Roadside Attractions, boxed set

letterpress and Risograph prints; gelatin monoprints; sumi ink; wax

Roadside Attractions documents collected evidence, inviting the reader to draw individual conclusions on the quasi-environmental study conducted by the artist. The small boustrophedon forms take notice of the intricacy of waste that proliferates at America’s roadsides. Each book is a grid of micro-meditations that attempt to balance human beings' misuse of resources with our incredible ingenuity and progress. The prints document tiny indicators of how we thrive and falter—each micro-page a critical piece of an unknown something. The books’ structure invites the viewer to map these discarded pieces without promise of arrival at a final destination. Simultaneously, the viewer is engaged in hypothesizing about the broken objects’ former uses. The found objects were inked and printed on Masa, Niddegen, Lana Laid, and Domestic Etch via letterpress and gelatin monoprinting as well as stamping and risography. Volume 1 is treated with a sumi ink and salt wash and Volume III with wax. All volumes are housed in paper slipcases that are signed and numbered by the artist. The deluxe set travels in a box that opens like the back of a caravan wagon, taking goods and entertainment on the road.