BCIE Fellowship

October 10, 2008 — TOPICS Art, Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, WWFG

Recently we completed a fellowship with the Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions. Our work explored the idea of collectible vs. disposable. As individuals who do not consider ourselves collectors, we used our small budget to build a collection of 80 Ramones albums over a two week period which involved record stores, eBay, lying to collectors, begging our friends, etc. Once we had our collection, of course, we loved it, we were proud of it and quite attached. The next day, we removed the covers, beat them to a pulp and created a new collection: Ramones Commemorative Plates: handmade paper from recycled Ramones LP jackets with a 1-color pulp screenprint of the band’s original lineup, in an edition of 30 sets of 4.

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