Disintegration F_ace
I have a new book out today called Disintegration F_ace. It was published by Schism Press. I’m not exactly sure what it is: part visual discourse, part discourse on visual discourse, a work of conceptual art, a sort of investigative poetics… There are any number of things you might call this book, including strange.
The gist: I painted a self-portrait. I took a picture of the painting and printed it out. I set that print-out outside to see how fast it would disintergrate . Every day I took a picture of it (spoiler alert: I stopped taking pictures after a year had passed). Watching that image degrade is half of the book; the other half is a manner of converation between “the face” and “face-text,” a conversation that loops and swerves and gets gobbled up by an A.I. and regurgitated as a different form of itself.
If you’re curious, it is available in two formats: as an open-access pdf, free to anyone to download and read, or as a paperback (currently listed on Amazon as a #1 New Release in Conceptual Arts! The world is strange). It’s pretty fun to flip through the pages and watch the face slowly disappear. It’s a great book to own and never read.
Hoping to get back to reviewing books soon. The past few months have been wild busy.