The followup of the Southern Gothic ‘Scar Lover’ publication, was ‘Brazilian Gothic is not for Beginner,’ which investigated gothic literature/film as a cultural strategy in Brazil. The project was heavily influenced by the ‘literatura de cordel,’ a self-printed booklet containing poetry and prose, frequently hung on clotheslines at markets.
Client: Deltaworkers
Editors: Maaike Gouwenberg & Joris Lindhout
ISBN: 978-94-6190-238-2
60 Pages
A5
Published by Capacete Entretenimentos
Edition of 500
Printed in the Netherlands
Contributing an older process aesthetic, artist and co-authors Maaike Gouwenberg and Joris Lindhout, provided wood-block carvings for each section / chapter of the book. These block prints, combined with xeroxed and scanned, then re-xeroxed and re-scanned photographs in cheap copy shops, wonky type choices in columns set askew in moving margins, and handwritten elements, attempted to capture a certain energy and immediacy in the chaos of it all.
Playing with repeated and mirrored image cut-outs to create geometric patterns were a nod to the psychedelic modernism of design and architecture of yesteryear. Other images were cut / pasted physically over or under text to create layouts in the analog. There are some things that I prefer, layout-wise than other parts of the publication, and while it isn’t a successful design overall, I’d like to think can comfortably live in some sort of artist academia zine netherworld.
Existence is the continuity of blood at TENT Rotterdam, 2012.
Existence is the continuity of blood at TENT Rotterdam, 2012.
