Where We've Been, Where We're Going, Why?
Dan Boardman & Aspen Mays
This multi-part publication is a collection of personal and public archives—family snapshots, candid photographs of the Challenger crew, astronomy plates of Halley’s Comet, and screenshots of video from the Teacher in Space project Lost Lessons. Boardman and Mays use the photographic archive as a device to draw connections between seemingly disparate events—the return of Halley's Comet, the rite of passage of the American road trip, and the Teacher in Space program, which invited the first civilian to leave the Earth. On January 28th 1986, at the launch of Challenger Mission STS-51-L, these seemingly random events aligned, giving way to the parallel histories explored within this book. In piecing together these photographic remains, Dan Boardman and Aspen Mays, visually inquire into which record is the official record.
Production Specs
Trim Size: 8.25x10.125in
Page Count: 206
Binding: Wire Bound (Silver & Red)
Format: Hardcover
Printing: 4 Color & Duotone
Paper Stock: 80#T Premium Uncoated White, 60#T Uncoated Ultrawhite, 60#T Uncoated Grey (Custom), 60#T Uncoated Natural.
Cover Material: 700 GSM Colorplan (White, Imperial Blue, Smoke)
Cover Details: Foil Stamp (Gold, Silver, Blue, Metallic), Screen Print (Kayrock)
Specialty Details: Double Wire Binding, Inserts
Colophon
Essay: Jeremy Haik
Design: Studio Elana Schlenker
ISBN: 978-0-9908016-5-8
Publication Date: 2016
Edition Size: 500
Where We've Been, Where We're Going, Why?
Dan Boardman & Aspen Mays
This multi-part publication is a collection of personal and public archives—family snapshots, candid photographs of the Challenger crew, astronomy plates of Halley’s Comet, and screenshots of video from the Teacher in Space project Lost Lessons. Boardman and Mays use the photographic archive as a device to draw connections between seemingly disparate events—the return of Halley's Comet, the rite of passage of the American road trip, and the Teacher in Space program, which invited the first civilian to leave the Earth. On January 28th 1986, at the launch of Challenger Mission STS-51-L, these seemingly random events aligned, giving way to the parallel histories explored within this book. In piecing together these photographic remains, Dan Boardman and Aspen Mays, visually inquire into which record is the official record.
Production Specs
Trim Size: 8.25x10.125in
Page Count: 206
Binding: Wire Bound (Silver & Red)
Format: Hardcover
Printing: 4 Color & Duotone
Paper Stock: 80#T Premium Uncoated White, 60#T Uncoated Ultrawhite, 60#T Uncoated Grey (Custom), 60#T Uncoated Natural.
Cover Material: 700 GSM Colorplan (White, Imperial Blue, Smoke)
Cover Details: Foil Stamp (Gold, Silver, Blue, Metallic), Screen Print (Kayrock)
Specialty Details: Double Wire Binding, Inserts
Colophon
Essay: Jeremy Haik
Design: Studio Elana Schlenker
ISBN: 978-0-9908016-5-8
Publication Date: 2016
Edition Size: 500
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The Red Thread
Mercuria Vol. 1 — Chapter 5
The Red Thread traces the mercurial history of red across science and symbolism, from its volcanic origins to its influence on art, literature, and folklore. In the opening essay, Christina Labey explores red as a powerful symbol of connection and continuity, from the magma moving through our planet to the blood flowing through our bodies and shared by families to the unbreakable red threads of fate found across multicultural mythologies.
The chapter features artworks by Marina Berio, Robert Canali, Caleb Churchill, Stephanie Cortazzo, Balarama Heller, Kim Hoeckele, Robert Minervini, Leslie Mutchler, Heather M. O’Brien-Takahashi, Klaus Pichler, Stephanie Stamatis, John Steck Jr., Jason Urban, and Chiara Zonca, alongside archival volcano images from the New York Public Library Picture Collection. This interdisciplinary collection—including photography, painting, collage, performance, and film—captures the ominous beauty of wildfire skies and atmospheric phenomena while evoking sacred rituals and ancient archetypes across a continuum of hues. Interwoven through the essay and artworks, lyrical descriptions of red from ancient epics, artist letters, and scientific journals reflect the collective human experience and our enduring fascination with—and fear of—this singular color.
Production Notes
Trim Size: 7.625x10.5 in
Page Count: 72
Binding: Perfect Bound
Format: Paperback
Printing: 4 Color
Paper Stock: 80#T Smooth Natural
Cover Material: 100#C Colorplan (Bright Red)
Cover Printing: 4 Color + White Ink
Cover Foil: Metallic (Red)
Essay: Christina Labey
Photo Edit: Christina Labey
Copy Edit: Elissa Rabellino
Design: Studio Elana Schlenker
Custom Logotype: Jacob Wise
Edition Size: Open Edition