TEXST
We explore the presence of text in visual art in all of its manifestations. Our title, TEXST, embodies our approach – testing text-based work in any and all forms. Up to this point, this has consisted of workshops, residencies, and a series of collective and individual publications. We publish works from artists who use text and language as a core part of their studio practice. Many of our publications test the medium of text in playful and experimental methodologies.
TEXST was established in 2016, and is currently Samuel Brzeski, Lucila Mayol, and Robin Everett.
as the non-world falls away is set of fragmented poetic compositions, created through iPhone scans of the artists notebook that have then been worked over digitally, testing the boundaries between image and text in a palimpsestic manner
WITHOUT THE E is a series of pamphlets responding to a presence or an absence felt in contemporary digital culture.
risograph
200x250 mm
44 pages
edition of 150
2024
A weaving draft is a kind of notation for planning and sharing woven textil structures. The threading, along the top, shows how the warp is threaded through the heddles and frames; the treadling, along the right-hand side, show the order in which the treadles of the loom are to be pressed; and the tie-up, in the upper right-hand corner, shows how each treadle interacts with the loom’ frames. The drawdown, in the lower left, shows whether the warp or weft will be on top at any particular intersection of threads—thereby providing a “preview” of the completed textile. Often a draft diagram will indicate the intended color of the warp and weft threads, and the drawdown will show the completed textile’s color patterns. In “Drafts,” Allison uses letters instead of colors, melding digital weaving with writing.
WITHOUT THE E is a series of pamphlets responding to a presence or an absence felt in contemporary digital culture.
risograph
200x250 mm
26 pages
edition of 150
2024