The Indifference of Places
From misery and strife, a big honking zine is born. The Indifference of Places records, with painstaking faithfulness, a miserable trip to Prague and Berlin in January of 2008. With photos from the trip and handwritten text reproduced directly from my travel journal. Doesn't that sound like something you want--nay, need--to read? 52 pages, xerographically printed. $5.00 postpaid.
A review from Xerography Debt: Described as "Prague, regret, anticipating, letdown, Berlin, loneliness, heartsickness, jet lag, travel, running away" this zine is oddly haunting and heartsick. It stayed with me long after I'd finished reading it, not only because it presents such a muted view of Prague and I'd just started planning a trip to Prague when I read it, but because the composition is so visually evocative and beautiful even when Wheeler's writing about being miserable: "with my eyes and mind I can see how stunning and impressive Prague is, but my heart is cold" she writes, and she's so stark about this chill that you begin to feel it as well. It's not a cheery read, but it's beautifully produced and I am so totally a sucker for pretty handwriting. (I am, however, inspired to make my own Prague zine if I go...!)
Zoodiac!
Twelve months of Chinese zodiac beasts, silkscreen and letterpress and stab binding--oh my! This 5.5" x 9.25" book was silkscreened in Oakland at Inky Oxnard Studios, then printed with hand-set lead and wood type at the San Francisco Center for the Book. By Michael Wertz and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler. See more photos here and here! Signed and numbered edition of 100. $30 postpaid.
