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Elisabeth Workman / 2010 McKnight

Erik Brandt — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:13:16 +0000

2010 McKnight Fellowship for Writers, Loft Award for Poetry.

Above: Elisabeth Workman, Flarf poet, is selected for the fellowship by 2010 judge and nationally acclaimed poet, Marilyn Nelson. From Opolis and Site Q, a thousand congratulations, liebe Bettina! Abrazos y besos!

The official awards will be held at The Loft on Friday, May 07 2010, 7:00pm, and will feature a reading by Marilyn Nelson. Loft web announcement here, but first sing along below and CELEBRATE NOW.

Above: Highly appropriate celebratory music via Dan Ibarra.

Goddur

Erik Brandt — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:57:48 +0000

The world is new again, all over again.

Above: Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon, aka Goddur, poster from the series for Bjarni H. Þórarinsson. Just when you think you have a bit of a perspective, a new friend introduces to you something miraculous. Seeing the work of this Icelandic master has made the whole world new again for me… pour vous? Look for an upcoming feature with new work from Goddur soon, and in the meantime, see for yourself, these are symphonies, non?!

Above: Goddur, all work from his eponymous website.

Above: Goddur, poster from the series for Bjarni H. Þórarinsson.

Jenny Schmid / MAPC 2010

Erik Brandt — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:34:36 +0000

Super fast for a super friend, with super friend font.

Above: Postcard front (4×6) for Jenny Schmid, awe inspiring printer and educator who is also spearheading the MAPC 2010 Conference New World/Old World here in Minneapolis this coming fall. Check out the MAPC Facebook page here.

Jenny supplied the logo, color choice, scroll image, and a Level Five Emergency time frame. Awesome. I couldn’t resist, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to experiment with Verena Gerlach’s Vielzweck font (available at primetype).

Above: Postcard back, cropped (4×6).

Above: Sigh, 11×17 (cropped for web) bulletin sketch I made for a canceled event. Some of the dynamics from the back of Jenny’s card evolved out of this. Verena Gerlach’s Vielzweck in full effect again, plus the usual suspects (and a few old collage pieces from Doha days). I know, I know! Must stop using Motorcade and Extrude.

FFFound / Rattapallax 16

Erik Brandt — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:34:23 +0000

Rattapallax flyer found.

Above: Sweet! Got word that this Rattapallax flyer I made in April, 2008 was posted on fffound. Cherry Garcia! More on that in an older post here, but in more recent news…

Above: Cover and back cover for Rattapallax 16, Fall 2010. I worked with publisher Ram Devineni on this last issue of his magazine and noticed it is available for online viewing in the Rattapallax Issues section, see screen shot below.

Above: Interior for Rattapallax 16, Fall 2010. Ram features a collection of Indian Tribal poetry, Bengali poets and more. Part of the thrill of this job was trying to accommodate a variety of languages equally.

Bea Arthur Mountains Pizza

Erik Brandt — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:37:44 +0000

Stunning collage tumblr, excellent reality relief.

Above: From the excellent Bea Arthur Mountains Pizza, collage.