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Atomic Sublime
The Atyom, the Sublime and the American Southwest

Item date(s): 2019

Tammy Nguyen  - (designed by)
Lovely Umayam  - (essay by)
Tea Chai Beer  - (produced by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 276mm
Binding: Decorated box; Spiral binding
Technique: Photocopy; Laser cutting; Hand-set type
Language: English
Edition: One of 250 copies

Theme(s): Nuclear war

Publisher: Bombshelltoe and Passenger Pigeon Press

Additional notes:
This book was published by Passenger Pigeon Press using the technologies of photocopy, laser cutting, and hand-set type with foil stamping. Everything was hand assembled. The papers used include cardboard, 90 lb. white cardstock, 20 lb. white textweight, 60 lb. Astrobright Cosmic Orange and Fuscia, and pink thermochromic paper.

The book has two small books (Arizona and Nevada) in pockets at the beginning. It has nine sections, each with a folded wrap-around containing the chapters, increasing in size from the front to the back. All contained in a card box with illustrated and collaged cover.

Exhibition notes:
Faces, Spaces and Tenuous Places

JBCBA, WAM

6 February – 13 May 2024

Ref: GB/30021













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