Sunday, June 19, 2022

DOEprojekts Publishes Unique Limited Edition Books Featuring 10 years of Our Blog Entries (2021-2012)


Over the past 10 years, 
Deborah Adams Doering and Glenn N. Doering, DOEprojekts Art Collaborative, has published over 170 Blogger entries at this URL (web address); DOEprojekts.com.

We are delighted to publish all of our work (since 2012) in two hard-bound volumes: DOEprojekts Vol I (2013-2012) and DOEprojekts Vol II (2021-2013). In each volume, the blog entries are published in reverse chronological order, just as they are published on the web.

We are pleased to work with the BlookUp publishing company, which specializes in publishing various types of online journalism, in creating these high-quality books that document our collaborative projects from the past 10 years. "BlookUp" is located in Bordeaux, France (a region that is also known for its fine wine). 



Along with each set of limited edition "blooks," we are creating an "appendix-in-a-box." The appendix will feature limited edition prints that are shown in the books. In the photo above, our first appendix-in-a-box will feature 5 prints. In the upper left is our "Relationship with Coreforms" print and then clockwise from left: "Coreforms" print, "Tracks and Traces" print, "Code for the Grand River" earthwork print, and "Backbone" print. 
 


DOEprojekts continues our tradition of making prints in response to social and community engagement in 2022. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have saved paraphernalia related to COVID protocols. We recently created a series of photogram (light sensitive) prints using masks, mask fasteners, nasal swabs, extraction vials, test result cassettes, and other components of various kits. Above is one example from our COVID-19 photogram series. 



We also designed two new T-shirt "prints" that anticipate our upcoming Summer 2022 travels and art adventures.

We will be visiting the Documenta 15 exhibition in Kassel, Germany in early July. Our regular blog readers will remember that DOEprojekts partnered with the Keiskamma Art Project, from South Africa, in 2012 when we performed a 100-day "art action" at the Amtsgericht (offices of justice) in Kassel. 

We look forward to visiting the site of our former art action, as well as viewing the current projects that will be featured in Documenta 15. The Jakarta-based collaborative "ruangrupa" is the main curatorial force behind the quinquennial exhibition. In turn, they have selected several other collaboratives to participate in the creation of the 2022 edition of Documenta.

After visiting Documenta 15, we will be traveling to Bauhaus Dessau in the northeast of Germany. Glenn and Deborah have taught classes on the Bauhaus art school (1919-1933) and we had plans to visit the main site of the school in 2020. These plans had to be postponed because of the pandemic. We are now able to move forward with a "residency" at the Bauhaus, staying in the student dormitory. We look forward to sharing our experiences with our blog readers -- stay tuned!



When we return from our travels, we will surely re-visit the "Magical Thinking: Superstitions and Other Persistent Notions" exhibition at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum in lower Manhattan. We thank curators Phyllis Freedman and Laura Kruger for including our work "Wishing (You) Well" pictured above.

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