Readymade

6 x 9 in. books (set of 18)

100pp. each

2019

This project arose from a list of overheard phrases spoken during classes and in studio discussions over the past two years. Each has become the title of a “readymade” thesis, which consists of a publication with an official (and customizable) cover page and 99 subsequent blank pages. Titles are rendered in my own typeface, Alliance Gothic, on sparse black covers. By creating multiple, aesthetically similar publications, they begin to function less like publications and more like objects. In a way, it was an exercise in unravelling the notion of the thesis as well the idea of the publication, taking the air out of both. It also serves as an interesting survey of the topics, concerns, and jokes that characterize the last two years of our graduate studio.