At Konvent (Cal Rosal, next to Berga), a very nice and creative place surrounded by mountains and next to the river. Here is the instagram account just in case the web doesn't work.
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"Déu vos guard" Selfpublishing Festival
Back on the desk! Saturday, 20th of October I'm going to present a new photobook called Whenva. - But where?
At Konvent (Cal Rosal, next to Berga), a very nice and creative place surrounded by mountains and next to the river. Here is the instagram account just in case the web doesn't work.
At Konvent (Cal Rosal, next to Berga), a very nice and creative place surrounded by mountains and next to the river. Here is the instagram account just in case the web doesn't work.
¡Ah!... ¡Malditos!
Last Friday and Saturday in Nau Bostik, took place the 4th edition of Gutter Fest, one of the best festivals in the Mediterranean. The new space, divided in 3 industrial units, accommodate at 130 creators of the most bizarre, rare and unclassified stuff.
On Bad Weather press desk, I presented the last two projects: a four-hand collage book with Gabri Guerrero called ¡Ah!... ¡Malditos! (¡Ah!... ¡Damned!) and a small photo-book with lots of similarities with the Manhattan one I published years ago called Japan, with... (of course) pictures from Tokyo to Fukuoka. Both of them, your will be able to find them at the fair Parada Zero this Saturday from 12 o'clock to 23:00h, at the Sant Antoni Maria Claret palace.
Off Libris 2016
Yep! This Saturday I'm going to be in Barcelona, in front of Arts Santa Mònica cultural center. While inside the center takes place the 6th edition of Arts Libris, on the other side of the street (in La Rambla) will take place the Off Libris. I'm going to be there with the people of Bad Weather Press, Lindero Libros and Lentejas Press (and maybe other people join during the day.
Here a poster I made for the occasion. Of course, you can check where it comes from here. :)
Here a poster I made for the occasion. Of course, you can check where it comes from here. :)
Diari & Altres tafaners: Sold out
Good news from Bad Weather Press! Last weekend, at the GRAF comic and selfpublishing fair (see pictures here), two of my collage publications were sold out. But, both publications:"Altres tafaners" and "Diari" are still available (in a few copies) at Fatbottom Bookstore & Gallery. Quick!
I'm looking for the possibility to publish the third publication of the "busybodies trilogy" for Sant Jordi. And also the possiblity of having a small place on the street to sell them. We will see. If you want something nice, made with love, have a look at "El confort dels estranys", a 21 cm x 30 cm collage book published, again, by Bad Weather Press.
I'm looking for the possibility to publish the third publication of the "busybodies trilogy" for Sant Jordi. And also the possiblity of having a small place on the street to sell them. We will see. If you want something nice, made with love, have a look at "El confort dels estranys", a 21 cm x 30 cm collage book published, again, by Bad Weather Press.
The Weird Show: Barcelona (workshop)
After the exhibition of “Certain kinds of trash” from Max-O-Matic, Me & the Curiosity strikes again with the Barcelona edition of the International weird collage show. The exhibition is located on the Arts & Cultural Center Espronceda (number 326 of Espronceda street) and will remain open to the public untill the 13th of March.
This saturday 27th of February, we made a jam collage with some of the exhibition artists. It was a highly creative activity of four hours, here my cut & paste pieces:
This saturday 27th of February, we made a jam collage with some of the exhibition artists. It was a highly creative activity of four hours, here my cut & paste pieces:
At Minimum & Onion Rings
As some of you know or may have noticed, Bad Weather Press, the self-publishing house I co-founded some years ago with Robert Roura closes doors this 2016. A nice project-experience that helped me to join, know and meet people around the world. Yes, all of you who once buyed a publication or only came to the table and criticised (positively or negatively), helped us to keep going on.
The latest publication of the press is "At minium”, a photograph project by Marc Llach, from Girona that I found at the Torroella de Montgrí photobook fair. (I totally recommend the publication we did at BWP). For my part, the latest publication was "Onion Rings". An illustrated collage in red and pink with a mix of traits that can be, sometimes, annoying. After all, food, women and ugliness is what predominates all the pages.
And the onlookers trilogy? I don’t know. The last publication called Tresors de la catedral (Treasures from the cathedral) has already the layouts and I will make some copies. I will take them to all the fairs we do with Bad Weather throughout this year and then we'll see. (Surely Fatbottom Books will have some copies so you will be able to buy it at the same time you find other graphic pieces from catalan artists).
The latest publication of the press is "At minium”, a photograph project by Marc Llach, from Girona that I found at the Torroella de Montgrí photobook fair. (I totally recommend the publication we did at BWP). For my part, the latest publication was "Onion Rings". An illustrated collage in red and pink with a mix of traits that can be, sometimes, annoying. After all, food, women and ugliness is what predominates all the pages.
And the onlookers trilogy? I don’t know. The last publication called Tresors de la catedral (Treasures from the cathedral) has already the layouts and I will make some copies. I will take them to all the fairs we do with Bad Weather throughout this year and then we'll see. (Surely Fatbottom Books will have some copies so you will be able to buy it at the same time you find other graphic pieces from catalan artists).
Patufet, Diari and Onion Rings
Quick update at the blog with some news, specially from the last two fairs (both in Barcelona): Gutter Fest and GRAF. From Gutter, really happy to show other people the new zine from the trilogy i'm working on: Diari (Diary) . Also was a pleasure to talk about the other photozines I've been designing and publishing at Bad Weather Press. Two weekends later, at the GRAF (independent comic fair) I presented my new comic: Onion Rings. (The two day fair are well explained at BWP blog here).
Onion Rings is baptised as a comic although I see it as a illustrated collage, as explained in the Bad Weather website: the use of different thickness and style of the lines makes a visual separation that replaces the classic separation of traditional comics.
On GRAF I also noticed that... Patufet collage zine has been sold out. This is a really good news, means there are outside my house, forty nine privileged people that has one. Keep it! For me, has been a project that I have taken lots of affection. Now, i'm working on a new themed one, I've been updating some digital collages here on the blog and on my facebook page.
Onion Rings is baptised as a comic although I see it as a illustrated collage, as explained in the Bad Weather website: the use of different thickness and style of the lines makes a visual separation that replaces the classic separation of traditional comics.
On GRAF I also noticed that... Patufet collage zine has been sold out. This is a really good news, means there are outside my house, forty nine privileged people that has one. Keep it! For me, has been a project that I have taken lots of affection. Now, i'm working on a new themed one, I've been updating some digital collages here on the blog and on my facebook page.
El confort dels estranys
Last saturday, at Fun Fan Fest, I presented my new project. This is my second project of this size, the first one, for those who do not remember, was The Collage Age in July 2012.
This one, called El confort dels estranys (The strangers comfort) is an evolution of the trilogy "The snoopers” (that soon we will see the next two issues published in Bad Weather Press). There is only 30 numbered copies with modified covers (back covers too) and available on fairs and soon online through BWP shop.
The use of a background with elements, and the other elements that are overlapped should be read in the same order as a comic. Nothing more, nothing less. Obviously, the use of collage makes me difficult to repeat a character so you have to “watch” the characters that appear as a subject, a representation of something and find the same “character” it on the next page (represented with something similar). Repeat this process in every page, until you complete the story.
For this complex way of reading (watching) a story, I always say that the best of these publications is not the first reading, but from the second and third, once you analysed down to the smallest details.
This one, called El confort dels estranys (The strangers comfort) is an evolution of the trilogy "The snoopers” (that soon we will see the next two issues published in Bad Weather Press). There is only 30 numbered copies with modified covers (back covers too) and available on fairs and soon online through BWP shop.
The use of a background with elements, and the other elements that are overlapped should be read in the same order as a comic. Nothing more, nothing less. Obviously, the use of collage makes me difficult to repeat a character so you have to “watch” the characters that appear as a subject, a representation of something and find the same “character” it on the next page (represented with something similar). Repeat this process in every page, until you complete the story.
For this complex way of reading (watching) a story, I always say that the best of these publications is not the first reading, but from the second and third, once you analysed down to the smallest details.
Vancuver public library: Zine section
This post was to be published on Bad Weather Press blog, but lately, I decided to publish it on my blog. Looks more logic, at the end, is a personal point of view of some zines I saw on the Vancouver public library.
First, i need to say I’m very jealous to fins a section like that on a library. It looks like something normal in United States and Canada (and also some important libraries in Europe. Just a few.), but the truth is in here, It’s impossible. There is no possibility to add anything to a library without the strictly supervision of the “libraries department”. This means: libraries full of bestsellers and magazines.
Well. For this reason, after the Vancouver Art/Book Fair, I decided to visit the zine section of the library. Wonderfull stuff, first, this zine from Francesca Szuskiewicz named “Pol Roger” which complements the other three: “Wool”, “Sisters / Fissures” and “Widow’s Peak”.
The second found, was this people from San Diego (California) that publishes really nice photobooks with lovely grain black and white photographs. This press, publishes also a Magazine (the one you can see in the photo) called, oh, Hamburger Eyes Magazine. Note: The continuing story of life on earth. November 22, 2002.
Third selection is also a magazine, this one, was more familiar to me: Kagummi Magazine nº5, directed by Bartolomé Sanson (Rennes, France. 2009) With a limited edition of 150 copies.
Others zines I don’t fins much information, but I loved, was one called “Wood” by Francesca Bennett and “Glory Days” by Pascal Alexander and published by the Zürich based press Fuerimmer-forever.
Altres tafaners / Summer 2014
Oh! I've been this summer looking for some inspiration in Costa Brava. Here the resume in two pictures:
And now some news! For Bad Weather Press I finished another collage zine and we are waiting for the prints, so is quite possible you can find them at the Vancouver Art/Book Fair in Vancouver (Canada) or at the FLIA in Vallcarca (Barcelona) on 4th October. Stay in touch on my facebook page or Bad Weather's page.
And now some news! For Bad Weather Press I finished another collage zine and we are waiting for the prints, so is quite possible you can find them at the Vancouver Art/Book Fair in Vancouver (Canada) or at the FLIA in Vallcarca (Barcelona) on 4th October. Stay in touch on my facebook page or Bad Weather's page.
Carnicería street: Teletienda
Recently, i’ve been collaborating on Carnicería Sreet zine, a publication published by Carne Press from València. This third number of the zine, curated by the great artist Guillem Srrave, talks about Teletienda (teleshopping / Shopping channel), the amount of this kind of channels in spain, proves the real intellectual level of society.
For this number, I made two collages that, looking closer, match perfectly with the partner of the next page. Maybe some of you remember the old woman from the picture above, is the famous "old woman frying eggs" from Diego Velázquez, a very interesting painter from Sevilla (1599 a.C.).
In this number, you can find incredible work from Guillem Srrave, Cesar Al, Nacho Prb, Busto, Borja Gomez, Eros Migo, Marta Platon, Nukekun, Fernando G Pol, Mariola, Mary Garlic, Pere Saguer, Mireia Ossorno and Pau Sampera.
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