of Photography and the Photobook Facebook Group.

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Tammy Mercure. Guns. (self-published, 2012)

Based in Tennessee, Tammy Mercure has self-published a monthly, topical series of hand-bound photobooks each with 10 images and a letterpressed cover. With titles such as Guns, NASCAR, Religion, Elvis, Civil War, and Kudzu, Mercure mines the cultural relics and contemporary lifestyles of the Deep South with a humanizing, yet, offbeat, touch.

Selections from the 10x10 American Photobooks project, co-sponsored by the International Center of Photography Library, Tokyo Institute of Photography and the Photobook Facebook Group.

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Selections from the 10x10 American Photobooks project, co-sponsored by the International Center of Photography Library, Tokyo Institute of Photography and the Photobook Facebook Group.

Feuilleton (Double Issue)

Sara Greenberger Rafferty

Appropriating the format of a TV guide printed on newsprint, Double Issue consists of portraits of iconic small screen personalities that have been manipulated by adding water to printed images. Combining digital and analog aesthetics, the resulting painterly images appear as bleeding rainbows that capture the performative gestures behind their own making. Featuring altered images of Goldie Hawn, Vicki Lawrence, Bill Cosby, Madeline Kahn, and other TV greats from the past, Double Issue is a hauntingly beautiful portrait of the ephemeral.

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Selections from the 10x10 American Photobooks project

Luca Antonucci. Fallen Empire II. (Colpa, 2013)

Luca Antonucci’s Fallen Empire II incorporates photographs made on trips to Los Angeles and Rome and appropriated images from internet searches. The follies and vicissitudes of ancient empires and the monumental architecture of today and days long past are rendered here in risograph images bound together in a ribbed cardboard cover that evokes a marbleized classical column. With Carissa Potter, Antonucci runs Colpa Press, which specializes in hand-made art books and limited edition prints. There’s even more: Antonucci and Potter also operate Edicola, a free standing art-centric newsstand on Market Street in San Francisco selling artists publications, prints, and records.

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10x10 American Photobooks

10x10 Photobooks is a multi-platform ongoing series of photobook events co-sponsored by the International Center of Photography Library, Tokyo Institute of Photography and the Photobook Facebook Group.

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Statement - Philip Tomaru, Arts & Sciences Projects

I’m excited and honored to have been invited to select 10 American photobooks to be featured in the online component of the 10x10 American Photobooks exhibition organized by the International Center of Photography Library, the Tokyo Institute of Photography, and the Photobook Facebook Group.

My initial excitement upon being invited was followed by moments of trepidation, as the task of reducing my selection to 10 books suddenly felt like a daunting one. From the outset, I decided to self-impose some parameters to help guide my selection process. First, I decided to focus only on books that I own. I also expanded my definition of photobooks to include photozines and other artists’ publications that use photographic content as source material. Finally, I attempted to eschew books by the “usual suspects.” After a few rounds of tweaking to avoid redundancy with the other lists, my selection represents a diverse spectrum of photobooks and photozines culled from my personal collection. Indeed, this selection reflects my own personal tastes and interests, which lean more heavily towards self-published books and independent publishers. Over the past several years, we’ve seen explosive growth in independent publishing as artists have sought direct engagement with both analog and digital technologies in the production and circulation of their work. My selection acknowledges these dynamic and vibrant efforts. These are books I enjoy in the comfort of my home while sipping a cup of coffee. These are books I discovered through direct contact with artists, at specialty bookstores, and at venues such as the NY Art Book Fair. Essentially, these books caught my eye, bring pleasure to my daily rituals, and embody aesthetic, conceptual, and technical qualities that I value.

One more thought: anyone who has ever attended the NY Art Book Fair or similar book fairs knows that the amount of material on display can be overwhelming. After a few hours, my brain lacks the cognitive capacity to process so much visual information. With over 200 hundred exhibitors, there easily must be several thousand titles on view. That’s why the 10x10 Photobook project is important – it can function as a handy Field Guide to this fantastic, overwhelming landscape of photobook publishing. Based on the selections announced by my fellow specialists thus far, I’ll need to update my “must-see” list for the upcoming summer and fall book fair season.

Introduction to the Selection - Philip Tomaru, Arts & Sciences Projects

My selection begins with a nod to simplicity: Robin Cameron’s Zine as Self-Portrait, a laser printed zine with a highly edited, yet personalized selection of photographs within its humble pages. Several photographers I admire vary in their approach to capturing the essence of place. Chris Mottalini’s documentation of school bus shelters in The Mistake by the Lake offers a quiet ode to his hometown of Buffalo. Meanwhile, Dean Sameshima’s monograph opens a window into the private domain of male sex clubs infused with remnants of desire. In Driftland, Suzanna Zak reveals hidden byways from her journeys from Baltimore to points west and south. Tammy Mercure focuses her lens on the Deep South in her self-published photozine series with letterpressed covers. Appropriated imagery is evident in two selections. Maggie Lee’s Our Teen-Age Boys and Girls features found portraits of teenagers coupled with parenting advice sourced from a vintage psychology text. In Fallen Empire 2, Luca Antonucci assembles his own photographs from trips to Rome and LA and unites them with images found on the internet. Three books highlight the varied ways artists work with altered images. Mark Morrisroe features a comprehensive catalogue of the artist’s highly personal, hand-manipulated prints, all made in the pre-digital era. Sara Greenberger Rafferty’s Feuilleton (Double Issue) is embedded with images that capture performative, painterly gestures. Finally, Kate Steciw’s handiwork plays out in The Strangeness of This Idea, her debut book featuring digitally collaged and altered images.