dream memoirs of a fabulist (doug rice)
doug rice wrote words.
i placed them on pages. you can read them, but it will require you to touch. from copilot press reviewed here. video by cinema caldera below: one-of-a-kind book as garment |
the ancient documentaries
set of three box-scroll books that narrate the history of indigenous ceremonies as reimagined by the royal chicano air force in sacramento in the 1970s, including: día de los muertos, fiesta de colores and fiesta de maíz. featured in the recent film, the ancient documentaries of southside park.
paper. bone. wood.
[wooden boxes constructed by janet balser]
bound by hand, 2010
amor sencillo
this is a story of love. of a series of visits to an aging friend recovering from illness. of traveling each day by metro, to and from. of doing housework, preparing food. going to market together each day the same way. de un café y un té verde. dos caracolas con pasas.
found paper. metal.
bound by hand, 2010
a book of presence | a book of absence | a book of presence
a story of daughterhood.
paper, cloth, sandpaper, thread.
one of a kind. bound by hand, 2010
los compas: el chale gallego y'l xorty (josé montoya)
a traditional codex turned (almost) silent graphic cuento of napkin drawings by josé montoya.
design by stephanie sauer
reviewed in rain taxi. available at copilot press.
on permanent diaplay at the chicago cultural center.
bound by hand, 2010
indefinite - indefinite
poem-as-book.
of pancake and language making.
original text selected as finalist by brenda hillman
for the 15th annual chicago poetry center
juried reading.
bound by hand, 2007
excerpt:
When she has gone, the man on the radio discusses a film set in Sao Paulo.
Twenty minutes washing dishes in the sink.
[I attempt reenactment of presence by mouthing her name:]
part lips, pull taut across teeth. expel breath, allow vibrations in throat to rise.
drop lower jaw. tighten abdomen, push sound up, out.
arch tongue, touch tip to back of teeth.
relax lips to form circle. push lower jaw forward, lift tongue, expel sound.
tighten lips, hold. final expulsion.
[repeat]
becoming human
an encounter with bone, fluid, salt.
text on translucent vellum with corresponding photographic images. out of print.
limited edition, 2005
excerpt:
flesh poised earthward, soaking light shattered down curves of mountain. plummeted to waters. you, who wears life, a kaleidoscope. time nestled into compression - forgetting spots, leaving others to harden. bones of sulfate, i lay this flesh upon you and pray for osmosis to gain wisdom all over again. to soak in the joy of your wrinkles and pick out splinters from where the lava ran. onto this surface of centuries of humans who have pressed themselves into you, searching for breath.
it's fun to be | naked
collaboration with rachel gontijo araujo an inner | active poem for the body. requires tearing. bound by hand, 2009 available at copilot press |
the noun painter
published as a deck
of flash cards. royal chicano air force general esteban villa draws portraits on his flights through the sacramento valley. i map his journey. available at copilot press bound by hand, 2008 |
tantao
my first book in portuguese.
ink. paper. found materials.
bound by hand, 2008
