At the inaugural Halifax Art Book Fair this Saturday, Micah Lexier will be presenting the fifth iteration of his Collaborative Hole Punch Drawing project. First launched at the Toronto Art Book Fair in 2018
(followed by the Prairie Art Book Fair in 2018, the Esker Foundation Art Bookstore Opening in 2019, and the Unlimited Edition Art Book Fair in Seoul, Korea in 2023), the project consists of a letter-size, letterpress-printed sheet of paper, and a hole-punch.
"It is a project where people are invited to purchase and participate in the making of a unique artwork,” Lexier writes. "The collaborator makes a pencil mark at any location (or locations) on the page where they want a hole punched. They then add their initials in the spot at the bottom of the page identified as HOLE LOCATOR. I then punch a hole at the location(s) that the collaborator selected. I have a special hole punch that allows me to punch a 5/16” hole anywhere on the 8.5 x 11 piece of paper. I then add my initials and date in the spots at the bottom of the page identified HOLE PUNCHER and DATE PUNCHED. I charge $10 a hole. The collaborator can purchaser as many holes as they want to pay for.
The sheet is blank except for the punched hole(s) and information at the bottom of the page. The drawing then get put in a custom rubber-stamped envelope."
The event takes place from 7:30 to 8:30pm, April 13th, at the All Nations Church, 2535 Robie Street, Halifax. For more information, visit:
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