edition details
- 75 numbered & signed three-color RISOgraph & letterpress prints on 10″ x 10″ hand torn, cream-colored heavyweight paper
- 25 three-color RISOgraph prints on 10″ x 10″ bright white cover stock
- 25 three-color RISOgraph prints on on 10″ x 10″ hot pink and chartreuse page stock
- Lilly has requested that a portion of funds raised by this edition be contributed to Ukraine Red Cross
On Archives and the Heaviness of Things
A Conversation with Lilly Dancyger
You’ve said that Negative Space is an archive as much as it’s a memoir, and that the exact representation of your father’s art in your book was essential to that project. I love that; I like to think of Undead Darlings as an archival project also, and the broadside series in particular as a way to glimpse some of what authors leave behind while writing and publishing a book. It’s a part of the process every writer knows so well, but one that is rarely shared with readers. I take that responsibility seriously; and I know you do too after reading your book and working on this edition with you.
Archives require curation, and curation requires difficult decisions. How did you manage the limitations for what art you could include in Negative Space? How did you make the hard decisions for what would be included—and what would be left out?