Daily Book Graphics #420 / Paw Paw

©1968 / Design: David November / This book was signed by the author. The owner taped in articles about the book and the author's obituary.

Daily Book Graphics #418 / The World Inside

©1970 / Design James Starrett

Daily Book Graphics #417 / The Greek Myths

©1955

Daily Book Graphics #416 / The Poetry of Pope

©1954

Supertape

Daily Book Graphics #415 / We Came in Peace

©1969 / The cover of this book isn't that great but the page design and illustrations on the inside are great. Below are the design/illustration credits, very cool about "Galaxia."


The title makes me think of the Dolph Lundgren movie I Come in Peace which features his most memorable line. He responds to the declaration "I come in peace" (by some killer alien), with "You go in pieces"

Daily Book Graphics #414 / The Siege of Leningrad

©1964 / Design: Rudolph de Harak

Daily Book Graphics #413 / Accounting

©1962

Big Night

A couple of weeks ago I did a small installation for Just Buffalo Literary Center's Big Night series. Big Night combines poetry readings, food and other performances (and sometimes art). There is a story about the series in today's Buffalo News. Because nearly all of my current work is in Brooklyn, I could only put together a few elements of Secondary Occupants Collected & Observed. The readings took place on the first floor of the Western New York Book Arts Center, the art was installed in a large room on the second floor. My friend Leah Rico had a projection in the main space, I installed in the unfinished kitchen area. The domesticity of the setting fit with my theme. The installations were on view for a half hour between readings which makes this the shortest running show I've ever had. It also partially explains why my only documentation shots were taken with my iPhone camera. Thanks to Mike and Aaron for including me.

I made one new book for the installation:

I also made new versions of 7 of the books that are currently in the show in Brooklyn.