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Esopus 10
The tenth issue of this New York-based multidisciplinary journal includes artists' projects by Yvonne Jacquette, Dulce Pinzon and Berend Strik. The issue also features a series of color stills from At Sea , the stunning 2008 film by experimental filmmaker Peter Hutton; the never-before-seen "fictional" scientific drawings of Doug McNamara; new poetry from Jen Bervin; a short story by Lesley Clayton; and Angus Trumble's "1929 in Retrospect." Esopus 10 includes the latest installments from two regular Modern Artifacts, presented in partnership with The Museum of Modern Art, featuring never-before-published documents from MoMA's archives (in this case, selections from the sketchbooks of former MoMA director René d'Harnoncourt); and Guarded Opinions, in which museum and gallery guards are asked to offer their critical perspectives on the art they oversee. The issue's audio CD takes Good News as its For it, 11 musicians were asked to choose a piece of news which they interpreted as positive and then craft a song around it. Participants include Ryan Adams, Neko Case and Carl Newman, Atlas Sound, Gowns, Man Man and The Real Tuesday Weld.
158 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2008
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October 31, 2008
Dutch and I discovered ESOPUS while browsing Green Apple's tiny zine section. We picked up three magazines there, but Esopus is the only one we subscribed too and ordered as many back issues as we could. (We picked up Geez, an earnest Canadian evangelical mag and Mental Floss)
Why this sudden devotion?
1) High production value. Yup, it sounds dry, but the quality of the paper and the printing is fantastic. Not only that, they fill each issue with lots of cool things. Issue #10, the one I am ostensibly reviewing, has a series of fake botanical drawings that are suitable for framing, printed on velum, no less. Soon, I will take an exacto knife to it and frame those puppies.
2) No advertisements. I don't want to look at advertisements in something I pay for. That means each page is cool. The reader doesn't have to skip any parts.
3) Big format. What is not to love about diving into 9 x 12 inches of CMYK goodness?
4) The CD. Although #9's music was better, #10's music is still very listenable and interesting. PLUS, each track has a story behind it.
5) It is cheap. $14 at the newstand or $24/year.
6) Intentional Ephemera and glorious foldouts. Better than Miss April. Often pages and pages of glossy fullcolor, feet of printed mayhem.
7) Emphasis on drawing. I am a sucker for drawings and it is always a treat to see pages and pages of finely reproduced drawings.
Why this sudden devotion?
1) High production value. Yup, it sounds dry, but the quality of the paper and the printing is fantastic. Not only that, they fill each issue with lots of cool things. Issue #10, the one I am ostensibly reviewing, has a series of fake botanical drawings that are suitable for framing, printed on velum, no less. Soon, I will take an exacto knife to it and frame those puppies.
2) No advertisements. I don't want to look at advertisements in something I pay for. That means each page is cool. The reader doesn't have to skip any parts.
3) Big format. What is not to love about diving into 9 x 12 inches of CMYK goodness?
4) The CD. Although #9's music was better, #10's music is still very listenable and interesting. PLUS, each track has a story behind it.
5) It is cheap. $14 at the newstand or $24/year.
6) Intentional Ephemera and glorious foldouts. Better than Miss April. Often pages and pages of glossy fullcolor, feet of printed mayhem.
7) Emphasis on drawing. I am a sucker for drawings and it is always a treat to see pages and pages of finely reproduced drawings.
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