Beginning in 2019, with the publication of Seven Million Acres: Pride of Place, Street Road launched its publishing branch, with two points of focus, Street Road Un/Archival, and Street Road Community.
STREET ROAD UN/ARCHIVALThis series draws on our archive of past exhibitions, and has a focus of reactivating and projecting them forward through the publication process. Most books can be purchased at Street Road and at the Little Free Library, through our online store here, or by emailing us with your inquiry. They are also always available to borrow from Street Road's Little Free Library.
Seven Million Acres: Pride of Place
Winter 2019, 6×9 in, 15×23 cm, 204 pages Hardcover, Dust Jacket: ISBN #9780464427483 Editors: James Smith, Emily Artinian, Emily Manko, Carol Maurer Seven Million Acres / Pride of Place documents and expands upon the 2019 exhibition of the same name at Street Road Artists Space, a participatory project which centers Cochranville, Pennsylvania and is a meditation on ways to re-understand regionalism. Residents of an area covering seven million acres, stretching from Philadelphia to Baltimore, and Harrisburg, PA and points in between have submitted photographs and meditations upon objects which have pride of place for them, together forming a rich mapping of the material culture of a region, and in turn presenting a way to reconsider how we think about place. With an introduction by Street Road director Emily Artinian.
The Little Free Library 19330
Summer 2020, 6×9 in, 15×23 cm, 168 pages Hardcover, Dust Jacket: ISBN #9781715182052 Editors: James Smith, Emily Artinian, Emily Manko, Carol Maurer This book is a brief photographic record of Street Road's Little Free Library in Cochranville, Pennsylvania, from its beginnings in January 2018 to March 2020. The photos, which are mostly in chronological order, follow the design, build and evolution of the library over those two years.
The library, which was founded as community resource on the principle of Take A Book, Return A Book, has broadened its scope and is now home to a wide selection of free books, lending books, a growing collection of Artist’s Books and a permanent section including signed and first edition books. It is the second book from the publishing project of Street Road Artists Space. Homma Meridian at Street Road:
Volume 1 – Meridian Stone Spring 2024, 6×9 in, 15×23 cm, 76 pages Hardcover, Dust Jacket: ISBN #9781737275503 Softcover, Dust Jacket: ISBN #9781737275503 Purchase hardcover here. $40 USD Purchase softcover here. $25 USD Editors: Kaori Homma, Emily Artinian This publication is the first in a planned series documenting artist Kaori Homma's Homma Meridian project at Street Road Artists Space. This volume reflects upon the Meridian Stone and includes an introduction by curator Jason Waite, as well as contributions from 24 artists and writers from around the world, including: Catherine Cartwright, Dava Sobel, Emily Artinian, Emma Chang, Haruka Komori, Iain Cotton, Kaori Homma, Kaya Hanasaki, Ken McLaughlin, Luisa Roa, Mariwan Jalal, Nahyun Park, Natsumi Seo, Odira Umuziranenge, Pam Brabants, Shih Yimiao, Rhonda Hershey, Rudolf Pascika, Shorsh Saleh, Showzoo Tsai, Syo Yoshihama, Rei Matsushima, and Zijie Yang.
Ceramic Sanctuary
Forthcoming 2025: this publication documents and reflects upon the Ceramic Sanctuary exhibition, 2017 |
STREET ROAD COMMUNITYBooks published in connection with Street Road exhibitions and projects, and by artists and other friends in our wider orbit.
Pennsylvania
by Shandor Hassan 2019, _×_ in, _×_ cm, _ pages Pamphlet: ISBN #9780464427483 Published to accompany Hassan's long term work at Street Road, The Dust, American Matter and documents of the installation process, locations from which materials were collected, photographs from the environment of Pennsylvania roadside culture, and the general landscapes that surround Street Road, including its nearby small towns and rural spaces. Funded through a Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts / Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance grant to develop public programming and a publication. MINE/(Y)OURS
by Emily Artinian 2017, 7x7 in, 18x18 cm, 48 pages Softcover: ISBN #_ Published as part of Street Road's the Clouded Title project 2017, MINE/(Y)OURS documents an installation comprised of 1 room cut in half (with a nod to Gordon Matta-Clark), furnished with items with intriguing ownership histories, on loan from Street Road friends. Objects and their stories are collected in this artist's book, copies of which were stuffed into the cut down the center of the room before it was sealed up upon the exhibition's end. With contributions from David A. Parker, Seres Hofundor, Thomas White, Carol Maurer, Thomas Savage, Samantha Ferrizzi, and Tony Pratola. Walking Forward, Looking Back
by Carol Maurer 2018, in, cm, pages Softcover: ISBN #_ Published as part of Carol Maurer's 2018 Street Road exhibition, Walking Forward, Looking Back. Twentysix Wawa Stores
by Eric Weeks 2022, in, cm, pages Softcover: ISBN #978-1-7372755-1-0 Weeks' Twentysix Wawa Stores, first exhibited at Street Road in 2022, is a book and film project that examines the Pennsylvania-based convenience store and gas purveyor Wawa. A companion book to the film, the Twentysix Wawa Stores publication is a facsimile of the well known Twentysix Gasoline Stations by Ed Ruscha. The film was shot during the Covid-19 pandemic, and documents a particular time in the history of the United States, when masks were necessary to enter stores, and oftentimes two trips were required to retrieve the forgotten mask left in the car. |