Billy Ocallaghan, Lucky, improper printing, 2017, ed. open

A fascinating accordion by this Irish writer that traces how far back you have to go in your family history to be connected to 1 million people — the answer is 20 generations. This accordion gives physical form to the answer to that question.  

About his work O'Callaghan states:

as a project-based artist, i investigate critical issues of our time (that interest me - e.g., extinction, queer and sexual politics, our debt to plants), prepare visual reports with my findings, and self-publish these in a variety of formats. using a number of related strategies for engagement (craft, informality, fun, humor, play, insight, and beauty), i hope to draw myself and others into deeper thinking around the subjects i'm investigating...

For another of O'Callaghan's 'visual reports' on this blog see: https://accordionpublications.blogspot.com/2020/01/billy-ocallaghan-inverted-rainbow-hue.html

Single-sided, 44 pages, individual page 3.75" (h) x 2.25" (w), when fully opened 8ft 7.5"

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Simon Cutts with watercolors by Kate Van Houten, In Nannycatch Beck, Coracle Press, Ireland, 2017

Another beauty from Coracle Press with sparse, but pregnant words by Cutts, and watercolor pebbles by Van Houten in all their watery glory and 'thingness' set amongst the white expanses of the page.

10 pages, double-sided, individual page 4.5" (h) x 3.75" (w), and when fully open 1ft 6.75".

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