CODEX VIII International Book Fair: April 10th through 13th at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond

CODEX VIII INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR

March 8, 2022

I will be showing my artist books once again
at the CODEX INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR
under the imprimatur of
ath’wart press*.

Come Visit Me: TABLE 26

DATES: April 10 - 13, 2022

LOCATION: Craneway Pavilion 1414 Harbour Way So. Richmond, CA 94804

HOURS: Sunday, April 10 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Monday, April 11 12:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, April 12 12:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Wed, April 13 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

PROGRAM: Information at https://www.codexfoundation.org

ADMISSION TICKETS: Multi Day $35.00; Single Day $15.00; Student (w/ID) $10.00

More about ATH’WART in the blog post following.

The artist books to be featured at the fair were part of two installations on the topic of extraction exhibited last year at the Seager Gray Gallery in Mill Valley and North Bay Letterpress Arts in Sebastopol.

Catalogs of the installations below:

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Materiality Re_Mined; Deep Within the Screen of a Cell Phone →

October 16, 2021

This e-book on our installation, Materiality Re_Mined; Deep Within the Screen of a Cell Phone has now been published and can be accessed here on blurb.com. It contains images of the installation and written contributions by Barbara Morris and Jeremy Morgan.

Materiality Re_Mined

July 1, 2021

Materiality Re_Mined; Deep Within the Screen of a Cell Phone

features an installation by two artists

Brooke Holve & Catherine Richardson

Opening Reception: July 10th with a conversation between the artists at 3:00pm followed by a reception from 4 - 6pm.

At the Seager Gray Gallery in MillValley and on view till the end of July.

Gallery Address and info.

108 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA

415.384.8288 | Wednesday through Sunday, 12pm - 4:00pm or by appointment

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MATERIALITY RE_MINED; Deep Within the Screen of a Cell Phone

June 8, 2021

Materiality Re_Mined; Deep Within the Screen of a Cell Phone

features an installation by two artists, Brooke Holve and Catherine Richardson.

The exhibit opens at the Seager Gray Gallery in MIll Valley on July 1 and will be on view till the end of July. The opening reception is on July 10th with a conversation by the artists at 3:00 followed by a reception from 4 - 6.

I have been collaborating with Catherine Richardson on this topic of extraction for over two years. The installation will look at the global impact of our much coveted cell phones on the environment. Digging deep into the components of a cell phone, the artists reveal connections between its “smartness,” the mining industries and humans’ relationship with the earth.

For more descriptive information on the installation, click “Press Release” below.

Press Release

A PREVIEW: Plexiglass & Mixed Media, Shelves of Objects that reflect the artists’ processes, Projections and Artist Book

This installation is part of a larger movement of artists, “Art On The Edge Of The Abyss” a multimedia, multi-venue, cross-border art intervention that will investigate extractive industry in all of its forms (from mining and drilling to the reckless exploitation of water, soil, trees, marine life, and other natural resources). The project will expose and interrogate extraction’s negative social and environmental consequences, from the damage done to people, especially indigenous and disenfranchised communities, to ravaged landscapes and poisoned water to climate change and its many troubling implications

.Below are pics of the catalog/exhibition guide, published by the codexfoundation.org compiled by Sam Pelts.

Materiality Re_Mined pgs 110 - 113 in the catalog. A digital “sketch” of our mobile phone project that seeks to expose the trail of minerals and elements mined to build the devices we depend on.

Image from the film, The Bookmakers. Yes, sitting in the audience at one of the presentations at Codex. — Image from the film, *The* *Bookmakers*. Yes, sitting in the audience at one of the presentations at Codex.

Listening

December 5, 2020

So if we have good communication,

I tried and now I see it’s been many months since my last post. A challenging year filled with uncertainty, living through a pandemic, fire season & evacuees, racial injustices and an election many will not forget.

I found solace entering my studio each day. Slowing down with fewer distractions revealed unexpected silver linings such as unstructured time to listen beyond the projects in front of me. To echoes from previous experiences for example, remembering a residency six years ago at Haystack in Maine, where I discovered two useful tools, a scroll saw and a laser cutter, that would enable me to further develop cuttings. I purchased a scroll saw upon my return knowing how I wanted to use it. The laser cutter was a bigger investment and one I didn’t make since I wasn’t as sure about its usefulness. I did investigate places where I might rent one, if the need became apparent.

What I didn’t expect was one coming to me during this auspicious time, from my son whose employer had two sitting around not being used. And my need had become apparent as I was working with plexiglass on a collaborative project with Catherine Richardson, Materiality Re_Mined; The Cell Phone Looking at Itself, scheduled to be exhibited at the Seager Gray Gallery in July of 2021.

Look for more on this exhibition in posts to follow in 2021. And yes, the laser cutter was invaluable.