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This is a simple task writing sheets of crumpled paper

During my semi-annual desktop clean-up, I unearthed this little video that Marianne took chronicling our collaborative book, Ultrices.

#Ultrices

Ultrices, 2016

Ultrices is a collaboration about place, systems, and chance by Marianne Dages and Leah Mackin. Conceived, drawn, printed, and bound by the artists at Huldra Press in Philadelphia.

8.5"h x 4.25"w 16 pp, double-sided Letterpress, drawing, and toner on various papers. Variable Edition of 40 books.

Available directly from the artists. Please contact if you are interested.

#artists on tumblr #artists books #mnezik #huldra press #marianne dages #leah mackin #printmaking #letterpress #toner on paper

My multi-pass Risograph print for the Of Rules and Rebellion Exchange Portfolio, curated by Kristina Paabus and Jessica Caponigro 2016 MAPC Biennial Conference http://www.mapc2016.org/exchangePortfolios.html Happening this weekend at Indiana University Southeast / University of Louisville October 5-8, 2016

#mapc #ofrulesandrebellion

A fascinating exhibit opening at the APE Gallery on Sunday, aims to demystify the creation and meaning of contemporary art.

Write-up on 2x3 A Generative Artwork Residency Project which I am excited to participate in later this week in Northampton, MA.

#northampton #2x3 #generative art #photocopy art #artists on tumblr #art about art

Interview on Bookbinding Now

I recently enjoyed recording a conversation with Esther S. White for the podcast, Bookbinding Now. We discussed a variety of topics including DBQ, my upcoming residency at Women’s Studio Workshop and, of course, this August’s performance and installation of Untitled (Book Objects) at A.P.E. Ltd. Gallery in Northampton, Massachusetts for 2x3: A Generative Art Residency Project, curated by Esther S. White and Trevor Powers.

#esther s white #bookbinding #now #podcast #interview #artists on tumblr

found penny intaglio with chine-collé on monotype, animated GIF

New Horizons: a Pluto Print exchange Presented by the Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Printmaking program at the University of the Arts. Exhibition: March 8 - April 7, 2016

Facebook event page here

Solo Exhibition at the Print Center (Philadelphia, PA)

May 6 - August 6, 2016

Thursday, May 5, Gallery Talk at 5:30pm and Opening Reception 6 - 8pm!

Monument.doc, 2015 manipulated steel, concrete base

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Found Animated GIF: Reversed, 2016

Over the summer, I was commissioned to make a new logo and portraits for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s e-merge journal, which launched its 2016 Beta issue yesterday. I appreciate the fluidity of the journal’s publication schedule and the platform it provides for an opportunity read about the unwieldy realm that is an academic approach to arts administration.

Animated GIF-maker, for hire? Sure!

#anigif #logo #commission

CMD+C, CMD+V, 2014

saddle-stitched bound laser prints with Risograph printed endsheets 10.5"h x 8.25"w, with fold-out 19"h x 13"w poster insert and 8.25"h x 5.5"w pamphlet 40 pp double-sided edition of 50

AVAILABLE HERE

Employing a variety of paper types and printing processes, the physical makeup of the book, C, V [CMD+C, CMD+V], 2014 mirrors the content. Abstracted monochromatic imagery, created using a variety of photo-reproductive methods, layer on top of each other. These collaged images create a fluid narrative to lead into the smaller, inset booklet of generative text collected by manipulation of Optical Character Recognition software.

This project was made possible with the support of the SAIC Student Publishing Grant.

#leah mackin #artists books #zine #publishing #self-published #risograph #laser print #bound #fold-out #ocr #optical character recognition #generative text

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opens this Friday in Chicago! (via Leah Mackin | MFA Show 2015)

#mfashow2015 #saic

three new works headed down to the Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair with Western Exhibitions next weekend!

Saturday, March 28 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, March 29 Noon – 6 p.m. The Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21218 More info here

#baltimore contemporary print fair #BCPF15 #Western Exhibitions