Thawt

Thawt

by Mister Koppa in collaboration with 11 international artists

Thawt is a chronological collage of content, telling the story of a 60-day collaboration, between Mike Koppa and eleven artists and friends from around the world, during the thawing months of 2013. Thawt is a book about creativity, spontaneity, impulse, and action. The narrative is largely told through the correspondence between the contributing artists and the designer/publisher, interspersed with contributed prose, poetry, photography, and collage.

Contributors include (in order of appearance): Nikki Soppelsa (USA), Bill Phillips (USA), Flore Kunst (France), Susan Legind (Italy), Helene de Winter (The Netherlands), Gary Ortman (USA), Brandon Graham (USA), Lisa Chun (USA), Sammy Slabbinck (Belgium), Filipa Sottomayor (Portugal), and Barbara Minch (USA).

In Kolaj #9, in a News & Notes item about Thawt, Koppa said, “Thawt is a period of simultaneous reflection and new growth following a freeze or hibernation, generally occurring between mid-February and mid-April in the Northern Hemisphere. ‘His productive year began with a good thawt’.”

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ABOUT THE BOOK
Thawt
by Mister Koppa and 11 international collaborators
9.75″x7.125″; 212 pages (70 in full colour)
digitally printed on 80 lb. acid free paper, and case-bound with printed end sheets and dust jacket, in a signed and numbered first edition of 40 copies, including a signed print of the photograph by Mike Koppa, taken 20 February 2013, which inspired the project
$375 US
Heavy Duty Press, Viroqua, Wisconsin, 2014

Purchase the book from Viroqua Creative: HERE.

Image:
untitled collage by Nikki Soppelsa
created for the Thawt prospectus