Kitchen Women Knives2008
Kitchen Women Knives began with inspiration from the book "The Practice of Everyday Life" by Michel de Certeau, Luce Giard & Pierre Mayol and from our own practice of everyday cooking. The essays in this issue ask questions about the cultural status of the kitchen knife, the potential dangers of our mothers and developments in home economics.
Screen-printed on a tablecloth, this publication seats four.
Common Pantry Goods 2008 - 2009
The surfaces of household containers usually exhibit a narrow scope of information: product identification, company branding, and, in the small amount space left, mandatory consumer info. Common Pantry Goods explored the themes surrounding these disposable containers and their labels, in order to provide a deeper examination of these familiar items. This issue was printed on stickers specially formatted to fit common pantry goods.
Reformed Remade Rehabilitated 2009
For X-Initiative's No Soul for Sale we compiled a booklet with some research on the notion and methods of rehabilitation. The practice of rehabilitation is approached in a broad sense, beyond its application to a subject’s physical or mental state, but its interpretation in ecological and social contexts as well.
It's a tale of authority and autonomy, the imposition of goodwill and the pursuit of the past.
Copies of this reader are available, $10, email us.
The Reader Reader Begins May 2010
The Reader Reader is currently in the process of being compiled. Please check back after May 2010.
Empty Purse Publications acts as a textual DJ, episodically printing and publishing volumes on selected themes. For each project we organize publicly available content with commentary and new writings, and print the collection on a thematically relevant medium.
A project by Xenia Pachikov & Pamela Garber