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ARTIST PAMPHLET SERIES
Invitations to artists from beyond the book arts
In the spring of 2010 HM announced the launch of a new series of occasional pamphlets, each featuring the writing and artwork of an artist from outside the world of books and printing. The format is intended to be somewhat uniform - an eight-page pamphlet, approximately 6 x 10 inches, plus a frontis, sewn into a stiff wrap - but how each contributor chooses to use those pages will be entirely up to them. This simple format will allow us to plan and produce each pamphlet relatively quickly, capturing the spirit and spontaneity of a first collaboration. The series has been launched in the fall of 2010 with four new poems by previous HM collaborator Harold Budd, simply titled 4. To accompany the poems Harold created four new etchings, which in style and theme continue his exploration of the enigmatic "arabesques" designs that previously appeared in Colorful Fortune and CARNIVAL (among other places beyond HM). Each etching in this latest suite of four is named for a film director: Akerman, Cocteau, Jarman and Anger. We have a wish-list of other contributors - spanning the worlds of music, film and literature - and will announce new collaborators as they are recruited. The series will proceed as and when pieces fall into place, but hopefully one new title annually. Each title in the HM Artists' Pamphlet Series will be issued in our usual edition of 50 copies. To keep the business aspect of things simple, the entire series will essentially be hors de commerce: the editions will be split between HM and the artist, for private distribution. We will, however, be accepting ten patron subscriptions, to cover the costs of materials and printing of artwork by others (for example, the etchings included with 4 were editioned at New Leaf Editions). Patrons of the series will be invoiced upon receipt of each new title in the series. The cost is $250.00 net per title. Subscriptions are initially offered exclusively to HM patrons. Anyone interested in subscribing should contact us, and we will accommodate them on a first-come basis, as availability allows. "4"Harold Budd's 4 was set in Bembo, one poem per page, and printed damp on Arches Wove at HM with the Washington press. Copies 1 - 10 are reserved for Patrons, and contain all four of Harold's new etchings printed (in addition to the frontis, one faces the first poem; one faces the last; and the fourth faces the colophon. The second and third have been printed on the blank verso of a text sheet). In these copies only, the frontis etching is initialed by Harold. Copies 11 - 50 contain one of etchings (though which etching varies from copy to copy; we printed 10 of each, and distributed them randomly among the 40 hors de commerce copies). The pages are sewn into a heavy handmade paper wrap printed on both front and back. The Patron copies are issued with an additional transparent tissue jacket. HEAVENLY MONKEY |
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