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Posted On: August 17th 2020, 01:13 pm
Unplanned books are the best books
Sometime last year, @aarongemmill wrote to introduce his @m.obultra editions, and asked if I would write a text to accompany a portfolio by artist Matthew Schrader, aka @soupy_matrix
How that text became a sequence of prose poems set inside 2x4 inch boxes, is a long story I'd be happy to share some other time. I'll just say that the brilliant Mr Schrader was more interested in a collaboration/ conversation of ideas than in me writing an essay on his work
"Clonal Hum" deals with questions of migration and racialization by way of botanics. Namely, by way of the Ailanthus altissima, or Tree-of-heaven, which in the 18th Century was imported to the American colonies from China for its usefulness and beauty, and is now considered an invasive species
I just received my copies and they are very beautifully made, thanks to Aaron's superior care 🙏🏽
If you so wish, you can purchase it on the press's website. And if your budget allows, you can even go for Matthew's fantastic limited-edition portfolio, in which this little book is included. Both links in the comments below
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#omarberrada #ClonalHum #TreeOfHeaven #Ailanthus #AilanthusAltissima #trees #InvasiveSpecies #MatthewSchrader #AaronGemmill #Obultra #EditionsMichelObultra #poetry #prosepoems #sculpture #photography #2x4 #twobyfour
Sometime last year, @aarongemmill wrote to introduce his @m.obultra editions, and asked if I would write a text to accompany a portfolio by artist Matthew Schrader, aka @soupy_matrix
How that text became a sequence of prose poems set inside 2x4 inch boxes, is a long story I'd be happy to share some other time. I'll just say that the brilliant Mr Schrader was more interested in a collaboration/ conversation of ideas than in me writing an essay on his work
"Clonal Hum" deals with questions of migration and racialization by way of botanics. Namely, by way of the Ailanthus altissima, or Tree-of-heaven, which in the 18th Century was imported to the American colonies from China for its usefulness and beauty, and is now considered an invasive species
I just received my copies and they are very beautifully made, thanks to Aaron's superior care 🙏🏽
If you so wish, you can purchase it on the press's website. And if your budget allows, you can even go for Matthew's fantastic limited-edition portfolio, in which this little book is included. Both links in the comments below
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#omarberrada #ClonalHum #TreeOfHeaven #Ailanthus #AilanthusAltissima #trees #InvasiveSpecies #MatthewSchrader #AaronGemmill #Obultra #EditionsMichelObultra #poetry #prosepoems #sculpture #photography #2x4 #twobyfour
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6 years agoandreaanderssonrivers
This is beautiful- from every vantage. I cannot wait to get my copy.
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