Ambient
Chicago: Ambient, 1980. Offset, xerox, holograph, collage, and hand-colored. 34 discrete pieces contained in cardboard box titled “m ambient”; lacking the 33rpm vinyl. Various sizes, mostly 8 1/2 x 11 in, housed in 12 1/2 x 12 3/4 in box. Very good. Item #7833
Artists’ publication edited and organized by Kathryn Hixson, Debby Sher, and S. Wexler. Ambient features 34 contributions on found paper material made into collages, original artworks, and artifacts; nine of the contributions are unique art pieces. The publication also collects various poems, texts, and a review of disco music.
Most of the pieces in Ambient are unnamed, but a list of contributors is included on the publication’s title-page. The list, however, reads like a poem itself, or an inside joke; contributing artists include J.C. Corbett, Teri Barr, Debby Sher, Antony Oldknow, Cahner’s, Color Card, Cody, George Hansen, Mike Rytie, Kathryn Hixson, Øccupant, Chicago Public School System, Sax, Sax, Birnbaum and Hansen, r.record, Enrico Dada Picasso, Wheeler Electronics, Frederick/editors, Carbon Paper, Jean Genie, Shelf Trim, Janine des Fleurs, Kevin Riordan, Sandy Michels, Nic Leuthauser, Kevin Huotari, Marie Saripata, Jean Patterson, S. Wexler, Elburn Baum, Sandy Michels, and Fashion Joe.
Ambient is a remarkable example of underground literary experimentation. Extremely scarce, OCLC locates two holdings as of April 2025. This example does not include the 33rpm vinyl originally issued with the publication.
Price: $550.00