On Friday, January 24th at 7 PM I’ll be reading from La vie is like that at Wendy’s Subway. Hope to see you in Brooklyn!
Details here: https://www.wendyssubway.com/programs/events/la-vie-is-like-that
Support Systems at Longwood Art Gallery
January 22nd is the opening of Support Systems, a group exhibition curated by Christina Freeman at Longwood Art Gallery in the Bronx. I’m excited to have an installation of The Dry Garden included. The exhibit runs through February 25th. More info at the following link: https://www.bronxarts.org/programs/connector/longwood-art-project/longwood-art-gallery
La vie is like that, on photo-eye's Favorite Books of 2024 list
Honored to have La vie is like that included on photo-eye’s Favorite Books of 2024 list. Many thanks to Mary Virginia Swanson for choosing the book and her lovely write up.
A Letter from a Friend, Bacio in Bern
I sent off a postcard from Light Blue Desire to Bern two weeks ago for this sprawling group show, A Letter from a Friend, taking place this month at Bacio in Bern. The postcard is from the section of Light Blue Desire that talks about colors and direction in language. The show is up into December, details over at: https://bacio-collective.com/
Volumes Award 2024 voting
La vie is like that is part of the collection of books in consideration for the Volumes Award 2024. If you have a moment check out the books and cast a vote:
Link: https://www.volumeszurich.ch/collection/volumes-award-2024
Election Uncertainty and an image from The Moon & Stars on NY Times Opinion
I was hoping to post this yesterday but here we are and this feels even more timely and depressingly helpful. An image from The Moon & Stars Can Be Yours was used for Dr. Gary Greenberg’s essay for the NY Times Opinion section. Many thanks to Jessie Wender at the New York Times.
Take care during this difficult week and beyond.
The Nature of Cities feature, excerpt from A Tree Grows in Queens
An excerpt from A Tree Grows in Queens was published this week on the website The Nature of Cities. The excerpt pulls from two chapters, Pink Dogwood and American Elm, and includes an introduction to the origins of the project. The piece can be read at the following link: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2024/10/30/a-tree-grows-in-queens/
The Moon & Stars Can Be Yours named an Art Asia Pacific Editors' Pick
Happy to share that The Moon & Stars Can Be Yours was recently named an Editors’ Pick by Art Asia Pacific during BOOKED, the sixth edition of the Hong Kong Art Book Fair held earlier in the month.
ICP Photobook Fest Sept 6 - 8th, NY, NY
Copies of A Tree Grows in Queens, as well as my other books, will be available at the Conveyor Editions table at this weekend’s ICP Photobook Fest, running from Sept 6th - 8th. Details at the link: https://pbf.icp.org/
Group show - Community Care in NYC
Happy to have work from my collaborative project with Christina Labey, The Library as a Garden, on view in this upcoming exhibition at the Lower Eastside Girls Club Gallery. The show, Community Care: Stewarding Your Neighborhood, is organized by the Lower East Side Ecology Center and opens on September 6th.
Group show - Reach for Shine at Small Works, San Francisco
Happy to have an image from La vie is like that in the upcoming group show, Reach for Shine, curated by Lemia Monet Bodden. The exhibit is on view from Sept 1 - 30 in San Francisco at Small Works with an opening reception on Sept 5th.
La vie is like that LensCulture Book Review
Liz Sales wrote a wonderful review of La vie is like that for the photography website LensCulture.
Link to her deeply considered review here: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/magali-duzant-la-vie-is-like-that
Press Print: Risograph Photobooks @ Penumbra Foundation, July 25 - November 1, 2024
Very excited to have La vie is like that included in the exhibition Press Print : Risograph Photobooks opening this week at Penumbra Foundation. If you’re in NY do stop by! The show runs through November 1st. More details at: https://www.penumbrafoundation.org/press-print
SF Art Book Fair July 18-21
This weekend in San Francisco I’ll have books at both Conveyor Editions and Seaton Street Press. If you’re in town swing by!
Volumes mini fair in Zurich - June 8th!
If you’re in Zurich early June come say hi at the one day Volumes mini fair! I’ll be tabling for Conveyor Editions with a handful of my own books (including copies of The Dry Garden) and next to Seaton Street Press who will have copies of La vie is like that!
June 8th, 12 - 8 on the Löwenbräu Rampe.
PKB new distributor in the UK and the EU!
The lovely folks over at Public Knowledge Books (PKB) are now distributing Conveyor Editions titles as well as copies of my book The Dry Garden. They currently have The Dry Garden in stock as well as copies of The Moon & Stars Can Be Yours. Later this summer, A Tree Grows in Queens will also be available.
The Via Combusta at Three Shadows Beijing
The Via Combusta’s next stop is Three Shadows in Beijing! The exhibition is on view from May 11 - June 16, 2024. Work from my linked projects The Moon & Stars Can Be Yours and Sympathetic Magic are included in the group exhibition curated by Zhou Yichen and Gan Yingying.
Offprint London with Conveyor Editions
From May 17th - 19th Christina Labey and I will be at the Conveyor Editions table at the Tate Modern for this year’s Offprint London. One of our favorite fairs, we’ll be doing the UK debuts of Moemoea by Brendan George Ko, Errata Vol. 1 Field Recordings by Bryan Graf, and my new book A Tree Grows in Queens.
A Tree Grows in Queens, new publication with Conveyor Editions!
My newest publication with Conveyor Editions, designed by Christina Labey, is being released in time for the NYABF and Arbor Day. A Tree Grows in Queens reflects on the many ways in which trees manifest into other things - myths, memes, monuments and more. Telling the stories of ten trees found in NYC (from the Harlem Wishing Tree to a Tulip tree considered the city’s oldest) the book explores topics from climate catastrophe and zombie capitalism to the radical power of touch and the place of memory making. Book available through Conveyor Editions here.
La vie is like that published by Seaton Street Press, NYABF launch
I am incredibly excited to announce the publication of La vie is like that with independent publisher Seaton Street Press. La vie is like that takes its inspiration from the philosophical thought experiment 'The Ship of Theseus,' which reflects on the concept of the persistence of identity - if every part of an object is replaced over time is it the same object? La vie … explores the connection between language and identity. The work, in text and risograph images, touches upon themes of change, immigration, connection, dementia, loss, speech, love, and humor. The book is structured as an alphabet primer (A is for Aphasia... E is for Emerson... U is for Umzug) that blends languages - reflecting my father's combinations of French, Creole, and English, as well as my own study of German. The book will be available for purchase at the Seaton Street Press table (C19) at this year’s NYABF (April 25-28). I will be signing copies Sunday April 28th from 2-4pm.
