No Press is proud to announce the publication of

thirty lines

by colin sackett.

Published in an edition of 50 hand-bound copies — of which only 20 are for sale.

$8.00ea + postage

To order a copy, please email derek@housepress.ca

Since the late 1970s Colin Sackett has produced hundreds of printed works. His own work has been an investigation of editing and content, the license to take broad issue and to play with the form, both disruptively and demonstrably. Founded the imprint Uniformbooks in 2011 as a series for the visual and literary arts; cultural geography and history; music and bibliographic studies; and also a printed quarterly, Uniformagazine. Sackett can be found on twitter at @Uniformbooks

Thank you to Bern, Switzerland’s edition taberna kritika for publishing my KONZEPTUELLE ARBEITEN

I have work in a pair of group exhibitions now on view; Text + Image at the Bleeding Heart Art Space (Edmonton, Alberta) and Traveling Exhibit: Seasons & Directions at Massey College (Toronto, Ontario).

I’m honoured to have received a Gracious Gratitude Award from the ACAD Students’ Association …

new from Santiago, Chile’s Libros Del Pez Espiral, and translated by Carlos Soto Román), Por Favor, No Más Poesía

KONZEPTUELLE ARBEITEN, a volume of my selected visual-conceptual work, newly published by Switzerland’s edition taberna kritika

Derek Beaulieu ist einer der aktivsten Repräsentanten der internationalen, konzeptuellen Literatur. Dieser Band zeigt eine Auswahl seiner bekanntesten Arbeiten.

Mai 2017, 118 S., 19 x 12 cm, Broschur
ISBN: 978-3-905846-45-4, €16 / 20 SFr
Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abb.

Avril Lopez and I, alongside a team of volunteers, created a mural for the Social Sciences Tower stairwell — which will now be a permanent part of the University of Calgary — in celebration of the restoration of the “Leon the Frog” poem. The piece incorporates a poem from frogments from the frag pool: haiku after basho (by Gary Barwin and I) …

more on the mural and the restoration of “Leon”:

“Fifty-year-old Leon the Frog is back at University of Calgary” (Calgary Herald)

“Leon the Frog poem restored at the University of Calgary” (CTV News)

“Leon the Frog is back at University of Calgary” (Calgary Sun)

“Rebirth of Leon the Frog” (University of Calgary UToday)

“Decades-old “Leon the Frog” poem restored at the University of Calgary” (The Gauntlet)

As part of the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Arts’ restoration of the “Leon the Frog” poem, I collaborated with MFA candidate Avril Lopez  and a team of volunteers on the creation of a mural on the first floor of the Social Sciences stairwell. Here are some in-process photos …

download a PDF of my 5 prints; an envelope of 5 linoblock concrete poetry prints, created in 2000 in a limited edition of 8 copies. (thanks to damian lopes for providing the images)

Was very excited to be part of the Making Treaty 7 Common Ground Dinner Series last night. Making Treaty 7 explores the historical significance of the events at Blackfoot Crossing in 1877, while investigating the consequences and implications of Treaty 7, 140 years later. Over a fabulous meal at the Deane House  we discussed the artistic and cultural implication of Treaty 7 and how we perceive the land. This was the second of 3 dinners and continued the fabulous collaborations . . .