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ODRADEK IS A PUBLICATION I STARTED THAT EXPLORES "UNCANNY LIFE." THAT'S MY FANCY WAY OF SAYING THIS PUBLICATION EXLORES INANIMATE OBJECTS THAT CHALLENGE OUR IDEA OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LIVING. THE FIRST VOLUME, RELEASED MAY 2023, WAS ABOUT TAXIDERMY. THE FORTHCOMING VOLUME, SET TO BE RELEASED JUNE 2024, IS ABOUT PUPPETRY. I INTEND TO MAKE FUTURE VOLUMES ABOUT MASKS, DOLLS, AND AUTOMATONS RESPECTIVELY. ODRADEK IS MAINLY AN ART PUBLICATION THAT FEATURES IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WHO WORK WITH THE THEME OF EACH VOLUME, BUT I ALSO SOMETIMES INCLUDE PERSONAL ESSAYS. IT TAKES THE FORM OF A 6X9 HARD COVER BOOK WITH OVER 100 FULL-COLOR PAGES, THOUGH SOME ARTICLES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO READ ON THE WEBSITE.
HYPE ZINE IS AN ART BLOG AND ANNUAL PUBLICATION I RAN FROM 2018 - 2023, AND OCCASIONALLY STILL WRITE POSTS FOR. INSPIRED BY THE BOOK "STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST," THE IDEA WAS TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE THAT INSPIRE ME ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT INSPIRE THEM AND THEN INTERVIEW THOSE PEOPLE IF POSSIBLE. BUT MOSTLY IT WAS JUST AN EXCUSE TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND TALK TO COOL PEOPLE. IT WAS CHIEFLY MEANT TO BE AN ONLINE ZINE, BUT I RELEASED FOUR PRINT VOLUMES OF COLLECTED INTERVIEWS THROUGHOUT ITS RUN. TO CREATE A DISTINCT VISUAL STYLE (AND ALSO TO HAVE AN EXCUSE TO USE MY QUITE EXTENSIVE STICKER COLLECTION) I MADE A COLLAGE FOR EACH INTERVIEW I DID. IT TOOK SO MUCH GLITTER GLUE.
I STARTED MY BLOG, THE AVANT GARDE TWEENER, WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND BLOGSPOT WAS STILL COOL. I STOPPED POSTING IN 2O21, ROUGHLY WHEN, AT THE RIPE AGE OF 21, I FINALLY GAVE UP ANY ASPIRATIONS OF BECOMING TAVI GEVINSON. IN THE BEGINNING IT SERVED AS A SORT OF TRAVEL AND POETRY BLOG BUT IT QUICKLY EVOLVED/DEVOLVED INTO A CHAOTIC MISCELLANY THAT INCLUDED BUT WAS NOT LIMITED TO FASHION PHOTO SHOOTS, DIARY ENTRIES, AND HAPHAZARD INTERVIEWS. I WOULD HOPE MY WRITING HAS IMPROVED A LOT SINCE THE AVANT GARDE TWEENER'S HEYDAY BUT TRUTHFULLY I'LL ALWAYS BE AN AWKWARD MIDDLE SCHOOLER AT HEART WHICH IS WHY THIS IS STILL IN MY TOP 3 PUBLICATIONS I'VE CREATED.
IN 2021 I PUBLISHED A CHAPBOOK TITLED "LITTLE UNIVERSE," WHICH WAS CENTERED AROUND MINIATURE MARVELS, SMALL SPACES, AND INTERIOR WORLDS. ESSENTIALLY IT FEATURED INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH SMALL STUFF-- SCIENTISTS WHO MAKE MICROSCOPIC CHEMICAL SCULPTURES, CARPENTERS WHO BUILD PLAYHOUSES FOR RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRES, ARTISTS WHO MAKE TINY DIORAMAS INSIDE OF DOLLS. IT ALSO FEATURED ESSAYS ABOUT THE FEMINIST ORIGINS OF DOLLHOUSES, THE POWER OF PARACOSMS, AND THE INSANE PLAN TO LET KIDS RUN THE GOVERNMENT IN THE JUNIOR REPUBLIC OF FREEVILLE, NEW YORK. THE IDEA WAS THAT THE BOOK'S SUBJECT MATTER GREW IN SIZE AS YOU PROGRESSED THROUGH IT, SO THE REALLY TINY MICROSCOPIC STUFF WAS AT THE BEGINNING, AND THE LARGER STRUCTURES WERE AT THE END. THE BOOK WAS ORGANIZED INTO FIVE SECTIONS THAT WERE INTENDED TO MIRROR THE FIVE AGES OF THE UNIVERSE. EACH SECTION WAS INTRODUCED BY A SHORT POEM.
STARTING IN 2017, I PUBLISHED A SERIES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ABOUT FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERS. THESE BOOKS WERE ABOUT PROUST, WITTGENSTEIN, AND KIERKEGAARD RESPECTIVELY. I USED DIGITAL COLLAGE AND POETRY TO SPIN EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING TALES ABOUT THE TEACHINGS OF THESE PHILOSOPHERS BECAUSE, HEY, YOU'RE NEVER TOO YOUNG TO START LEARNING ABOUT INVOLUNTARY MEMORY.
FOR MY FINAL PROJECT FOR MY GRAD SCHOOL CLASS "DESIGN & THE FUTURE OF PUBLISHING" I CREATED A VISUAL ATLAS OF PHANTOM ISLANDS TITLED "HIRAETH," AFTER THE WELSH WORD MEANING A DEEP LONGING FOR HOME. "HIRAETH" IMAGINES THE LANDSCAPES OF ELEVEN PHANTOM ISLANDS THROUGH DIAGRAMED DIGITAL COLLAGES, PROVIDING A BRIEF HISTORY OF EACH ISLAND.
WHEN I FOUND OUT MY FAVORITE SELF-PUBLISHING PLATFORM BLURB WAS HAVING A 24 HR ZINE FEST, I KNEW I HAD TO ENTER. AT THAT TIME I WAS OBSESSED WITH ROYAL IMPOSTERS, WHICH BECAME THE SUBJECT OF MY ZINE. IT'S NOT THE MOST WELL-DESIGNED, BUT SINCE I ONLY HAD 24 HRS THE PEOPLE AT BLURB GAVE ME A BREAK AND AWARDED ME A WINNER OF THE ZINE CHALLENGE!
THIS IS A SILLY LIL BOOK I WROTE AN ILLUSTRATED ABOUT MY FAVORITE BEARS, FROM WOJTEK THE BRAVE POLISH ARMY BEAR TO GUS THE NEUROTIC SWIMMER. THEY REALLY ARE REMARKABLE CREATURES. THAT'S ALL.
ONE THING EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME IS THAT I'M A HUGE EAVESDROPPER. I DON'T MEAN TO, IT'S JUST THAT OTHER PEOPLE'S CONVERSATIONS ARE SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN MY OWN. MY LOVE OF EAVESDROPPING RESULTED IN ME PUBLISHING A SHORT BOOK TITLED "ALL THEORY AND NO ACTION," ABOUT THE BEST CONVERSATIONS I'VE OVERHEARD.
NEVER BE SANE WAS THE FIRST BOOK I PUBLISHED WHEN I WAS 17. THESE DAYS I THINK 17 YEAR OLDS PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO WRITE OR PUBLISH BOOKS BUT LIVE AND LEARN. INSPIRED BY CHRIS MIKUL'S "ECCENTROPEDIA," I DECIDED TO CREATE MY OWN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG PEOPLE, FROM AKIANE KRAMARIK TO BASQUIAT.
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