It has gone through many iterations. Now we are in the Dark Department art department. It has been publishing all sort of books since the 80s. There was a large stretch of time when they were publishing mostly regional poetry. Has roots in the illuminated manuscript. That is some centuries ago. It has happened all across the world. Many different cultures have some version of the book. It came to a head in the 60s. Starting with the constructionist. People started to call into question the versatility of a book. This is a book that is more interested in the tactile experience of the book. It tends to push the boundary of all kinds of material books are made out of. What kinds of shapes they take. It is not just a book bound on one edge. Most paperbacks are perfect bound and considered on the edge. It can become as large as the landscape it is trying to contain in its concept. Readers about the experience of turning the pages or flipping through it. Thinking about sequence. The pace of
We arrived early to the bare brick, one-room community building, poured a few coffees from the beverage station in the back and watched as the crowd shuffled in. My girlfriend
What originally started in the 1990s as a local informal meeting over coffee between local sheep ranchers Diane and John Peavey and those interested in learning about the history, heritage,