An epic collaboration with all new friends and partners for us: Cork, Ireland-based artist Kate O' Shea, the organizations Common Ground, and Create and in Dublin, and Kate's team of supporting writers (and it really did take a team to describe the depth of her practice and the social context for her work). The design of this booklet was a collaboration between Kate O' Shea and Half Letter Press, with countless messages and photos and edits sent back and forth until we arrived at this printed result - a thick booklet printed on four different papers, two printing processes, a trip to the suburbs to buy surplus paper from some religious organization before it got scrapped when they moved to Texas, followed by Kate O' Shea flying to Chicago to pick the booklet up from the bindery with us and to make some new prints together. This publication is a tremendously thoughtful exploration of what an artist residency can be, what community can be, and a hundred ways to pivot when some little thing like a global pandemic pops off at the start of your grand plans.
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5", 58 pages
Materials: Softcover book
Half Letter Press
(Avondale)
Half Letter Press is a publishing imprint and online store initiated by Temporary Services—Brett Bloom & Marc Fischer, who have published booklets as an element of their collaborative work since 1998. Half Letter Press was created to publish and distribute book and booklet length works by themselves and others, and to use this endeavor to build long-term support and expanded audiences for people that work creatively in experimental ways.