Luminous Volumes.
Granary Books, 1993. Item #GB_30
4 7/8 x 5 5/8 in., 24 pp., saddle stitched wrappers.
Catalog for an exhibition of Granary Books' publications (Oct. 28–Nov. 27, 1993). Includes essay by Johanna Drucker, color reproductions, checklist, chronology. Designed by Will Powers. Printed offset in full color on Warren Lustro Dull by Pentagraphix. Out-of-print. As new.
<br />●<br /><br /><strong>ABOUT JOHANNA DRUCKER: </strong>Johanna Drucker is the inaugural Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA. She is internationally known for her work in the history of graphic design, typography, experimental poetry, fine art, and digital humanities. In addition, she has a reputation as a book artist, and her limited-edition works are in special collections and libraries worldwide. Her published titles include <em>SpecLab: Digital Aesthetics and Speculative Computing</em> (Chicago, 2009), and <em>Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide with Emily McVarish</em> (Pearson, 2008, 2nd edition in 2012). In 2012 she published<em> Digital_Humanities</em>, with Jeffrey Schnapp, Todd Presner, Peter Lunenfeld, and Anne Burdick (MIT Press) and in 2014, <em>Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production</em> (Harvard University Press). Her work was the subject of a travelling retrospective titled <em>Druckworks: Books and projects 1972-2012</em>, and recent titles include <em>Stochastic Poetics</em> (Granary and Druckwerk, 2012), <em>Downdrift</em> (Three Rooms Press, 2018), and <em>The General Theory of Social Relativity</em> (The Elephants, 2018). She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received an honorary doctorate from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2016. Read more at <a href="http://www.johannadrucker.net/">https://www.johannadrucker.net/</a>.<br /><br /> <div><strong>Further reading</strong>: <a href="https://www.granarybooks.com/pdfs/drucker_interview.pdf">Shaw, Tate. "To Figure Out What Is Happening: An Interview with Johanna Drucker." <em>The Journal of Artists’ Books</em> 21. Spring 2007.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a></div>
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