THE KIPPENBERGER CHALLENGE

BOOKSHOP CHALLENGERS NEWS Thomas Eykemans 1 Apr. 2018 – 1 Apr. 2019 1 The Lines That Make Us ISBN 978-1-7327641-0-1 14 × 21.5 × 3.5 cm, 450g, 228 pages A collection of thirty stories and thirty photographs by Seattle bus driver Nathan Vass. Perfect-bound paperback with flaps. Published by Tome Press in an edition of 250. 2 Look Around: Selections from the Eykemans Collection ISBN 978-1-7327641-2-5 20.5 × 25.5 × .5 cm, 300g, 72 pages A formal catalog of artwork from a personal collection featuring paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures from Erdman to Rembrandt. Perfect-bound paperback. Published by Tome Press in an edition of 50. 3 Flip Phone Orphans ISBN 978-1-7327641-1-8 19 × 24 × 1 cm, 290g, 72 pages There was a brief window of time between 2002 and 2007 when cellphones suddenly had tiny cameras and anybody could take photographs anywhere at anytime. Smartphones did not yet exist and ever-present social media was still years away. With no audience, who were these inconveniently-formatted, poorly-composed, garishly-exposed, low-resolution, blurry snapshots for? This collection of orphaned photos is from a more innocent time, free from the burden of documenting a curated life. Spiral-bound paperback. Published by Tome Press in an edition of 50. 4 Makeready 23 × 30.5 × 0.5 cm, 72g, 16 pages A makeready sheet tests color and ink coverage when offset printing. These are often printed on recycled scrap paper, resulting in surprising juxtapositions as different books print upon one another. This salvaged makeready overlays Chinese paintings onto Dutch etchings. Facsimile paperback that unfolds into a poster. Published by Tome Press in an edition of 50. 5 Oubliette 11 x 11 x 2 cm, 9 pages Open edition The oubliette — or in German, das Angstloch ("fear hole") — has terrified my imagination since I witnessed one on a tour of a medieval castle's dungeon when I was young. This artist book explores the subject through dimensional typography, compelling one to look into its black depths to uncover the very letterforms themselves. Cloth hardcover tunnel book with magnetic flaps. Published by Tome Press. 6 Animal Entropy 7 x 7 x .5 cm, 16 pages Open edition Inspired by a memorable passage in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, this short story imagines the steps involved to bring animals back to life from their fate as food. Risograph printed paperback spiral book. Published by Tome Press. 7 Outside In 11 x 14 x 1 cm, 48 pages Open edition This book documents the aspirational nature photography pervasive to the windows of downtown Seattle storefronts and contrasts it with the complex realities of an urban setting. Digitally-printed paperback with clear jacket. Published by Tome Press. 0.45 Fortunate 6 x 1.143 x 1.5 cm, 206 pages Edition of 1 This tiny book, which is only .45 inches tall, gathers 103 fortune cookie messages collected over twenty years. Paperback with Chinese binding in a paper sleeve. Published by Tome Press.