"Words, Don't come easy"
That's the essence of F.R.David. In an exceedingly verbal world with very little discernible point to all the talk, the journal adds its own distinctive, (un)welcome? take on the written word as dual companion and servant to the visual. Composed primarily of found texts but original contextualization, it turns words on a flat plane into a kind of trompe l'oeil. Who is in service to whom? What is writing now in contemporary art practice? Its sense of humor and nose for the absurd disguises but very much enhances its ultimately critical analysis of a vital format.
Designed by Will Holder, published 2x per year by de Appel Arts Centre (NL).
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A ...for single mothers, Spring 2013. Ed. Will Holder. With Ian Hamilton Finlay, e.e.cummings, Elizabeth Crocker, William Carlos Williams, Sharon Hayes, Carolyn Heilbrun, Rita McBride, Helen DeWitt, Cornelius Cardew, Alice Notley, Charlotte Prodger, Amy Sillman, Emily Critchley, John Russell, Nour Mobarak, Adam Pendleton, Clarice Lispector, Jean-Philippe Antoine, Lea Lagasse, Julia Feyrer & Tamara Henderson, Chris Kraus, Thomas A. Clark, Robert Ashley. Edition of 1500. 7.5" x 5", 204 pages. $17. Add to cart
B This Is Not New, Of Course, Spring 2012. Ed. Will Holder. With Lydia Davis, Robert Duncan, H.G. Widdowson, Chris Mann, Stan Brakhage, Russell Kettell, Dan Lepard, Maya Deren, Henry Miller, Adam Chodzko, Charles Olson, Charles Schultz, Marjorie Perloff, Hilary Koob Sassen, Jackson Mac Low, Kirschner/Panos, Cid Corman, Robert Duncan, C.H. Sisson. Edition of 1500. 7.5" x 5", 240 pages. $17. Add to cart
C Spin Cycle, Summer 2011. Eds. Will Holder, Mike Sperlinger. With Ezra Pound, John Miller, G. K. Chesterton, Keston Sutherland, John Keats, Janice Kerbal, Francis Ponge, Franz Erhard Walther, Jean-Francois Lyotard, J. H. Prynne, Edward Johnston, Mas'ud Zavarzadeh, Ian White, J. K. Huysmans, John Cage, Alice Notely, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Cally Spooner, Cory Arcangel, Serge Daney, Topor, Dieter Roelstraete/Chris Evans. One of the bookmarks references Gerard Depardieu's role in Nathalie Granger (Depardieu is also known for urinating in the aisle on a recent Air France flight). Edition of 1500. 7.5" x 5", 208 pages. $17.
