The Riso Book: New York
Paul Branca, David Horvitz, Anouk Kruithof, Matthew Palladino, Dexter Sinister
September 25th — September 28th

In production at the New York Art Book Fair
MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

Opening Reception
MoMA PS1 - 3rd Floor - X07
Sunday, September 28th at 5:00pm

Colpa, in collaboration with Endless Editions presents The Riso Book: New York, the fifth and final installment of a traveling publication project and exhibition between Los Angeles, Marfa, San Francisco, New York, and Portland.

The series standardizes the conditions of production underlying artist publications and presents the book as exhibition.

The Riso Book, inspired by the format of Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler's 1968 Xerox Book, is a geographic survey of contemporary artists with similar practices across several cities. For the New York edition, Colpa will be producing the book live during the New York Art Book Fair. Each artist is given 20 pages within the monochromatic 8.5 x 11 inch book. All 100 pages will be bound into a single publication in an edition of 100, to be presented for sale at MOMA PS1 on September 28th at 5pm. 

Originally created on a Xerox machine and duplicated through a lithographic process, The Xerox Book afforded each artist twenty-five pages, plus a cover / title page, to execute a site specific project for the publication. The artists included were Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris and Lawrence Weiner. The publication itself functioned as the exhibition rather than a documentation of these site specific projects.

The Riso Book takes its name from the Risograph, a printer/duplicator manufactured in Japan. The original is scanned through the machine and a master is created, by means of tiny heat spots on a thermal plate burning voids (corresponding to image areas) in a master sheet. This master is then wrapped around a drum and ink is forced through the voids in the master. Because the Risograph uses real ink rather than toner, each image looks hand-made.

 

 

The Riso Book: Portland
Modou Dieng, Bean Gilsdorf, Anna Gray / Ryan Paulsen, Lisa Radon, Blair Saxon-Hill
July 20th - July 26th

Opening Reception
Publication Studio
717 SW Ankeny St, Portland, OR 97205
July 26th, 6-8 PM

Colpa, in collaboration with Publication Studio Portland presents The Riso Book: Portland, 

the fourth installment of a traveling publication project and exhibition between Los Angeles, Marfa, San Francisco, New York, and Portland.The series standardizes the conditions of production underlying artist publications and presents the book as exhibition.

The Riso Book, inspired by the format of Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler's 1968 Xerox Book, is a geographic survey of contemporary artists with similar practices across several cities. In Portland, 5 artists will work over the course of five days at Publication Studio, using the Risograph as a tool. Each artist is given 20 pages within the monochromatic 8.5 x 11 inch book. All 100 pages will be bound into a single publication in an edition of 100, to be presented for sale at Publication Studio on Saturday, July 26th from 6-8pm. 

Originally created on a Xerox machine and duplicated through a lithographic process, The Xerox Book afforded each artist twenty-five pages, plus a cover / title page, to execute a site specific project for the publication. The artists included were Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris and Lawrence Weiner. The publication itself functioned as the exhibition rather than a documentation of these site specific projects.

The Riso Book takes its name from the Risograph, a printer/duplicator manufactured in Japan. The original is scanned through the machine and a master is created, by means of tiny heat spots on a thermal plate burning voids (corresponding to image areas) in a master sheet. This master is then wrapped around a drum and ink is forced through the voids in the master. Because the Risograph uses real ink rather than toner, each image looks hand-made.

 

The Riso Book: San Francisco
Anthony Discenza, Vincent Fecteau, Mitzi Pederson, Will Rogan, May Wilson
June 8 - June 14th

Opening Reception
June 14th 6-8 PM
Open Daily 11-5PM

Colpa, in collaboration with Publication Studio Oakland and Kadist San Francisco presents 
The Riso Book: San Francisco, the third installment of a traveling publication project and exhibition between Los Angeles, Portland, Detroit, Marfa, New York, and San Francisco. The series standardizes the conditions of production underlying artist publications and presents the book as exhibition.

The Riso Book, inspired by the format of Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler's 1968 Xerox Book, is a geographic survey of contemporary artists with similar practices across several cities. In San Francisco, 5 artists will work over the course of five days at Kadist, using the Risograph as a tool. Each artist is given 20 pages within the monochromatic 8.5 x 11 inch book. All 100 pages will be bound into a single publication in an edition of 100, to be presented for sale at Kadist on Saturday, June 14th. 

Originally created on a Xerox machine and duplicated through a lithographic process, The Xerox Book, published by Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler afforded each artist twenty-five pages, plus a cover / title page, to execute a site specific project for the publication. The artists included were Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris and Lawrence Weiner. The publication itself functioned as the exhibition rather than a documentation of these site specific projects.

The Riso Book takes its name from the Risograph, a printer/duplicator manufactured in Japan. The original is scanned through the machine and a master is created, by means of tiny heat spots on a thermal plate burning voids (corresponding to image areas) in a master sheet. This master is then wrapped around a drum and ink is forced through the voids in the master. Because the Risograph uses real ink rather than toner, each image looks hand-made.

Purchase The Riso Book: San Francisco here.

 

 

The Riso Book: Marfa
Anthony DeSimone, Hilary DuPont, Boyd Elder, Nicolas G Miller, Dustin Pevey / Yoseff Ben-Yehuda

Opening Reception: 
Sunday, May 4 6-9 pm
Lumberyard
213 South Dean
Marfa, TX  79843

Colpa, in collaboration with Publication Studio LA, Tavahn Ghazi, and Lumberyard presents TheRiso Book: Marfa, the second installment in The Riso Book series. This series standardizes the conditions of production underlying artist publications and presents the book as exhibition. 

The 5 selected artists will work over the course of four days at Lumberyard, using the Risograph as a tool. Each artist is given 20 pages within the 8.5 x 11 inch book and provided with assistance from an on-site tech and publisher. All 100 pages will be bound into a single publication in an edition of 100, to be presented at on Sunday May 4, 2014, 6–9 PM. 

The Riso Book series is inspired by Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler's 1968 publication The Xerox Book. This project is made possible due to the help and support of Tavahn Ghazi, Lumberyard, and Matthew Schum (Publication Studio, LA).

Purchase The Riso Book: Marfa here.

 

 

 

The Riso Book: Los Angeles
Edgar Arceneaux, Juan Capistran / Hazel Mandujano, Gala Porras-Kim, Cammie Staros, Mungo Thomson

Opening Reception: 
Saturday, April 26th 6-9 pm
The Los Angeles Contemporary Archive
2245 E Washington Blvd 
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Colpa, in collaboration with Publication Studio LA and Los Angeles Contemporary Archive presents The Riso Book: Los Angeles, the first installment in The Riso Book series. This series standardizes the conditions of production underlying artist publications and presents the book as exhibition. 

The 5 selected artists will work over the course of four days at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, using the Risograph as a tool. Each artist is given 20 pages within the 8.5 x 11 inch book and provided with assistance from an on-site tech and publisher. All 100 pages will be bound into a single publication in an edition of 100, to be presented at on Saturday April 26, 2014, 6–9 PM. 

The Riso Book series is inspired by Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler's 1968 publication The Xerox Book. This project is made possible due to the help and support of Los Angeles Contemporary Archive and Matthew Schum (Publication Studio, LA).

Purchase The Riso Book: Los Angeles here.