Kitchen Women Knives2008
Kitchen Women Knives began with inspiration from the book "The Practice of Everyday Life" by Michel de Certeau, Luce Giard & Pierre Mayol and from our own practice of everyday cooking. The essays in this issue ask questions about the cultural status of the kitchen knife, the potential dangers of our mothers and developments in home economics. Screen-printed on a tablecloth, this publication seats four.
Common Pantry Goods Ongoing 2009
The surfaces of household containers usually exhibit a narrow scope of information: product identification, company branding, and, in the small amount space left, mandatory consumer info. Common Pantry Goods would like to explore themes surrounding these disposable containers and their labels, in order to provide a deeper examination of these familiar items. This issue will be printed on stickers specially formatted to fit common pantry goods.
Reformed Remade Rehabilitated Beginning 23 June 2009
At X-Initiative's No Soul for Sale (opening 23 June, 6-9pm) we will be presenting some research on the notion and methods of rehabilitation. The practice of rehabilitation is approached in a broad sense, beyond its application to a subject’s physical or mental state, but its interpretation in ecological and social contexts as well.
Its a tale of authority and autonomy, the imposition of goodwill and the pursuit of the past.
Copies of our preliminary reader will be available at X-Initiative for a $2 donation.
Enjoy these texts and we look forward to your submissions.
Empty Purse Publications acts as a textual DJ, episodically printing and publishing volumes on selected themes. For each project we organize publicly available content with commentary and new writings, and print the collection on a thematically relevant medium.
A project by Xenia Pachikov & Pamela Garber