Monday, August 16, 2010

Sunday, August 15, 2010

the records of a travel worn satchel

Settled in trap-pots,
Octopuses may be exulting
In their ecstasy of a single night
Under the moon of summer.

Basho 17c.


Wednesday, June 9, 2010

monsters & flowers: collage by aaron howard. opening june 25!!

monsters & flowers: collage by aaron howard.

come see the wonders & horrors of flowers & monsters:

monsters & flowers traverse nineteenth century papers & more contemporary elements in the realm of books broken.
...

 
june 25, 2010 6-9:30pm

@ A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
479 Grand St & Union 11211 june 25-july 5

http://oilcanpress.com/

a tree grows in brooklyn is an antique store & upholsterer in williamsburg near the lorimer L stop & the hewes J stop. this is the first in a series of summer shows.

buy 'book of broken pages' 1

Thursday, May 13, 2010

oilcan press takes submissions for two zines:

oilcan press takes submissions for two zines: 

firstly:  EYE SOCKET
an epistolary zine.  if you have letterlike, lettery, ish, ical, tional letterage things to submit that'd be cool.  it'll be a ongoing publication. words or art if it works.

second zine:  'the book of broken pages'
it is about broken things.  brokennesses.
whether it's reassembly, assembly or disassembly.
mostly art.  a zine of few words. 
this will also be an ongoing experience.

both will be black and white photocopied projects. think abt contrast.

11 x 17 folded in half.  yr submissions shldnt be bigger than 8.5 X 11. 

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

edgar oliver reading & screening. april 27, 2010. gershwin hotel.

a reading by edgar oliver

a reading by edgar oliver

& a screening to celebrate the release of a new DVD.

the hermit & other poems

tuesday april 27, 2010

8 pm

$5

the Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th St.
btw. 5th & Madison Ave.

oilcanpress.com

edgaroliver.com