Production Narrative

by J. Drucker

Gary and Martha agreed to publish this book some time in the early 1990s. They were in charge of the layout, format, and all production. We consulted about the cover and design, and I sent them the images and of course, the texts. I think by the time we were doing this that I must have sent the text on disk.

Critical Analysis

by J. Drucker

Design Features

typographic: Fairly straightforward, text blocks, text size, legible, nothing special.

imagery: Hand painted collages of news imagery made grotesque and fantastic, with a weird expressionistic cast.

graphical: Clean design, straightforward, very small press.

Critical Discussion

This book is most compelling for its writing, the mix of genres, and the heteroglossic character of its sensibility.

Dark Decade

Agents

Johanna Drucker

type: initiating

role:
author
artist

nationality:
born: United States
active: United States
citizenship: United States

dates:
birth: 1952-05-30

Gary Sullivan Detour Press

type: other

role:
publisher

dates:
publication: 01/06/1995

note: Gary and his then partner had been typesetters for a magazine in San Francisco in which an excerpt of this text appeared. They had contacted me with enthusiasm. I wrote back to see if they might want to publish the work in its entirety through their own imprint. They agreed. [J.Drucker]

Publication Information

edition type: editioned

publisher: Detour Press

place: St.Paul, Minnesota

dates:
publication: 1995-00-00

Measurements

horizontal: 5.5 inches closed

vertical: 8.5 inches closed

depth: .3 inches closed

Production Information

production means:
offset (local)

binding: mashine sewn (local)

substrate:
bookBlock: paper

media:
ink (local)

Appearance

format: codex (AAT)

cover: Red and black cover with an oval depicting a detail from a painting by Johanna Drucker.

color: no

Content

pagination: paginated 128 pages

numbered?: unnumbered

signed?: unsigned

Colophon

none

Exhibition Information

exhibition history: See c.v., though this was not a much-exhibited book. The format and distribution of the book suited it to a small press, literary audience and readership, rather than art venues or exhibition displays.

reception history: Very little except for notes from friends and colleagues.

Related Documents

manuscript type: correspondence

location: artist's archive

note: Correspondence with Gary and Martha about the production, schedule, money etc.