Publication Studio Vancouver is pleased to announce the inaugural Scorpion and Felix Prize, a book prize for emerging artists, is to be awarded to Tracey Vath. Vath is a recent graduate of Langara College’s Fine Arts Program. She will receive a prize of $500 and her book will be developed, published and distributed by PSV.

Honourable mentions go to Scott Elliot, an Irish artist currently based in Norway, and two Vancouver-based artist teams made up of Alina Senchenko and Bára Hladíková, and Stacey Ho and Elisa Ferrari, respectively.

PSV received many outstanding projects from North America, UK, Europe and Asia. This has led to the formation of our new Scorpion and Felix Series for emerging artists’ publications. The prize winner and honourable mentions will be published together in this series.

Thank you to all who applied and congratulations to Tracey Vath, Scott Elliot, Alina Senchenko and Bára Hladíková, and Stacey Ho and Elisa Ferrari.

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The Scorpion and Felix Prize is named after an unpublished comic novel written by Karl Marx in 1837 when he was 19 years old. Publication Studio Vancouver is happy to be partnering with artist Dan Starling on The Scorpion and Felix Prize and on The Scorpion and Felix Series.

About Publication Studio Vancouver
Publication Studio Vancouver publishes books on demand, creating original work with artists and writers we admire. PSV is part of a part of an international network of Publication Studios in other cities including Berkeley, Hudson (NY), Minneapolis, London (UK), Rotterdam, São Paulo, Glasgow, Edmonton, and Guelph. Publication Studio is a laboratory for publication in its fullest sense—not just the production of books, but the production of a public.

Saturday, November 26 2016, 7pm

Join us for the launch of Tyler Brett’s new book Every Building & Some People in Bruno SK circa 2011 at Publication Studio/Selectors Records, 8 East Pender Street, Vancouver BC.

The book is a series of matter-of-fact representations of everyday life in the town of Bruno, suitable for colouring by adults or children or for quiet enjoyment. Printed and bound on-premises by Publication Studio, it is available for the reasonable price of $20, and will be available for online order after the event.

Bruno Saskatchewan is a town of roughly six hundred people located about one hour east of Saskatoon. In addition to all of the public service and amenity buildings, the drawings in this book document every one of the town of Bruno’s shops (all of which were locally owned and operated) as they existed in 2011. Some of the drawings are also of, or include, shopkeepers, or members of the community who were associated with the buildings depicted. Tyler Brett lived on Main St. and worked in and around Bruno for seven years as a carpenter assistant and occasionally as one of the local shopkeepers. Since leaving Bruno in 2013, many of these buildings and businesses have changed ownership, and some of the people drawn have since passed away. This book is a tribute to all of them. Brett now lives in Sointula BC on Malcolm Island where he works as a paramedic and runs The Sointula Art Shed Artist Residency with Kerri Reid, their son Teddy, cat Marvin and six chickens.

A new artist book prize for emerging artists!
Deadline for submission February 1, 2017

Publication Studio Vancouver is pleased to announce a call for submissions for The Scorpion and Felix Prize, a new book prize for emerging artists. One artist will be selected by a jury to receive an honorarium of $500 and to have their book published by PSV.

Submissions are open to all emerging artists who have demonstrated an interest in publication as an artistic practice through their work. Preference will be given to artists who are willing to experiment with the book as a medium while keeping the conceptual and practical frameworks of PSV in mind.

PSV will support the recipient to realize their book project by assisting with the logistical considerations for production. In addition to the production of the book, PSV is committed to offering organizational support for the project beyond the publication date. This will include a press announcement, a launch event, and inclusion in the Publication Studio distribution network.

Support from Publication Studio Vancouver

• Cash prize of $500
• Printing and design costs of production paid
• 25 copies of the book for the artist
• A launch event at PSV
• Press announcement of publication via Publication Studio’s social media
• Inclusion in Publication Studio’s distribution network

How to Apply

Applications should be formatted as a single pdf containing all writing, accompanied by image files. Please do not imbed images into the pdf (see below).

Please include the following information:

1. Contact Information
   Please include a page with your full name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and link to your website.
2. Description of Project (maximum 500 words)
   Please describe the book you wish to make. Proposals need not be in fully realized form but should be coherent enough to demonstrate that the artist has thought through the book project carefully. Please reference any art historical influences and discuss any works that relate to your idea.
3. Curriculum Vitae, 3 pages maximum
4. Support Materials
   Please include 10 images. They may either be packaged in a zip folder file labeled with YOUR NAME or else as a Dropbox link included in the body of the pdf
   • size 1440 x 900 pixels maximum in jpg format, 72 dpi
   • use the following naming convention LASTNAME01.jpg, LASTNAME02.jpg …
   • Include an annotated list that describes the images with the following information: title, date, medium, dimensions and brief description if necessary

All items should be sent as a zip file attachment or Dropbox link in a single email to Publication Studio Vancouver, with the subject line BOOK AWARD (YOUR NAME). Emails should not exceed 10 MB. E-mail: psvancouver@bookmachine.ca

Applicants may also submit examples of books via the post that can only be returned if accompanied by a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage. This is not required.

Unfortunately, due to the expected volume of submissions, we will not be able to acknowledge the receipt of applications, and will only be able to notify the selected applicant.

Timeline

All book proposals must be sent by February 1, 2017. Any applications sent after this date will not be considered.

The selected applicant will be notified by March 1, 2017 with the expectation that work will commence in the spring 2017. The book will be published over the course of six months with an expected launch in the fall of 2017.

About Publication Studio Vancouver

Publication Studio Vancouver publishes books on demand, creating original work with artists and writers we admire. PSV is part of a part of an international network of Publication Studios in other cities including Portland (Or), Berkeley, Hudson (NY), Minneapolis, London (UK), Rotterdam, Malmö, Edmonton, and Guelph. Publication Studio is a laboratory for publication in its fullest sense—not just the production of books, but the production of a public.

The Scorpion and Felix Prize is named after an unpublished comic novel written by Karl Marx in 1837 when he was 19 years old. Publication Studio Vancouver is happy to be partnering with artist Dan Starling on The Scorpion and Felix Prize.

Just a quick note: we’re moving out of our storefront at 222 East Pender Street. Thanks to our neighbours in the studio, our next-door neighbours at Access Gallery, 221A for setting up this great facility in the first place, and to the Yee Fung Toy Society for watching over the building. We’ll miss you all, even though we won’t be far away.

Our new premises are being set up now. We’ll be sharing space with Selectors Records at 8 East Pender, where we will continue to publish and bind books, but with a different soundtrack. Watch this space for the announcement of our opening.

UPDATED: we’re pleased to announce that both Publication Studio Guelph and Publication Studio Edmonton are turning out copies in their cities!

Inspired by the TRC Reading Challenge, we are printing and binding copies of Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future, the 388-page summary of the final report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

We’re making these available at PS Vancouver on a pay-what-you-can basis, with a suggested price of $10. You can also order them from us online, at $10 plus shipping.

If you get a chance, let people know you are reading the report by posting on social media with the tag #trcreadingchallenge .

TIZIANA LA MELIA
ORAL LIKE CLOAKS, DIALECT
Selected Writings: 2005-2015

Edited by Steffanie Ling
Published by Publication Studio Vancouver

Publication Studio Vancouver
222 East Georgia
Tuesday, March 22
7pm

Readings by Jo Cook, Kara Hansen and Tiziana La Melia.

Please join us at Publication Studio Vancouver for the launch of Oral like Cloaks, Dialect a selection of writing by poet and artist Tiziana La Melia. This collection of her texts includes poetry, scripts, reproductions of short-run publications, and writing for exhibitions and artists, as well as an array of collaborative writing conducted over the past decade. In referencing Hollywood cinema, literature, costume history, insect anatomy, La Melia’s texts exercise dialects, changing outfits and modes of inquiry. In the way clothing inflects language in the pursuit of style or a role, ways of elaborating oral and text based codes is as much a way to inhabit identities as a form of inquiry. The texts in Oral Like Cloaks, Dialect articulate the texture of speaking, reading and writing as vibrations, feelings and pulses translated into English.

Image above: from the series Summer Diagrams (2014 – ) by Katie Lyle

Join us to celebrate the launch of
Young Adult
Issue 1: Friends Are Not The Same As Fans

With fine wine and readings by

//////////////// Steve Hubert \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Carey Mercer ///////////////
////////////// Jacquelyn Ross \\\\\\\\\\\\\\

Young Adult is a literary journal promoting new writing by emerging and established voices. Published two or three times a year in a very small run, each issue includes a few short stories or otherwise prosey texts and a special edition artist poster*. Edited by Jacquelyn Ross. Printed and bound at Publication Studio Vancouver.

Copies of the journal will be available for $15. Cash bar.
*Issue 1 poster by SF poet Kevin Killian !

www.youngadult.ca

Publication Studio Vancouver’s storefront at 222 East Georgia is closed temporarily, while our building undergoes some necessary renovations. It looks like construction will be completed some time during November — we’ll give you an update when we know the exact date.

In the meantime, our books are still available for order online — it may just take a few extra days to ship them to you.