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ARCANA Volume One: Collector's Box Set

Artists
Diane Borsato, Jarrett Earnest, Maria Hupfield, and Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
Writers
Alexandra K. Carter, David Hernandez, Grant Hurley, and John Shoesmith
Price
$1500.00
Date
2025
Publisher
Theorema Editions for PUBLIC Books
Format
Artists' Books
ISBN
9780921344636
Size
15 × 19 × 5 cm
Length
480 pp
Genre
Rare & Out of Print, Canadian, Contemporary Art, Arts Writing, Indigenous Art & Artists, Queer Art & Artists
Description

This limited edition box set of four artist books seeks to collapse the traditional boundaries between art making and archiving. Bringing together artists and writers from Canada and the United States with rare book and special collection librarians from the Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library at University of Toronto, ARCANA is an inspiring example of what can happen when historical collections are reanimated and gaps between disciplines dissolve and coalesce.

«WAABAZI» by Maria Hupfield, in collaboration with Canadiana Librarian Grant Hurley

«Scribbles, Comments, and Codes: The Marginalia of Marshall McLuhan» by Thyrza Nichols Goodeve and Special Collections and Outreach Librarian John Shoesmith

«Álvaro Retana: The Most Beautiful Writer in the World» by Jarrett Earnest and Rare Books and Special Collections department head David Fernández

«Snakes in the Library» by Diane Borsato and History of Science and Medicine Librarian Alexandra K. Carter

Limited-edition of 50 boxsets, each signed and numbered by artists and librarians.
Swiss bound, Smyth sewn books printed with UV inks; foil-stamped covers.
Text and cover stock by Fedrigoni, Italy.
Slipcase: Colorplan paper by GF Smith, UK. Foil-stamped on 3 sides.

  1. ARCANA One
  2. ARCANA One
  3. ARCANA One
  4. ARCANA One
  5. ARCANA One
  6. ARCANA One
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