The First Publication. Research Group for Artists Publications, Derby, UK, 1995
The First Publication: Martin Rogers, Robert Girling, Louise Brown, Mike Dean, Colin Sackett, Joan Ainley, James Fox. Published by Research Group for Artists Publications (RGAP), Derby, UK, 1995. 8 items (multiples/artists’ publications) housed in a black cloth-covered box measuring 7 x 10 x 2-1/2 in. Issued in 1995 in a limited number of 200 copies, The First Publication was distributed nationally and internationally by RGAP to museums, galleries and individual collectors and curators.
Contents:
1. Martin Rogers and Robert Girling, Towards a manual of possible production. Offset and Xerox printed booklet printed on commercial cartridge paper samples, hand bound with spiral spine. Each page rubber stamped with titles.
2. Extending the concept. Printed text on rubber band
3. One to use. Two brown pencils printed with the text: "choose one to use.choose one to use.choose one to use"
4. Louise Brown & Mark Dean, Distributed Jigsaw. A diagram for a jigsaw puzzle with one of the jigsaw pieces included
5. Colin Sackett, Un-cut pamphlet. A small pamphlet with uncut pages, stamped images of a rabbit in black and blue
6. Joan Ainley, Guacca. A delicate porcelain multiple measuring approximately 4 x 2 inches, house in a cardboard box labelled with the text "Guacca"
7. James Fox, Postcards from Washington DC. 4 abstract postcards printed in black and white
8. There is an element. 7 small rectangular samples including wood, leather, plastic etc, bound together on a pivot hinge, the last of which is inscribed with the text " there is an element of performance or ritual in the making of the edition”.
“RGAP was founded at the University of Derby in 1993 by artist and publisher Martin Rogers. It published artists’ books and editions, and organised exhibitions and events including Small Publishers Fair. Projects included guest artists and publishers: Christian Bök, Ian Breakwell, Pavel Buchler, Steve Clay, Hamish Fulton, John Janssen, John McDowell, Antonio Riello, and Jan Voss. There were exhibitions: Sol LeWitt at Site Gallery, Wirksworth Art and Literature Trail, and there was a permanent display in the Library at the School of Art and Design, University of Derby. Cornerhouse Publications continues to distribute and sell five RGAP publications including Some forms of availability by Simon Cutts, and The Book is Alive edited by Emmanuelle Waeckerle. Stephen Willats’ Artwork as Social Model is also available. There were workshops and visits, and RGAP attended book fairs across the UK and abroad. In 2008 RGAP published Slice Through Derby by Bill Drummond, an edition of 2000 published to mark the opening of Derby’s new arts centre: Quad. The year after RGAP moved from its recent home in Cromford, Derbyshire to Yorkshire Art Space in central Sheffield. After a long illness, Martin Rogers died at home 1 December 2012. Throughout 2013 Simon Cutts, RGAP colleagues and Martin’s widow Lindsey Adams worked to put in order the RGAP archive. At this time it was decided that Small Publishers Fair had an identity, reputation and momentum of its own, and should be continued. Helen Mitchell, who was well-known by and had worked with both RGAP and Coracle Press, was invited to run it. Following lengthy negotiations, undertaken by Simon Cutts, the RGAP archive and Martin Roger’s own collection of artists’ books were taken by Chelsea College of Art Library, University of the Arts London.”
On Guacca:
"A BOOK SEALED INSIDE THE FORM RECORDS THE CREATION OF THIS OBJECT. GUACCA IS A RELIQUARY OF RELATED CREATIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE PROCESSES REFLECTING THE HISTORY OF ITS OWN MAKING."
GUACCA was conceived as a work that would both question and safeguard its own secret inner life, suggesting reflection on the significance of being. Focussing on the nature of faith, it seeks to affirm its own reality. The piece has to do with the manner in which a book can become a memory, and the way in which ashes or reliquaries and their contents are things on which one can focus attention as remnants of the past.
Porcelain form fired to 1210-1240°C (oxidising) Each form containing a single copy of the book GUACCA (33mm x 23.6 mm). Title set in Times 14 point, output to laser printer on 80gsm copy paper Laminated using Mumro Diamond Laminator, laminating sleeve 160 micron / colour clear. Ring bound with 1.55 nichrome wire. Eighteen pages, each with an image of the porcelain form, photocopied using Canon B/W copier Copy scanned by Epson scanner processed through Photoshop 3, output to laser printer on both sides of 80gsm copy paper
GUACCA has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally including Kerameikon, International Postmodern Ceramics Festival, Varazdin, Croatia and is held in both private and public collections including the British Art Library V&A, London and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.
Title: The First Publication
Artists: Martin Rogers/Robert Girling, Louise Brown, Mike Dean, Colin Sackett, Joan Ainley, James Fox.
Publisher: RGAP
Publication date: 1995
Format: black cloth box 7 x 10 x 2-1/2in, containing 8 items
Condition: Fine
Stock Number: RB04208
The First Publication: Martin Rogers, Robert Girling, Louise Brown, Mike Dean, Colin Sackett, Joan Ainley, James Fox. Published by Research Group for Artists Publications (RGAP), Derby, UK, 1995. 8 items (multiples/artists’ publications) housed in a black cloth-covered box measuring 7 x 10 x 2-1/2 in. Issued in 1995 in a limited number of 200 copies, The First Publication was distributed nationally and internationally by RGAP to museums, galleries and individual collectors and curators.
Contents:
1. Martin Rogers and Robert Girling, Towards a manual of possible production. Offset and Xerox printed booklet printed on commercial cartridge paper samples, hand bound with spiral spine. Each page rubber stamped with titles.
2. Extending the concept. Printed text on rubber band
3. One to use. Two brown pencils printed with the text: "choose one to use.choose one to use.choose one to use"
4. Louise Brown & Mark Dean, Distributed Jigsaw. A diagram for a jigsaw puzzle with one of the jigsaw pieces included
5. Colin Sackett, Un-cut pamphlet. A small pamphlet with uncut pages, stamped images of a rabbit in black and blue
6. Joan Ainley, Guacca. A delicate porcelain multiple measuring approximately 4 x 2 inches, house in a cardboard box labelled with the text "Guacca"
7. James Fox, Postcards from Washington DC. 4 abstract postcards printed in black and white
8. There is an element. 7 small rectangular samples including wood, leather, plastic etc, bound together on a pivot hinge, the last of which is inscribed with the text " there is an element of performance or ritual in the making of the edition”.
“RGAP was founded at the University of Derby in 1993 by artist and publisher Martin Rogers. It published artists’ books and editions, and organised exhibitions and events including Small Publishers Fair. Projects included guest artists and publishers: Christian Bök, Ian Breakwell, Pavel Buchler, Steve Clay, Hamish Fulton, John Janssen, John McDowell, Antonio Riello, and Jan Voss. There were exhibitions: Sol LeWitt at Site Gallery, Wirksworth Art and Literature Trail, and there was a permanent display in the Library at the School of Art and Design, University of Derby. Cornerhouse Publications continues to distribute and sell five RGAP publications including Some forms of availability by Simon Cutts, and The Book is Alive edited by Emmanuelle Waeckerle. Stephen Willats’ Artwork as Social Model is also available. There were workshops and visits, and RGAP attended book fairs across the UK and abroad. In 2008 RGAP published Slice Through Derby by Bill Drummond, an edition of 2000 published to mark the opening of Derby’s new arts centre: Quad. The year after RGAP moved from its recent home in Cromford, Derbyshire to Yorkshire Art Space in central Sheffield. After a long illness, Martin Rogers died at home 1 December 2012. Throughout 2013 Simon Cutts, RGAP colleagues and Martin’s widow Lindsey Adams worked to put in order the RGAP archive. At this time it was decided that Small Publishers Fair had an identity, reputation and momentum of its own, and should be continued. Helen Mitchell, who was well-known by and had worked with both RGAP and Coracle Press, was invited to run it. Following lengthy negotiations, undertaken by Simon Cutts, the RGAP archive and Martin Roger’s own collection of artists’ books were taken by Chelsea College of Art Library, University of the Arts London.”
On Guacca:
"A BOOK SEALED INSIDE THE FORM RECORDS THE CREATION OF THIS OBJECT. GUACCA IS A RELIQUARY OF RELATED CREATIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE PROCESSES REFLECTING THE HISTORY OF ITS OWN MAKING."
GUACCA was conceived as a work that would both question and safeguard its own secret inner life, suggesting reflection on the significance of being. Focussing on the nature of faith, it seeks to affirm its own reality. The piece has to do with the manner in which a book can become a memory, and the way in which ashes or reliquaries and their contents are things on which one can focus attention as remnants of the past.
Porcelain form fired to 1210-1240°C (oxidising) Each form containing a single copy of the book GUACCA (33mm x 23.6 mm). Title set in Times 14 point, output to laser printer on 80gsm copy paper Laminated using Mumro Diamond Laminator, laminating sleeve 160 micron / colour clear. Ring bound with 1.55 nichrome wire. Eighteen pages, each with an image of the porcelain form, photocopied using Canon B/W copier Copy scanned by Epson scanner processed through Photoshop 3, output to laser printer on both sides of 80gsm copy paper
GUACCA has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally including Kerameikon, International Postmodern Ceramics Festival, Varazdin, Croatia and is held in both private and public collections including the British Art Library V&A, London and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.
Title: The First Publication
Artists: Martin Rogers/Robert Girling, Louise Brown, Mike Dean, Colin Sackett, Joan Ainley, James Fox.
Publisher: RGAP
Publication date: 1995
Format: black cloth box 7 x 10 x 2-1/2in, containing 8 items
Condition: Fine
Stock Number: RB04208
The First Publication: Martin Rogers, Robert Girling, Louise Brown, Mike Dean, Colin Sackett, Joan Ainley, James Fox. Published by Research Group for Artists Publications (RGAP), Derby, UK, 1995. 8 items (multiples/artists’ publications) housed in a black cloth-covered box measuring 7 x 10 x 2-1/2 in. Issued in 1995 in a limited number of 200 copies, The First Publication was distributed nationally and internationally by RGAP to museums, galleries and individual collectors and curators.
Contents:
1. Martin Rogers and Robert Girling, Towards a manual of possible production. Offset and Xerox printed booklet printed on commercial cartridge paper samples, hand bound with spiral spine. Each page rubber stamped with titles.
2. Extending the concept. Printed text on rubber band
3. One to use. Two brown pencils printed with the text: "choose one to use.choose one to use.choose one to use"
4. Louise Brown & Mark Dean, Distributed Jigsaw. A diagram for a jigsaw puzzle with one of the jigsaw pieces included
5. Colin Sackett, Un-cut pamphlet. A small pamphlet with uncut pages, stamped images of a rabbit in black and blue
6. Joan Ainley, Guacca. A delicate porcelain multiple measuring approximately 4 x 2 inches, house in a cardboard box labelled with the text "Guacca"
7. James Fox, Postcards from Washington DC. 4 abstract postcards printed in black and white
8. There is an element. 7 small rectangular samples including wood, leather, plastic etc, bound together on a pivot hinge, the last of which is inscribed with the text " there is an element of performance or ritual in the making of the edition”.
“RGAP was founded at the University of Derby in 1993 by artist and publisher Martin Rogers. It published artists’ books and editions, and organised exhibitions and events including Small Publishers Fair. Projects included guest artists and publishers: Christian Bök, Ian Breakwell, Pavel Buchler, Steve Clay, Hamish Fulton, John Janssen, John McDowell, Antonio Riello, and Jan Voss. There were exhibitions: Sol LeWitt at Site Gallery, Wirksworth Art and Literature Trail, and there was a permanent display in the Library at the School of Art and Design, University of Derby. Cornerhouse Publications continues to distribute and sell five RGAP publications including Some forms of availability by Simon Cutts, and The Book is Alive edited by Emmanuelle Waeckerle. Stephen Willats’ Artwork as Social Model is also available. There were workshops and visits, and RGAP attended book fairs across the UK and abroad. In 2008 RGAP published Slice Through Derby by Bill Drummond, an edition of 2000 published to mark the opening of Derby’s new arts centre: Quad. The year after RGAP moved from its recent home in Cromford, Derbyshire to Yorkshire Art Space in central Sheffield. After a long illness, Martin Rogers died at home 1 December 2012. Throughout 2013 Simon Cutts, RGAP colleagues and Martin’s widow Lindsey Adams worked to put in order the RGAP archive. At this time it was decided that Small Publishers Fair had an identity, reputation and momentum of its own, and should be continued. Helen Mitchell, who was well-known by and had worked with both RGAP and Coracle Press, was invited to run it. Following lengthy negotiations, undertaken by Simon Cutts, the RGAP archive and Martin Roger’s own collection of artists’ books were taken by Chelsea College of Art Library, University of the Arts London.”
On Guacca:
"A BOOK SEALED INSIDE THE FORM RECORDS THE CREATION OF THIS OBJECT. GUACCA IS A RELIQUARY OF RELATED CREATIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE PROCESSES REFLECTING THE HISTORY OF ITS OWN MAKING."
GUACCA was conceived as a work that would both question and safeguard its own secret inner life, suggesting reflection on the significance of being. Focussing on the nature of faith, it seeks to affirm its own reality. The piece has to do with the manner in which a book can become a memory, and the way in which ashes or reliquaries and their contents are things on which one can focus attention as remnants of the past.
Porcelain form fired to 1210-1240°C (oxidising) Each form containing a single copy of the book GUACCA (33mm x 23.6 mm). Title set in Times 14 point, output to laser printer on 80gsm copy paper Laminated using Mumro Diamond Laminator, laminating sleeve 160 micron / colour clear. Ring bound with 1.55 nichrome wire. Eighteen pages, each with an image of the porcelain form, photocopied using Canon B/W copier Copy scanned by Epson scanner processed through Photoshop 3, output to laser printer on both sides of 80gsm copy paper
GUACCA has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally including Kerameikon, International Postmodern Ceramics Festival, Varazdin, Croatia and is held in both private and public collections including the British Art Library V&A, London and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.
Title: The First Publication
Artists: Martin Rogers/Robert Girling, Louise Brown, Mike Dean, Colin Sackett, Joan Ainley, James Fox.
Publisher: RGAP
Publication date: 1995
Format: black cloth box 7 x 10 x 2-1/2in, containing 8 items
Condition: Fine
Stock Number: RB04208
