Partial Press

We introduced the chapbook version of Ca’ Venezia at a few zine fests this spring, but now we’ve finally gotten around to making it available online — only $12 plus shipping.
You can also find out more on our website: https://partialpress.net/2024/06/19/ca-venezia-chapbook/

We’re excited to announce the launch of an ebook edition of our latest anthology, titled — what else — A Digital Book Which Compiles Conceptual Books by Various Artists.

The ebook is a high-quality PDF which requires no special software to view. The design is the same as the hard copy, with the advantage of an interactive table of contents and index.

You can purchase a copy for only $2 on our website: https://partialpress.net/2022/01/12/conceptual-books/

A Digital Book Which Compiles Conceptual Books by Various Artists is a compendium of artists’ books that exist only as verbal statements, descriptions, or provocations. The collection features more than ninety contributors from around the world.

Check out Robert Eric Shoemaker reading from Ca' Venezia!
https://www.facebook.com/1019234972/videos/1157468974798514/

Today is the final day to submit to our call for conceptual books:
https://partialpress.net/2022/01/12/conceptual-books/

We're excited to announce that we will have a table at the Milwaukee Zine Fest, our first in-person event since 2019!

Milwaukee Zine Fest | The Bindery Milwaukee's annual explosion of zine-focused wonder in the form of a boisterous festival featuring over 70 vendors from across the country, plus programming and workshops, all for free!

We've created a landing page for our latest call for art (a material book of conceptual books), since not everyone is on Facebook. Please share with anyone you think might be interested:
https://partialpress.net/2022/01/12/conceptual-books/

CALL FOR ART: CONCEPTUAL BOOKS

Keith Smith has argued that an artists’ book can exist solely in conceptual form, not unlike the statements of Sol LeWitt, Lawrence Weiner or Yoko Ono.

There are also those books that remain conceptual for practical reasons: too complicated to realize or too simple to bother, too expensive, too hard to sell, too dangerous, too many other priorities.

This project will compile conceptual books by participating artists into a single volume that will, in fact, be produced by as a physical book. Will the printed book lend substance to these imaginary works and spark surprising juxtapositions? Or undermine its own conceptual underpinnings? Yes and yes – isn’t that exciting?

The final form will depend on the submissions, but it will be a print-on-demand book with textual descriptions/statements from each artist. (Any style of writing is encouraged — deadpan or lyrical, questions or statements.) Participating artists will be able to purchase their own copies of the finished book on demand, which means the project won’t be constrained by start-up costs. Any exhibitions, spin-off projects or other news and opportunities will be communicated to participating artists.

The deadline for submissions is 11:59 pm on Monday, February 28, 2022. We hope this gives time for interested artists to conceive new works if they wish (although this project is also intended to revive old projects from notes and sketchbooks).

Artists can submit to the project using the Google Form linked below (and in our bio):
https://forms.gle/SmgNJvcyf42Ns9Zo7

Please share this call with anyone you think may be interested. We hope the dematerialized nature of this collaboration results in participation from people who aren’t always represented in existing book art projects.

There are only 4 days left to pre-order a copy of Ca' Venezia, so here's an excerpt Robert Eric Shoemaker time-stamped at 4 minutes past 11, when "Hair Face reminds the Tourist of la Storia."

Order before August 1, and we'll surprise you with another Partial Press book for free!
You can pre-order right here on Facebook or on our website at https://partialpress.net/2021/06/06/ca-venezia/

There are only 5 days left to pre-order a copy of Ca' Venezia, so here's an excerpt Robert Eric Shoemaker time-stamped at 5 minutes past 8 in the morning, when some strenuous woodworking is already underway.

Order before August 1, and we'll surprise you with another Partial Press book for free!
You can pre-order right here on Facebook or on our website at https://partialpress.net/2021/06/06/ca-venezia/

There are only 6 days left to pre-order a copy of Ca' Venezia, so here's the 6:00 AM appearance of perhaps our favorite character, Hair Face. Robert Eric Shoemaker and Signor Small may feel differently. You'll have to read Ca' Venezia to find out why!

Order before August 1, and we'll surprise you with another Partial Press book for free!
You can pre-order right here on Facebook or on our website at https://partialpress.net/2021/06/06/ca-venezia/