Anyday Now is a collaboration between artist Mark Parfitt, designer Jamie Macchiusi and writer Gemma Weston featured in the Art/Text Clearinghouse Project. A graphically designed A5 folder houses four small books of critical and creative writing, written in response to selected visual diary images of drawing, collage and photography. The bookwork traces Parfitt’s visual journalling… Continue reading Mark Parfitt, Jamie Macchiusi and Gemma Weston: Anyday Now
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Collaborators Marie Lochman and Liana Joy Christensen’s book available
Photographer Marie Lochman and writer Liana Joy Christensen’s collaborative book, Unnatural History, is now completed and ready for exhibition at the Art/Text Clearinghouse Project Exhibition. The genesis for the book actually began three years ago with a hand made Christmas card. Photographers Marie and her husband Jiri have long enjoyed a long and fruitful creative… Continue reading Collaborators Marie Lochman and Liana Joy Christensen’s book available
Denise Brown and Gail Robinson’s ten collaborative books ready for exhibition
Artist Denise Brown and writer Gail Robinson’s ten superbly crafted hand-made art books, Cemented by Shadows are completed and ready for exhibition at the Art/Text Clearinghouse Project exhibition. They explain that forming a bond between two artists who like to keep a firm hand on the controls when working on individual projects – one a… Continue reading Denise Brown and Gail Robinson’s ten collaborative books ready for exhibition
Launch of Art/Text Clearinghouse Project Exhibition and Western Australian Photographic Book Showcase
Please join us at the launch of the Art/Text Clearinghouse Project and the Western Australian Photographic Book Showcase. Date: Wednesday 8 February 6pm At: Perth Centre for Photography, 100 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge (please note new premises). To be opened by Dr Robert Cook, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Photography and Design, Art Gallery of Western… Continue reading Launch of Art/Text Clearinghouse Project Exhibition and Western Australian Photographic Book Showcase
Melbourne launch of birdlife
Our poetry, writing and visual art book, birdlife, is to take on Melbourne, being launched on the 27th of January, as part of the launch of RABBIT: a journal for non-fiction poetry. The launch for RABBIT 3: THE VISUAL ISSUE, features the launching of three other books, thou sand by Michael Farrell (Tinfish Press, 2011),… Continue reading Melbourne launch of birdlife
birdlife circles melbourne airwaves
Our latest book, birdlife, is to be featured on Melbourne’s 3RRR Aural Text program. Nyanda from Lethologica Press will be chatting about the book with presenters Alicia Sometimes and Lorin Clarke, on Wednesday the 7th December at 12.15pm Melbourne time. Somewhat of an institution, Aural Text features ‘words, text, books, writing, local and global hybrid… Continue reading birdlife circles melbourne airwaves
Book arts
Here at Lethologica Press we enjoy perusing the ‘Book Arts’ Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England website, which offers a wealth of information related to the world of book arts. We are also very chuffed that our very own birdlife makes a mention in the November edition of their Book… Continue reading Book arts
birdlife takes flight
birdlife was released into the world officially yesterday at our booklaunch at Clancy’s Fish Pub! It was a great afternoon, with artist Gregory Pryor launching the book with a wonderful speech, taking in the mutability of human/avian forms, to sparrows in China… Writers read their own work from the book, with the lovely… Continue reading birdlife takes flight
Printmaking and Independent Publishing
We are looking forward to heading on down to be part of the audience at Fremantle Arts Centre’s upcoming forum, Artspoken: Printmaking and Independent Publishing Forum, taking place on Sunday the 5th of November. A panel of local and national artists and publishers are to discuss all things printmaking and self-publishing, and it’s sure to… Continue reading Printmaking and Independent Publishing
birdlife printed and available now
We are very excited that our book, birdlife, is now in hand and available for purchase. A collaborative art and text title combining poetry by Michael Farrell, Nandi Chinna and Graeme Miles, writing by Nyanda Smith and visual artwork by Perdita Phillips – birdlife is a diverse consideration of the avian. It’s been described by… Continue reading birdlife printed and available now
Zines at the gallery
Ooh we do like it when publications meet galleries… The Perth Zine Collective have set up camp at PICA for the month of September, turning the gallery’s reading room into a public zine space. People can pop in to make a zine, read and buy a range of local and international zines. Lovely. … Continue reading Zines at the gallery
We like: Engels e-textualised
Lethologica Press were pleased to stumble upon the inspired project by UK experimental arts org Arthur+Martha in the webspohere. Drawing comparisons with Engels’ writing about the harshness of 19th Century Manchester and homeless existences today, the ‘epic poem’, ‘Tweet from Engels’, has been written in collaboration with homeless people in Manchester and Bury, and expands… Continue reading We like: Engels e-textualised