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Almost News
Jocko Weyland
Published by Elk (2009)
46 Pages, Softcove, Black and White
"Rolling open with a satisfying whoosh, the solid overstuffed drawers would reveal upright cardboard files whose condition ranged from crispy brand new to disintegrating scraps. "Schauffler, Jr;, William G. Col. Airforce D E A D 10/22/51," for instance, on the Personality side, or on the Subject side: "Toys: Historical," "Models: Ships and Submarines," or "Portugal: Industry: Misc." There were "Hands," "Magicians and Mind Readers," "Brushes," and "Monocycles." Everything was broken down into a thousand, a hundred thousand, a million different categories, subgroups, subsets, and variations. There were wild unfulfilled notions that had been photographed in the planning, the making, the testing, or the aftermath, curious pursuits, causes, philosophies, social issues, ideas, and adventures never dreamed of."
Catalogue for "Almost News" at KS Art, New York, February-April 2009.
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