Jun 102019
 

06.10.19

pensamientos en la frontera

To fragment, to uproot lives, to cross livelihoods, to respond to everything else before responding to the responsibility towards a people’s sovereignty, and to interrupt the ancestral movement of life across land—this is the legacy of border regimes.

pensamientos en la frontera is a project that comes as a new generation of Nicaraguan youth are forced into immigration. As they begin to explore and respond to their forced uprooting they look back to the experiences of past generations. The project follows histories of displacement—creating a bridge to connect culture-specific ways forced movement is carried in language, image, and sense of home across cultures. The hope is to foster kinship and inclusive celebration of differences amongst each other, beyond la frontera.

pensamientos en la frontera is an ongoing project compiled by andi and collaboratively riso printed and published with the support of Moniker Press. It consists of a continuously growing folder of publications and prints that feature many perspectives on displacement and borders.

i. pensamientos en la frontera (2nd ed)
concept and drawings by anonymous

ii. Cut-lings
non-fiction short by andi
edited by Mallory Amirault

iii. Untitled
passage by Roxanne Charles
illustrated by andi and Erica Wilk

first edition of 100
a collaborative book design
printed and published by Moniker Press
translations by andi
co-edited by Mallory Amirault and andi
Costa Rica / Vancouver, BC, 2018

BOOK LAUNCH

Launch of pensamientos en la frontera on Friday May 10 at Massy Books. Thank you to everyone who came to support and listen, it was a moving night and hopefully we all learned something we can carry and share.

Apr 262019
 

04.30.19

Noodle Soup began as a series of mindless character drawings and recurring personal motifs in an attempt to heal from depression and substance abuse. The work evolved as outlooks began to shift more positively. Noodle Soup is a light but powerful broth, capable of taking life by the reins and simmering bitter thoughts into something truly savory.

by Harlo Martens
Edition of 150
A collaborative book design
riso printed and published by Moniker Press
Vancouver, BC – 2019

First available at VanCaf, May 18-19, 2019

ARTIST BIO

Harlo Martens is a trans & queer interdisciplinary artist with some formal training and zero post-secondary credentials. Their goal is to create with a strong understanding of cultural theory, philosophy, and environmental awareness. Non-human intelligence* politics are their biggest motivator. Their work has been presented in numerous comic anthologies, galleries, theatres, and VJ’d in Vancouver-based multidisciplinary art shows.

Apr 252019
 

04.25.19

It was a dream come true for Moniker Press to attend the LA Art Book Fair in April and it was a blast- some snaps below :) Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table!

Mar 302019
 

03.29.19

Screen Ecologies is a book which first existed as an orated text — something co-written by Emma Hicks and sophia bartholomew through the winter (Canada) summer (Australia) of 2016, and originally titled “Present, not present (or the smell that comes from the rocks before the rain).” Moving between philosophical reflection, poetic description, ink drawings, and family stories, Emma and sophia use their digitally-mediated friendship to consider broader questions around the maintenance of boundaries, social contract, healing, embodied communication, and the terms and limitations of knowledge exchange.

By Emma Hicks and sophia bartholomew
Edition of 180
Risograph printed and published by Moniker Press
Vancouver, BC, 2018

“What is enacted in online spaces? Objects circulated as stories, stories circulate as objects. The light from outside travels in with you, I can see it behind you… The air might get heavy, but it’s gravity that will give you shape. Grave-digging and negative numbers. The object is being articulated by the barbecue over your left hand shoulder, behind me there’s a refrigerator…”

Published collaboratively with Moniker Press, a limited edition of Screen Ecologies was risograph printed in Vancouver, BC, 2018. Earlier versions of this work were presented at the (Popular Culture Association of Australia & New Zealand) PopCAANZ Conference Digital Ecologies panel (2016) and at “Transcultural Collaborations: Advocating Reciprocal Spaces,” a First Nations & First Peoples Artist Panel Discussion at the Sydney College of the Arts (2017).

BOOK LAUNCH:

thanks to everyone who made it out to the Screen Ecologies launch!! Pictured first sophia bartholomew and Emma Hicks (via video) reading the original orated text which the publication is based off of.

READING:

Coop-Radio / SPIT, Interview + Reading, Artspeak Radio Digest, July 2018
More information here.

Feb 202019
 

02.20.19

Reminiscing those last days in Mexico, spending time with amazing people, studio visits, kiosk painting, vegan taco stands, galleries, book/general nerding 🤓 so thankful for this #mobilemoniker trip (especially now that we’re back in the cold) inspired and ready to get back to work!

Check out pictures of highlights from the trip below! Including the events we participated in/ attended: Anti Gallery (Oaxaca), Rrreplica (Mexico City), Material Art Fair and places we went: IAGO, San Agustin, Archivo, Casa Bosques, Zona Maco, RRD etc…

Jan 012019
 

01.01.19

2018 was quite the year! Our best-nine mostly seems to highlight activities of recent months including: several projects, yellow ink!, book fair tabling (including the Vancouver Art Book Fair in October) and moving into the new studio / production space and the launch party weekend! but we also printed and published quite a few books which we will post about soon 👽The new space was is result of several months of hard work and we are so excited to start 2019 with a full set up ✨ ready for riso workshops, a publishing residency, new print services and programming! ✨ 🌵However, to start 2019 off inspired we will be taking a little hiatus from the space from January 12 to February 17 for rrreplica in Mexico City, and to visit, work and collaborate with our friends from RRDKevin M Rowe and others!

If you need printing services before Feb 17, please email us this week! We have a limited printing capacity between Jan 3 and Jan 11th. 😎

HAPPY 2019! Lots of exciting riso things to come. keep tuned. 🎉

Dec 192018
 

12.19.18

Suburbanatomy is a collection written over a five-year period. Stories of obsession, power dynamics, folklore, sexuality, Stockholm syndrome, family secrets, micro cults, and the peculiarly mundane. The collaborative design of the zine, takes the reader on a journey that hints at meaning but does not spell out. Risograph printed and published by Moniker Press, this risograph book includes enough puzzles to keep readers unnerved throughout their journey.

Stories by Adi Hadzismajlovic
Collaborative Book Design with Erica Wilk
Including found glitch images (google maps)

Edition of 100
Riso Printed and Published by Moniker Press
Vancouver, BC, 2018

BOOK LAUNCH
December 18, 2018
China Cloud Studios

Join us on Tuesday, December 18 for the launch of Suburbanatomy by Adi Hadzismajlovic at China Cloud Studios. Including a reading by Adi at 8 pm, accompanied by V.Vecker. Copies of Suburbanatomy will be available for purchase, and an exhibition of Lamb Hands illustrations will be on view.

ABOUT THE WRITER
Adi Hadzismajlovic is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. His work deals with the humorous, universal aspects of displacement and longing, often portrayed by characters and caricatures occupying surreal space. He is the author of an ongoing zine project Lamb Hands, as well as a booklet of poetry entitled Placenta Take Me Home and a short story collection Preaching Through a Straw. He currently resides in East Vancouver.

Nov 292018
 

11.29.18

Thank you to everyone who stopped by this past weekend for the Studio Launch! (and apologies if we missed you on the Friday night). Stay tuned for upcoming events in December 💜

Moniker Press’ Studio is a book production and community space, made up of an assembly of artists who use publishing to inform their practice. The studio currently houses, Aeiou, Hayley Burns, SPIT, and soon, Blank Cheque Press. The studio was created to foster inclusive education and community around artists’ publishing and printmaking, offering opportunities for observation, practice and experimentation through the medium of printed matter.

Nov 262018
 

11.25.18

Trixie’s Trek with Triniti is a collaboration in both print and music from Jon Vaughn and Sean Christensen. Starting from a few drawings made by Vaughn last summer, Christensen explored the series of abstract marks as a guide for a journey between two characters in which Vaughn later named Trixie and Triniti, a dog and its human friend. The two explore worlds of fragmented landscapes, rivers and architectures, taking pause to swim, read and dream. Reality and its many possible dimensions collide as both time and space morph throughout of the book, creating a kind of non-linear story that can be entered and existed at any point, yet also ‘read’ from start to finish like a traditional comic. To complete the experience the two composed a 30 minute soundtrack of synthesizer, drums and drum machines, adding musical colour to risograph printed gradients and deep blacks of the mysterious book.

Drawings by Jon Vaughn and Sean Christensen
Collaborative Book Design by Erica Wilk and Jon Vaughn

Risograph Printed by Moniker Press
Edition of 150
ISBN 978-0-9937881-8-5

Co-Published by Moniker Press and Ecstasy Editions
Vancouver, BC, 2018

*comes with a free download of the corresponding soundscape, limited edition of cassettes available.