#michael bartalos

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USA, 1996 // designer: Michael Bartalos.

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USA, 2008 // designer: Michael Bartalos.

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And the next PULP ATLAS event will be at Needles & Pens in San Francisco!  November 13th will host an artist book reading and discussion with Michael Bartalos, Christopher Kardambikis and Tim Schwartz.  The discussion will be moderated by Stanford's Roberto Trujillo.

Also?  Tim Schwartz will be parking the STAT-US trailer outside Needles & Pens for thew night!  Mark Lander will be on hand via Skype from Ipswich to talk to visitors about the books!  This show is going to be AWESOME!

All the books will be on view from November 13th to December 14th at Needles & Pens.

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ONE MORE DAY TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR INDIEGOGO!

This past weekend I was in San Francisco and was able to pick up a couple more Pulp Atlas books from Jim Rugg and Michael Bartalos!  Check these things out!

Jim has been going through the archives of Copacetic Comics founder Bill Boichel.  His zine is constructed completely over the course of one evening with a xerox printer.  It looks amazing and is a great look at an important figure in Pittsburgh comics.

Michael was recently in Mexico City for a residency and has created a beautiful book based on Aztec culture and the constellations.  Another project playing with a xerox machine - Michael ran each page of this book through a color xerox several times to achieve a layered, dense feel to these pages.  

So excited that these books are going to be shared with so many cities!

Again, if you have an interest in artist books and zines - check out this project and consider donating!

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PULP ATLAS is a series of artist book exhibitions featuring the work of 12 artists experimenting with the book form.  Each artist will have produced an edition of 12 artist books or zines, allowing for 12 exhibitions to happen simultaneously in different cities during the Fall of 2014.  PULP ATLAS explores the contemporary book form as well as the cultural borders surrounding alternative exhibition spaces.  Artist books and zines occupy a unique territory: inherently legible even while experimental, they are precious and disposable, able to be viewed in public but read as an incredibly personal experience.  PULP ATLAS aims to explore the dynamics of the book form in an alternative viewing space.  

New artist books and zines by:

Michael Bartalos, Morgan Cahn, Matt Coors, Edie Fake, Christopher Kardambikis, Mark Lander, Jenn Pascoe, Vanessa Roveto, Jim Rugg, Tim Schwartz, Mary Tremonte, Imin Yeh

Watch this space for updates on the Fall exhibitions and process photographs from the participating artists.