E135. '95 HitList Variety

by Jennifer Books & jwcurry.

 

Ottawa, Canadian Small Change Association, 14 august 1999. 46 unique copies numbered in black rubberstamp & signed in ballpoint, issued as '95 Hitlist Variety 43, this copy dedicated to Lefler.

 

approx.16 x 13, 15 leaves (one gatefold) japanese sewn white in 8 double stitches with head~ & tailstitches & tipped in plain brown kraft-backed silver foil dustjacket with 3-7/8 x 5-7/8 triptych cover window & plain 4-7/8 x 7-1/8 acetate panel over window in clear plastic photocorners, 31 pp printed rubberstamp over various found substrates with 42 colour photographs mounted in clear plastic photocorners throughout & one leaf white xerographic bond printed 4colour process photocopy glued in, the interior sheets as follows:

1) 14-1/4 x 13 "EXPLOSIVE A EXPLOSIF 1.1 1" railway placard printed orange & black offset both sides, with 4 x 1 photocopy order form (filled out in ballpoint) stuck on & 4 x 6 colour photograph glued on (front cover sheet)

2) approx.11-1/4 x 6 offwhite mayfair card cut & torn irregularly with found pencil graphic occupying all but the top 1/2" overprinted 4 colours rubberstamp recto/4 x 6 brown monochrome photograph mounted in photocorners with black rubberstamp verso

3) 14-3/4 x 11-3/8 offwhite bristol board printed black rubberstamp both sides with red addition recto, with 5 brown monochrome photographs mounted in photocorners (2 recto, 3 verso)

4) 12 x 16-1/2 white card broadside printed black offset (Durm-I Brooks, TEECHA STILL DEH TEECH, np, Jamup Productions, 1993) & folded roughly in half to form a 4 pp 8-1/4 x 12 signature, all printed black rubberstamp with 2 colour photographs mounted in photocorners, one to each inside page

5) 14 x 11 black & white found photograph printed black rubberstamp both sides with 3 colour photographs mounted in photocorners (1 recto, 2 verso)

6) 29 x 8-1/2 white-coated brown cardboard Application for Firearms Acquisition Certificate (F.A.C.) printed black offset & folded to 4 pp, 15-1/2 x 8-1/2 with a 13-1/2 x 8-1/2 gatefold, all printed black rubberstamp with 8 photographs (7 colour, 1 brown monochrome) mounted 2 to a page in photocorners

7) 16 x 1o torn white glossy, bottom half of 4colour offset poster Rambolette (Detroit, Saint Chateaux Galleries, 1987), printed black rubberstamp both sides with 6 colour photographs mounted 3 per side in photocorners

8) 16 x 1o torn white glossy, top half of 4colour poster Rambolette (see leaf 7), printed black rubberstamp both sides with 5 colour photographs mounted in photocorners (a composite of 2 recto, 3 verso)

9) approx.28 x 16 brown paper shopping bag, printed brown & black offset for an unidentifiable Vancouver store, roughly folded in 4 to approx.14 x 11 with 5" flap along bottom & fold at foreëdge,

overprinted black rubberstamp both sides with 3 colour photographs mounted in photocorners (1 recto, 2 verso)

1o) 12-1/4 x 9-1/2 sheet white ribbed card torn at top, printed black rubberstamp both sides with 2 photographs mounted in photocorners (black & white recto, colour verso)

11) 11-1/2 x 8-3/4 white mayfair card with found pencil & marker sketch by Meng Giang recto, printed black rubberstamp both sides with shaped colour photograph mounted in photocorners & torn white bond printed 4colour process photocopy glued verso

12) 13-1/2 x 8-1/2 speckled gold mayfair card torn at bottom with 2 x 3-1/2 white card glued recto printed green offset for Souris & Petitti Advertising/Communications, printed black rubberstamp bothnsides with red additions recto, with 3 colour photographs mounted in photocorners (2 recto, 1 verso)

13) 13-1/4 x 9-1/2 turquoise coarsewove ard torn at top, printed black rubberstamp both sides with 2 colour photographs mounted in photocorners, 1 per side

14) approx.11-3/4 x 11-1/2 unassembled cardboard box with 1'1/4" diameter circular window, printed black & gold offset for Joseph & Zane's The Classic Boxer Short ("The Most Comfortable Underwear You'll Ever Wear"), printed black & brown rubberstamp verso only & signed in blue ballpoint by Books & curry

15) 14-1/4 x 13 "EXPLOSIVE A EXPLOSIF 1.2 1" railway placard printed black & orange offset (rear cover sheet)

 

cover photograph: jwcurry

7 other contributors ID'd:

Jennifer Books, Meng Giang, Lance LaRocque, Mlina Lore, Gustave Morin, Gio Sampogna, Johan Teveldal

 

includes:

i) '95 HitList Variety 43, jwcurry (prose, Lefler cameo)

ii) for Peg E, jwcurry (rubbercut portrait of Lefler)

iii) Dedicatee Peggy lefler examines yet another cultural artifact at her table at home at 1357 Lansdowne Avenue in Toronto, perhaps as early as 2jul95, Gustave Morin (photograph, portrait)

iv) Peggy lefler at her table at 1357 Lansdowne Avenue, Toronto, probably 6jul95, Gustave Morin (photograph, portrait)

v) Willowvale Park, Toronto, Peggy lefler as temporary park popcan pickupper, 9jul95, Gio Sampogna (photograph, portrait)

vi*) Willowvale Park, Toronto, jwcurry, Jana & Mlina Lore & Peggy lefler enable this triptych of tableaux vivants typical of the guerrilla stylee style o' still photography, characterized by such highcharge interelemental dynamics, 9jul95, Gio Sampogna (sequence of 3 photographs:

–1. curry, Jana, Mlina, Lefler [maybe amused];

–2. Jana (making a face), curry, Mlina, Lefler [maybe notso amused];

–3. Jana, curry, Mlina, Lefler [no, not amused])

vii*) Willowvale Park, Toronto, jwcurry, Jana Lore, Peggy lefler & Gio.Sampogna almost high on the hill, 9jul95, Gustave Morin (photo, portrait)

viii) Willowvale Park, Toronto, jwcurry & Peggy lefler, 9jul95, Gio Sampogna (photo, portrait)

ix*) Toronto, looking approximately E along Bloor Street from the Grace Street extension to Christie Street & beyond, gustave morin, jwcurry, Jana Lore, Peggy lefler & Mlina Lore all off from the extended shangbreak after celebratory ice cream, 9jul95, Jennifer Books (photo, portrait)

 

[note: all titling by curry.

asterisked photographs also appeared in Variation 34, 3 april 1997]

 

 

 

 

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