Moniker Press

Moniker Press Studio Launch Weekend

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.

Event: Open Studio 2018 - Collab volunteer

Trixie’s Trek with Triniti

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.

Stale Buns at Field Contemporary

Nov 092018

11.09.18

Throwback to STALE BUNS at Field Contemporary in October when we took over Dylan Townley-Smith’s exhibition to serve hot dawgggs…cause dogs n buns n fixins are kinda like books right? 🌭🌭🌭 held during Vancouver Art Book Fair’s Art Book Week.

Featured print related material from Ali Bosley, Anna Firth + Flavourcel, Mark DeLong + Peanuts Gallery, Scott Kemp + Emma Metcalfe-Hurst, Scott Lougheed + Mel Thibodeau, Tom Richardson, Julia Dahee Hong, Eunice Luk, Christian Vistan, + others.

Co-curated with Daniel Jefferies, at Field Contemporary

2019 Artists Calendar

Nov 062018

11.06.18

NOW ONLINE! We invited 12 artists to experiment with red and blue risograph printing, the 2019 Artists Calendar is the result! Calendar is bound with a purple spiral with small hole for hanging, includes artist biographies and monthly calendar spread on the last page.

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Gabi Dao – January
Anna Firth – February
Helen Reed and Hannah Jickling – March
Sonja Ratkay – April
Max Ammo – May
Melanie Thibodeau – June
Hue – July
Hayley Dawn Muir – August
Eli Muro – September
Russell Leng – October
Mengya Zhao – November
Molly Randhawa – December

Printed + Published by Moniker Press
Vancouver, BC, 2018

Proceeds from the Artists Calendar will support Moniker Press’ 2019 publishing projects.

PURCHASE ONLINE HERE

VABF 2018

Oct 242018

10.24.18

And just like that so goes another year at the Vancouver Art Book Fair…We had such an amazing weekend, books, riso parties, and hangs with buds! Thank you to everyone who came out to support the fair and Moniker Press.

The Garden Part 2: Reading Room: soft objects reconstructed from salvaged materials hosted a collection of Vancouver based artists books, multi-media, zines and publications curated by VABF. The books covered a range of topics relating to Vancouver’s Chinatown, politics, urban decay, landscape and gentrification. Attendees of the fair were invited to: Sit. Read. Stay awhile.

Moniker Press Moves!

Sep 152018

09.15.18

MONIKER PRESS MOVE!

Moniker Press is working towards creating a community space for riso workshops, book related programming, many more studio daze. It’s been an idea/dream for so long I’m now pinching myself to check if it’s real ✨

Whether it be transporting boxes of paper, scrubbing floors, painting, donations, carrying printers down stairs or into elevators, building cabinets, book production, or mental support and brainstorming – we are so grateful and immensely appreciate the help! As well as for the opportunity to collaborate and spent time with so many amazing people—artists, writers, designers, friends, volunteers and family! Thank you thank you thank you 💜

Moniker Press moves! - New Studio Volunteers

Moniker Press moves! - New Studio Volunteer

tone, co-published with Zine Club

Jul 202018

07.20.18

Tone features poetry and writing by Jamilah Malika, Soledad Fatima Muñoz, Domunique Booker, and Kiran Dhaliwal. The publication aims to deconstruct preexisting ideologies and affect change, through the understanding of words and embodied materiality.

Listen to Black Women by Jamilah Malika, Love Poems to White Supremacy by Soledad Fatima Muñoz, Diary of a Sad Black Woman/ Living in a Tone Deaf Society by Domunique Booker, life as an apology and the days that are finally mine by Kiran Dhaliwal.

A Zine Club publication printed and co-Published at Moniker Press. Presented to coincide with an exhibition at Field Contemporary as part of the 2018 Current: Feminist Electronic Art Symposium. The exhibition investigated the social and gestural quality of words within a sonic framework.

1st Edition of 50
2nd Edition of 100
Vancouver, BC, 2018

BOOK LAUNCH

July 26, 2018
Field Contemporary

TONE: a publication and exhibition that investigated the social and gestural quality of words within a sonic framework. Work and readings featured: Jamilah Malika, Domunique Booker, Soledad Fatima Muñoz, Kiran Dhaliwal and Contrast Collective.

The Garden pt 2: at Toronto Art Book Fair Recap

Jul 162018

07.16.18

Pictures of the various iterations of the modular reading room—The Garden pt 2*— that I created with Vancouver Art Book Fair for the Toronto Art Book Fair this past weekend.

Yes, I sewed about 40 weird shapey pillows and yes, it would not have been possible without the magical Lisa Curry, Sarah Davidson, Vide Press, Daniel Jefferies and the TOABF team. ✨ Sad I couldn’t be there but it was still wonderful to do a collab from afar!

Stay tuned for it’s next installation in Vancouver at the Unibrow Comedy Festival in August!

RISO / COLLAGE WORKSHOP

Coinciding with the installation was a collaborative workshop organized by VABF with Quentin of Vide Press (and surprise guest, Jp from Paper Pusher!) Participants collaged photographs from Vancouver submissions into risograph layers. See the results below (photos by Lisa Curry and TOABF).

Vancouver Participants: Lisa Curry, Megan Low, Erica Wilk, Brandon Stephenson, Faye Cottrill, Jaclyn Arndt, Liam Callander, Alistair Henning, Vinny Gib, Emma Walter. Photos of Vancouver from 2013 to 2018.

Toronto Workshop/Collage Participants: Eloisa Guerrero, Mirae Lee, Mark Laurin, Daphne Chan, Michelle Vu, Bethany Moy, John Yeon, Hannah Park, Soojin Kim, Stefana Zdrincu, Loretta Mui, Eloisa Guerrero, Jan Ly, Roman Tran, Manar Moursi.

MAKING OF + INSPIRATION

Materials: felt, various fabrics, thread, glue, recycled carpet foam, craiglist foam, faux grass, bird deterrents, velcro and paper.

Inspiration: shapes from destroyed gardens, active gardens (such as Dr. Sun Yat-Sen), parks, back alleys, sidewalk gardens, and attic mountain views.

READING ROOM

Curated from the L&A collection of VABF

Including a new digital publication by VABF, interviewing Paul Wong about his practice and current project, Occupying Chinatown. Video was looped and displayed on a small screen to coincide with the installation.

*note: the first iteration of The Garden was made in 2015 in collaboration with artist, Brandon Cotter.

The Garden pt 2: Moniker Press at TOABF with VABF and Vide Press

Jul 052018

07.05.18

The Garden pt 2: Moniker Press at TOABF with VABF and Vide Press

Vancouver Art Book Fair and Moniker Press Present: The Garden Pt 2: a Reading Room and Collaborative Riso Workshop with Vide Press at the Toronto Art Book Fair

The Garden pt 2. is a modular reading room installation by Moniker Press. This iteration* will take place on the stage at the Toronto Art Book Fair from July 5 – 8 in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Book Fair and Vide Press.

READING ROOM: soft objects reconstructed from salvaged materials will host a collection of Vancouver based artists books, multi-media, zines and publications curate by VABF. Attendees of the fair are invited to: Sit. Read. Stay awhile.

VANCOUVER: Call for submissions deadline: June 28

WORKSHOP: **BOOKED** On Saturday July 7, 6-9pm join Quentin Mitchell of Vide Press for an interactive risograph poster making workshop as a way to connect the west coast with the east. Limited space available and currently the workshop is at full capacity, public are still welcome to observe. Workshop features an intro to risograph printing, as well as collage making techniques for analog printing. Photographic collage material will be submitted from Vancouver residents and collaged by Toronto participants to create the final poster publication. All participants will be given a copy of the final printed poster. No previous knowledge of riso or college is necessary.

Fair times and programming: TORONTOARTBOOKFAIR.COM
Visit VIDEPRESS.CA and VANCOUVERARTBOOKFAIR.COM for more info.

*the first iteration of The Garden was made in 2015 in collaboration with artist, Brandon Cotter.

Discorder Magazine: Shelf Life Interview

Jul 052018

06.01.18

When I moved to Vancouver almost 10 years ago Discorder Magazine was my go-to guide for exploring Vancouver’s art and music world (and it still is) 🖤 which is why I was so honoured (and excited) to be included in the June Issue, interviewed by Clara Dubber for the Shelf Life series. Also thanks to Editor Brit Bachmann and Evan Buggle for photographing the studio. This issue also features the calendar for Music Waste by Cole Pauls and Kirsten Hatfield.

Interview: Discorder Mag Moniker Press by Evan Buggle for Discorder June 2018

🖤Thanks Discorder! 🖤

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