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Figure is partially obscured by bright, multicolored, framed Monet and Magritte paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/3744c6bf-451b-46e0-acc2-fc16ca129792/DispatchesWebView.jpg Select Works - Dispatches Web version from Dispatches Magazine https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/project-five-jkmzy-n34sy monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/4bf0875f-e129-4dbb-913e-f3b17ea00467/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Title page reading Yelping With Cormac by Evan Wagoner Lynch, illustrations by Jacob Yeates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/01c0d29e-1844-45ac-a44c-57e25c370627/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft2.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Title page showing small Yelp logo altered into image reminiscent of gunshot wound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ae74cfc0-6a9d-4df7-b63c-7964a0fb9804/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft3.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Text page only, no image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d72de08d-bccc-4972-bb07-3d5a2a5ff14d/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft4.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Secondary title page showing small Yelp logo altered into image reminiscent of gunshot wound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e1230eca-f29d-4f38-9eaf-8a12cf01d490/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft5.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of side-view of cowboy laying on ground propped up by a tree, face obscured. Flies hover around body and blood drips from the cowboy's side down towards two tortillas next to the body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a4e81a60-e07e-43d4-8bdc-9484eba9d397/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft6.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, half-page drawing of close-up view of near-empty container of McDonald's fries. Visible amongst the remaining fries and spilled ketchup are two, high-caliber bullets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b2903b7b-945c-4218-b5b3-ecc4b39b33e5/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft7.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, half-page drawing of close-up view of abandoned dog collar and leash. Off in the distance the silhouette of a hawk is visible, wings outstretched in flight, carrying a small dog in its talons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a37e09a2-531a-468f-a094-eadeff942170/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft8.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of three human skulls in various stages of decay. Each skull has the letter "W" etched into its forehead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/289059f1-0a0f-4422-b227-067ae7acb59f/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft9.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Two ink and graphite, half page drawings. Image on left shows seated figure, wearing cowboy boots but no pants, camouflaged in pile of jeans, aiming rifle. Image on right shows skull wearing a jewel-encrusted crown, lying atop Juicy Couture merchandise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/87760a5a-70d6-4f72-bbc4-1982f7898439/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft10.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Two ink and graphite, half page drawings. Image on left shows close-up view of two laced-up, modern hiking boots. Image on right shows close up of a single ragged shoestring lying isolated on muddy earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ab28a6a0-610f-407f-9094-09ff35387b3b/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft11.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of single, wooden IKEA chair standing on three legs. Beneath the chair its fourth lies on the ground, dark with shadow or an ominous liquid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ec696578-dc37-4886-8595-b03ddea48525/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft12.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, half page drawing of close up view of a brew of pour-over coffee in the process of being made on the muddy earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/3e0b5ae3-1e63-4263-bbb8-75972ef6a214/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft13.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Two ink and graphite, half page drawings. Image on left shows a restaurant chalkboard reading "Thanks!" that hangs askew, parts the sign obliterated by past gunfire. Image on right depicts close-up view of conquistador helmet next to a smartphone with a phone case featuring Ohlone textile patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b2ec7ae6-33df-4a8e-9e50-1c4cceda08d7/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft14.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of two bound figures, nooses around their necks, about to be executed, their heads covered by Red Lobster carryout bags. The mouth of one figure, partially visible, bares its teeth at the viewer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d5515630-5902-40ba-a1ba-cad50eca237f/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft15.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Text page only, no image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d7e32aa5-2872-45a2-a00a-1e3c7cf84e81/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft16.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Two ink and graphite, half page drawings. Image on left close-up view of leftovers wrapped in aluminum foil shaped to resemble a swan, leaking a dark fluid, next to a stained knife. Image on right shows a single tank top discarded on a tile floor alongside several clothes hangers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d1383097-72ce-4234-a55d-74630ca32819/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft17.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Two ink and graphite, half page drawings. Image on left is close-up view of an individual's hands resting on a bar, loosely covering a revolver; knuckle tattoos read "TGIF" and "BOGO." Image on right shows an aged obelisk or grave marker with the letter "V" chiseled into the top of it. Aging flowers lay at its base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/c46278af-ccf8-4457-b9d7-58ce7469144f/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft18.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing showing a pair of forearms gripping the shaft of a branding iron; the iron's white, sparking tip in the shape of a star. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/cd4dab10-3087-492d-af95-04f699f9945d/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft19.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Interlude title page reading "The Taco Trilogy" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/10500873-74c5-4ddb-9a78-14c71c8a9ef9/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft20.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of a close up view of a pair of spattered, dripping hands, bringing a taco up to the owner of the hands' open mouth. The visible teeth are dark and stained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/698c414f-88e8-4f6b-91c6-cf091f3ade97/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft21.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of a robed, hunched figure on horseback. The figure's face is largely obscured by a hood, and in its hand is a spear, a taco stuck on its tip. Flies buzz around the taco and figure, and numerous hands from a crowd up are seen around the side of the horse, reaching towards the figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2cbf6153-df8b-42b7-9f81-67243fc8cc39/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft22.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of the view of an old, decaying mission church bell tower in mid-ring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e1e176e7-1e18-402e-9b71-8b575947df81/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft23.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: No text; interlude title page signaling end of "The Taco Trilogy" section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2e8934bc-d28d-4852-8c04-4729eace6953/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft24.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of a rumpled, stained tee shirt lying amongst a makeshift cairn, the cairn marked by a skull atop an upright stake. Barely visible on the shirt is the Macintosh Apple logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/9b2a4769-2fa3-4728-b066-7572d3b01213/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft25.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, half page drawing of a close up view of stone fragments of a fresco painting, glimpses of hands holding a wafer of bread and a goblet of wine point to the fresco being an old Communion image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/3adf9383-b2ad-471a-af29-76f0c456a210/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft26.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, half page drawing of two stained, gnawed-on breadsticks, lying against one another in an arrangement reminiscent of a cross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/846ddf15-86b3-4aa6-95a4-96cca09ad0f2/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft27.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, two half page drawings. Drawing on left shows close-up view of a black plastic fork, resting against a stained, crumpled napkin, one of its tines broken off, surrounded by flecks of old rice. Image on right shows two dark, aged hands holding onto small display of feathered earrings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d039351d-0a8b-4916-ba40-bd82dc1b5bec/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft28.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of a cowboy lying slumped in the corner of a bathroom stall, one arm propped against a toilet, dark liquid staining him and the area of the stall. The cowboy's hat obscures his face, as he looks down at his torso, hands gripping an arrow lodged in his stomach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/6b5fab34-0be4-44d6-ad8d-be7faee4c885/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft29.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, half page drawing of a filthy, bloody hand, fingers outstretched and palm facing outward. Visible on the palm, carved or branded into the skin, is the Yelp logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/0dc8f82c-f172-4890-9c49-585511730964/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft30.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, half page drawing of a closeup view of two, cracked-open fortune cookies. Crumpled slips of paper with images of stars are partially visible within and around the cookies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d850708b-1fa5-4464-b2f5-d0b7981949f8/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft31.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of figure seated in profile on stained pile of clothing. The figure's face and hands are coated in blood and a rifle lies loosely across their lap. Draped across the figure's legs and back are numerous articles of clothing. The hand of a corpse is barely visible at the figure's feet. Behind the figure a crude sign reads "Everything Must Go." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a1cd6589-f53d-4cd7-9533-390578f8f38c/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft32.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Epilogue title page reading "Coda: The Yelping of Lordsburg" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b7df1400-ac33-4b34-a0e8-177224e62723/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft33.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing showing a collection of several, antiquated tools of measurement: a plummet, a sextant, and an old notebook emblazoned with stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1790d251-75c8-4a59-9ec7-9f9cd4087787/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft34.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing close-up of the face of a dead mule, mouth agape, lying on grassy earth. On the forehead of the mule is a single, bloody star. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/96eab91b-104a-4b08-905b-3edc007171f8/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft35.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Ink and graphite, full page drawing of three executed men, bound in various postures to a blackened tree. A wooden sign has been hung around the neck of each man, each sign bearing a number of crudely painted stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/9fc5e093-6a62-4923-808a-360bee4868bc/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft36.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: No text; interlude title page signaling end of "The Yelping of Lordsburg" section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2f1dc15b-731f-4428-80e6-e9781e088eda/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft37.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Text page only, no image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/628756f8-328f-4c45-ac2f-b1ad03f4a7d6/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft38.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac Alt Text: Text page only, no image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/9c316a0e-750c-4074-99d5-ad6473593c9e/YelpingRevisitedPrintDraft39.jpg Select Works - Yelping With Cormac https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/iowa-pigs monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/6613616b-2f5d-4c0d-b063-58e91a87ded8/IowaPigsFinalPrintSpreadImages2.jpg Select Works - Iowa Pigs Alt Text: Front cover. Front is white paper, with large, all capitalized, serif font reading "IOWA PIGS," with "IOWA" all black, and "PIGS" black line with white interior. On left, descending from top of page, behind "IOWA," stopping down a third of the page are two uniform columns of small ovals, akin to slats in livestock trailers. This same pattern is present in same spot throughout entire book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1da7fae1-55f9-41db-8dd5-4ed082f9b680/IowaPigsFinalPrintSpreadImages3.jpg Select Works - Iowa Pigs Alt Text: Left page, on left side in two columns descending down are sequential photos featuring view from dark interior of livestock trailer. Another is present on right page in upper right corner. Also on right page is fragment of upside-down graph on water hypoxia. In front of graph are two square frames, one a distorted drawing Kim Reynolds smiling, the other Ashton Kutcher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/f93157cb-b53c-4241-b9e9-122940e6e855/IowaPigsFinalPrintSpreadImages5.jpg Select Works - Iowa Pigs Alt Text: Left page, remaining view of water hypoxia graph continues from last spread. Right page, in addition to repeated elements (oval pattern and photo in upper right corner) is larger frame on bottom half of page, depicting a drawing of some sort of room. Partial subtitles on frame read "Vents are sealed, heat and steam vented - facility to raise tem - to lethal levels." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/62b7838d-8bb7-462a-9810-0624484cdb10/IowaPigsFinalPrintSpreadImages7.jpg Select Works - Iowa Pigs Alt Text: Spanning spread is a black bar, overlaid with three drawn/labeled instructional images on intubation. Red ink is painted over lung areas. Beneath images, words, partially visible, read "virus, avoiding the plant floor, they denied the existence of 'confirmed cases' at the plant to work - directed supervisors to ignore symptoms of COVID-19 to continue to work and allegedly urged-" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/077887d7-7816-4f3e-90c1-359d8e4a7bf3/IowaPigsFinalPrintSpreadImages9.jpg Select Works - Iowa Pigs Alt Text: Left page, in upper half, is a pixelated screenshot of house listing valued at $1.6 million. Overlaid this are two frames, one a distorted drawing of smiling Jeff Hansen, the other Deb Hansen. Right page, in lower half is drawing of room with figure standing among piles of carcasses. Partial subtitles read "Later, workers, manu - kill any survivors w - stun bolt gun." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/67d1800f-77bb-4bd9-8581-3a9ebe583af2/IowaPigsFinalPrintSpreadImages11.jpg Select Works - Iowa Pigs Alt Text: Left page, in center of page is grid with two rows of three images in sequence, depicting drawing of same figure in carcass room from prior spread, walking slowly through carcasses. Right page, stretching off of right edge of page is partial view of water oxygen map, areas of low oxygen in deep red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2d75c84c-2886-493c-bbfb-cba135097c54/IowaPigsFinalPrintSpreadImages13.jpg Select Works - Iowa Pigs Alt Text: Left page, remainder of water oxygen graph continues into view from left border. Right page, in lower half is drawing of room with piles of carcasses, workers no longer visible. Partial subtitles read "The corpses of thou - are then cleared wi - bulldozer." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ec226322-28e9-4279-a39a-ca13cc6c3d4d/IowaPigsFinalPrintSpreadImages10.jpg Select Works - Iowa Pigs Alt Text: Bibliography/source page; no imagery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ccd39c21-9707-4b42-8be5-db4ed87237ba/IowaPigsFinalPrintSpreadImages12.jpg Select Works - Iowa Pigs Alt Text: Author/illustrator information page; no imagery. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/empire-is-tacky monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/240598e3-e713-49b0-8105-a82cd152f94d/EisTWebCover.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Cover. Ragged, spattered ink and graphite drawing of the upper torso of the Augustus of Prima Porta, eyes obscured by ink, teeth and lips coated in makeup, in front of bright purple backdrop. A thin, golden frame is drawn around the area of the cover. Over a black bar in middle of page, title, in imitation of carved stone, reads "Empire is Tacky: Essays by Jacob Yeates." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/cbaedc2d-3a26-4c5a-915e-74fe5610c31a/EisTWebFirstPage.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Interior title page featuring a black and white version of the image on the book cover. All subsequent interior pages are also in black, white and greys (no color). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d8352e54-6b83-423e-8319-9190fa4cfae8/EisTWebSP01.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Table of contents spread. Left page shows a crudely drawn facsimile of a Roman bust between two broken pillars. This page layout is used in future as a chapter heading. Right page, alongside collaged imagery of a jar, a hand with a knife, and geometric patterns, lists five sections, each punctuated with a small box containing a flag, an "X" running through each box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/da71705d-3b1f-4990-9c1d-33809a05b0ad/EisTWebSP02.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Intro section spread. Spread dominated by white text on black background, bordered by of geometric, Greco-Roman patterns. In upper left and right portions are drawings of fragmented sculptures of human bodies, more akin to flesh than stone. Two panels, one on bottom left, the other bottom right, show collaged, antique imagery of coiling serpents or worms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/6232c5f0-9e55-4435-a6e0-49c2390daf95/EisTWebSP03.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Section one title spread. Left page shows a crudely drawn facsimile of a Roman bust between two broken pillars. Right page, below handwritten title, a crudely-drawn frame containing of a mob of ski mask-clad, shouting men pushing through a hall. On bottom right of image is a small box containing a flag, an "X" running through it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/7320e6fd-2d44-4e38-bbf6-99bee901b9dc/EisTWebSP04.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: On left, two variations of ink and graphite drawings of a man in a tee shirt and boxers standing in a doorway, looking off to some noise. On right, the backs of two fleeing, hunched figures frozen in midstride in a hallway. Bullet holes and splatters mar the walls around them. Below, another frame shows a glimpse of a hand clutching a knife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/bc866d13-efe3-40b6-ba6f-c4ba4522d236/EisTWebSP05.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: On left is a grid of six frames. Three depict drawings of flags. The others, a map of Ft. Snelling, a Gericault study of amputated limbs, and a photo of a bulldozer. Each frame has an "X" drawn through it. On right, a drawing of a mob of ski mask-clad, shouting men pushing through a hall. A second frame shows a closeup of bulging eyes and gritted teeth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/8aad71a5-6552-46af-b871-479ba59f1af2/EisTWebSP06.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: A single, wide frame depicts an ink and graphite drawing of a screaming man in profile, stabbing a kitchen knife into the forehead of a figure in a ski mask held against a wall. To the right of that figure is a long line of that same, masked figure spanning into the extreme foreground of the image, each figure with a knife embedded into its forehead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/86b6796f-a3eb-4c44-9f2b-b84be44e85aa/EisTWebSP07.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Section two title spread. Left page shows a crudely drawn facsimile of a Roman bust between two broken pillars. Right page, a technical drawing of a sarcophagus, oriented vertically rather than horizontally, is marred by black paint streaks and splatters. Section title is written over this. On bottom right of image is a small box containing a flag, an "X" running through it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/475a3d8a-e450-405c-9e93-cff77e6aecd8/EisTWebSP08.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Majority of spread dominated by several technical drawings of Virginia's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on scarred, stained paper. In upper right is a fragment of a distorted, graphite drawing of the three relief-carved figures on the tomb. On the left, partially visible, traveling down the page are three simple ink drawings of laurel wreaths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/04060862-d282-4c2f-af36-ab724416c356/EisTWebSP09.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Left page shows ink drawings of laurel wreaths continuing downwards behind large panel of text. Another simple ink drawing of Tomb Guard insignia punctuates end of text. On right, in front of tomb schematics and three, black obelisks or shafts of splattered paint is a distorted drawing of a uniformed Tomb Guard in mid-stride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/4c35d31f-08f4-4f30-8aeb-760114212140/EisTWebSP10.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: On left, behind frame of text, is inverted version of patrolling Tomb Guard, next to fragments of wreath icons. The Tomb Guard's eyes have been obscured by white bar. On right, technical drawing of Tomb and distorted graphite drawings of relief figures are again visible, but oriented vertically, further disorienting viewer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e0d6e2b1-bcd1-4771-bf2b-7ef8a8bddb34/EisTWebSP11.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Section three title spread. Left page shows a crudely drawn facsimile of a Roman bust between two broken pillars. Right page, a fragment of a drawn reproduction of Yvon's "Caesar Crossing the Rubicon," is framed by pencil hatching and paint streaks. Section title is written over this. On bottom right of image is a small box containing a flag, an "X" running through it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ddd1d56e-c902-4f0b-ae58-3fa4d66f8a2b/EisTWeb12.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: On left, three simple ink reproductions of upside-down Roman Legionnaire standards are present on white, ink-spattered background, a loose graphite circle around them. On right, barely visible behind three black boxes containing text, is a detailed drawing of a figure trampled by horse hooves; part of a larger, mostly unseen, image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/f3d90927-5628-43d0-8283-a420a6e4e8b1/EisTWebSP13.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Spread dominated by technical line drawing of Jeep Rubicon. Underneath the wheels is splattered ink and paint, and barely visible behind the vehicle is part of a large image, a drawing depicting what appears to be a panicking or distraught crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/eeb88006-e9d2-4240-a766-dc5a5e765abb/EisTWebSP14.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Spread dominated by now-visible image obscured in prior spreads, a large graphite and ink reproduction of Adolph Yvon's "Caesar Crossing the Rubicon," but seemingly even more foreboding/apocalyptic. Sprawling across the canvas above a ghostly, sword-wielding figure, is handwritten text quoting a Jeep ad campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ca859b80-2b5c-4126-94a8-ce4b17644553/EisTWebSP15.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: End section spread. Left page shows a crudely drawn facsimile of a Roman bust between two broken pillars. Right page, parallel to column of text is spattered ink and graphite drawing of the Augustus of Prima Porta, eyes obscured by ink, teeth and lips coated in makeup. On bottom right of image is a small box containing a flag, an "X" running through it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/f0d023ab-5699-45ce-840f-eacc522f9b04/EisTWebLastPage.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Interior title page featuring a black and white version of the image on the book's back cover. See next image for full description. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a98493bf-5efe-4be6-8bcf-cea1b2f89e18/EisTWebBack.jpg Select Works - Empire Is Tacky Alt Text: Back cover. Bright purple cover containing thin, gold, rectangular frame. Within frame is Roman bust drawing, now drawn in whites and purples, the broken columns capped with gold. The change in color reveals the bust's face as crudely done up in stage makeup, both clownish and unsettling. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/violent-order-lawful-harm monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/97d7b799-2fa3-447b-8024-0640687891ee/BookCoverWhite.jpg Select Works - Violent Order, Lawful Harm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/5e5553a2-117a-45db-a9d3-d7aba3670bb7/MemorialDayPrintFinalScrambled.jpg Select Works - Violent Order, Lawful Harm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d24acb77-6630-4062-a1b4-a9f5f1481b54/FishInMinnehahaScrambled.jpg Select Works - Violent Order, Lawful Harm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/08b28839-ccbd-43fd-b743-b75de38ba70c/Yeates_GoonSpreadScrambled.jpg Select Works - Violent Order, Lawful Harm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/13449b4b-28fc-4fac-945d-665c991a184c/AntiWarSpreadFinalScrambled.jpg Select Works - Violent Order, Lawful Harm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/5138c4b6-8c81-4e99-b992-ece61cd36fe8/KlanCollusionScrambled.jpg Select Works - Violent Order, Lawful Harm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/40c7bc30-43ef-45ea-a2ee-3e5d0358eee5/PanthersHamptonRevisedTextScrambled.jpg Select Works - Violent Order, Lawful Harm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/64028175-25f1-401c-9849-70ce74ef796b/AtticaScrambled.jpg Select Works - Violent Order, Lawful Harm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/f3b6c1aa-3dc5-4198-839a-380ea8ef8196/BLMMilitiaBrutalityScrambled.jpg Select Works - Violent Order, Lawful Harm https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/portraits-celebrations monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ab667b74-bcb2-4754-8643-4d5a88bcd472/UntitledIII%28Gaddafi%29.jpg Select Works - Portraits: Celebrations Alt Text: Black and white portraits done in graphite and painted/spilled ink over military map of Libya. Three figures, one in front, Muammar Gaddafi, flanked by Tony Blair and George W. Bush, are realistically painted, but with intensely scratched lines and splattered ink. Blair and Bush, partially obscured, grin with violent cheer. Most of Gaddafi's face has been scratched away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/09351341-c019-4127-80bb-5b5880ab18b2/SaddamReaganBush.jpg Select Works - Portraits: Celebrations Alt Text: Black and white portraits done in graphite and painted/spilled ink over military map of Iraq. Three figures, one in front, Saddam Hussein, flanked by Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr., are realistically painted, but with intensely scratched lines and splattered ink. Reagan and Bush, partially obscured, grin with violent cheer. Most of Hussein's face has been scratched away. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/occupations monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a5440ea9-0541-497e-ae70-869cb109e3bd/OccupationsSpreads00Cover.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Cover. Alt Text: Full page image in middle third of page depicting side view of black military helmet drawn in white line on black background, with icon of white dove in flight painted on helmet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b348df6e-48d6-445c-9a14-4207075a9b7b/OccupationsSpreads01TITLE.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: White title page, no imagery present, book title "Occupations" presented in upper third of page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/37d391fd-2e56-42ba-a648-11a637fb459b/OccupationsSpreads02GOINGTHERE.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Chapter spread. Black pages with no imagery. On right page, in white type in upper third of page reads "Part I: Going There//So I Went." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/6e4e44fc-2874-4770-bfeb-ca830fe4b141/OccupationsSpreads03MAPS.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page; on black background, in white ink, a frame depicts a hand-drawn map of Vietnam, and partial views of China, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia. Vietnam interior is painted in ink washes. Right page; in same location this map is torn apart; underneath, dozens of names of countries militarily engaged by the U.S. since Vietnam are visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b461938d-ae38-46f4-ad77-15d77fa6dc48/OccupationsSpreads04PORTRAITS.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page, on black background, five frames show five ink and graphite portraits of the individuals interviewed in this book, with their military deployment dates listed. Interviewees are Dick Foley, John Jadryev, John Varone, Paul Appell, and John Ivens. Right page, all text, no imagery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d83fef1c-e012-466a-9703-59888504798d/OccupationsSpreads05MAPSPOT.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page, all text, no imagery. Right page, as text ends, remaining page shows larger version of hand-drawn, ink wash map of Vietnam and its territorial interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2369d25b-ba89-4b71-b7f5-0287e8f9e0d2/OccupationsSpreads06OCCUPATIONS.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Chapter spread. Black pages with no imagery. On right page, in white type in upper third of page reads "Part II: What Was Done//Occupations." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d40b67e0-bfee-488d-ab79-fd41734b5119/OccupationsSpreads07IRAQ.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Full page spread. On left, a crumpled, grey collection of documents with white text details of attempted coverup of U.S. airstrike killing of two Iraqi journalists on July 17, 2007. Right page, on black background, depicts sequential footage of moments of this event, as well as transcribed audio of soldiers as they kill a possible total of eighteen individuals, and wound two children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/94c04b4f-c058-4aeb-85c9-98e0f310858e/OccupationsSpreads08FEET.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page; on all black background, towards bottom of page is white ink drawing of what appears to be a pair of bare feet laying sideways in a patch of grass, a small pool of liquid trailing from them. The owner of the feet unseen in the darkness. Right page; all text, no images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/23a12f3c-b204-48bf-8f69-5f1ff419a0fc/OccupationsSpreads09WALL.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Full page spread. Spread dominated by a partial view of a massive, black wall. A blue sky, with U.S. flags is just in view. A figure walks at the base of the wall, dwarfed by its size. In upper right, handwritten text reads "When I went to the wall in D.C. it has 55,000 U.S. soldiers, there's nothing about the Vietnamese. There would be three to five million, for three to four miles." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/21d9211e-4d47-4e68-922d-0085df464fce/OccupationsSpreads10BOMBSPOT.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page, all text, no images. Right page, small, black ink drawing embedded in text. Image is three loose, drawings of bombs over a splatter of loose ink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e15ac003-eba0-43d6-930a-beccf13188cc/OccupationsSpreads11BOMBS.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Full page spread. Next to single column of text on left page, full image dominates spread. Painted in greens, yellows, browns and blacks, large bombs in mid-fall are depicted above torn pieces of newspaper. Seemingly carved into the metal chassis of each bomb are dozens of tally marks, reminiscent of a rifle or other weapon's kill count. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/7f671513-2ae5-4e86-a4fb-b3c4e2ad4a34/OccupationsSpreads12IMAGE.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: All text, no images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b30be990-deb0-435f-a272-f15e31cfdc2e/OccupationsSpreads13FOLEY.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Full spread. Spread dominated by single image in a drawn frame. On left is a hunched figure, head, down, seated on a pile of sandbags, hands dripping orange, an orange-tinged rifle at its feet. Other figures near a line of barbed wire crouch over something in background. Lying to the right, almost out of view, is a pair of sandaled feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a4ec913f-ca14-457b-9604-57fe7600c77e/OccupationsSpreads14.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: All text, no images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/658451d7-09a9-44b4-ab26-e51d62735cd4/OccupationsSpreads15VARONE.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Full page spread. Surrounded thick, black brushstrokes and situated in front of a scratched background of brown and red paint is a drawing of a Vietnamese family of two adults, two children, and an elder relative. Scribbled over their faces are crude ski masks. A single red line is drawn towards the forehead of each figure, terminating in a red "X." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/712a6bfd-f14f-4b30-99d5-1874bab21844/OccupationsSpreads16.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page, embedded in text is ink drawing of dozens of spent bullet cartridges. Right page, two collaged pieces of correspondence from interviewee John Varone, the most visible a letter, dated April 9, 1970, detailing his impending return to the U.S. from active duty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/cc6d9842-d666-4dc6-919a-7e061cef01b1/OccupationsSpreads17INTERLUDE.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Chapter spread. Black pages with no imagery. On right page, in white type in upper third of page reads "Interlude//Chante Wolf." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/92068422-936e-4ede-bf69-b3b7ebd3be90/OccupationsSpreads18INTERLUDESP1.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Full page spread. Left and right pages show scanned correspondence dated 2013 from Congressional Member Jackie Speier to the Secretary of Defense detailing ongoing examples of sexual harassment, abuse, assault, and misogynistic social media groups present within U.S. Armed Forces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ffe9170f-4f7c-4d1d-acb7-011203b98d61/OccupationsSpreads19CHANTE1.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page, on black paper, a frame has been drawn in white pencil. Barely visible, is a leered smile and partial face, emerging from shadow. Right page, embedded in text is graphite and ink portrait of Chante Wolf, with her military deployment dates listed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/7c06dbba-cbd2-455a-b261-b643b81733e8/OccupationsSpreads20MARINES1.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left and right page each depict a full page, painted portrait of a marine in uniform dress, U.S. flag behind him. Eyes from photos have been collaged over their faces, which, underneath the collaged eyes appear to be distorted and leering. Below each portrait is a violent or otherwise obscene quote from a U.S. Marine social media group about a woman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/0658c0c9-ec54-4b21-8293-098c85aed791/OccupationsSpreads21MARINES2.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: As with prior spread, left and right page each depict full page, painted portraits of marines in uniform, U.S. flag behind him. Eyes from photos have been collaged over their faces, which, underneath the collaged eyes appear to be distorted and leering. Below each portrait are additional violent quotes from U.S. Marine social media group about women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/bb2d89d3-5cb2-48a6-9d1a-dea2a50dfe2c/OccupationsSpreads22INTERLUDESP2.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Full page spread. Left and right pages show now-crumpled, earlier correspondence from Congressional Member Jackie Speier. Now visible, in white type on black paper, are additional reports, dated 2017 of sexual harassment, assault and misogyny within U.S. Armed Forces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/50a2067e-df56-45aa-992c-ee0bb53fa16b/OccupationsSpreads23COMINGBACK.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Chapter spread. Black pages with no imagery. On right page, in white type in upper third of page reads "Part III: Coming Back//Coalescing." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/faf4af73-ff49-4d12-8192-428db042b8d8/OccupationsSpreads24IRAQCHEM.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Full page spread. In white text on black background, as well as brown, crumpled paper, documents detail studies on increased birth defects in Iraqi warzones due to pollution from bombs and military waste. Overlaid these documents are graphite drawings of deformed hands of children resulting from this pollution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/194c81e6-fd2e-4fda-a92a-e2c1b43d1a9a/OccupationsSpreads25COALESCE.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page; interrupting a black background, a white doorway is visible in center of page. Illuminated by the doorway, back to the viewer, standing in a patch of grass, a soldier in combat fatigues, loosely holding a rifle, stands looking into the light. The soldier's head appears to have been scratched out with graphite. Right page, all text, no images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/86575844-d6b2-4d1a-b94a-499baa8072a1/OccupationsSpreads26JADRYEV.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text. Full page spread. On left, underneath column of text, is an ink drawing of a single feather. Spread across both pages is also a large image of a decimated forest depicted in black and brown inks. Underneath in handwritten text reads "And we all felt we failed them, okay? That we didn't live better lives. We had twice the opportunity and we squandered a lot of that." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e174020d-5f94-4090-9f40-17388ad0a89b/OccupationsSpreads27COUNTRIES.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page, all text, no images. Right page, greyscale ink spot illustration embedded in text. In sprawling, violently scratched text, written over a particularly dark splatter of ink, are the names of dozens of countries, all occupied or otherwise militarily-engaged by the U.S. at some point in history following the U.S. invasion of Vietnam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/71d59247-bbaa-4f78-a22d-0792e75f19f4/OccupationsSpreads28FOLEYSPOT.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page, all text, no images. Right page, small, black ink spot illustration embedded in text, depicting profile view of figure's head, drawn sketchily, evoking a sense of unease. By nature of the black ink and paint, the mouth of the figure has been fully covered by a brush stroke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2654575e-5821-492f-8a2c-370e394060ae/OccupationsSpreads29.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: All text, no images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/83522c51-89d7-4ebd-9cac-80e4a0596207/OccupationsSpreads30APPELL.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Full page spread. Next to single column of text on right page, a drawn image dominates composition. In foreground a figure in a coat, painted in heavy, black ink, looks downwards. Behind the figure is a jumbled cityscape drawn in thin pencil lines, the lines jagged and uneasy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/214ac650-148c-473c-8268-b3a294853cc4/OccupationsSpreads31VFP.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Left page, no images. Right page, full page image repeating cover image of side view of black military helmet drawn in white line on black background, with icon of white dove in flight painted on helmet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/9d55a705-495a-4d7e-8503-ffcba5c064c6/OccupationsSpreads32ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.jpg Select Works - Occupations Alt Text: Acknowledgments page, no images. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/how-a-hydrogen-bomb-works monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e936c511-c518-4d3e-8df2-76966044fa24/HowAHydrogenBombWorks.jpg Select Works - How A Hydrogen Bomb Works Alt Text: Horizontally-oriented broadsheet done with graphites, black ink, and brief moments of brown ink. Two panels, unevenly stacked, surrounded by boxes of handwritten text, dominate composition. Within panels are a drawn, repeated scene of two men behind gridded bars, one weeping; the other, bald, teeth bared, gripping the weeping man from behind, whispering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672505215815-AXFT2OV4WDEAUCF09VR1/HowAHydrogenBombWorks.jpg Select Works - How A Hydrogen Bomb Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672505375394-5K3OBOL5J2EIT7PFPO4Y/HowAHydrogenBombWorks.jpg Select Works - How A Hydrogen Bomb Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672505488076-LN82CGZIL9W1DJHZZXPT/HowAHydrogenBombWorks.jpg Select Works - How A Hydrogen Bomb Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672505563425-HB3V84FJMAB6181U80X8/HowAHydrogenBombWorks.jpg Select Works - How A Hydrogen Bomb Works https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/the-angel-of-prisons monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/0087937e-bbcc-4ac8-a274-2ef04708b755/AngelOfPrisonsFINALRESIZE.jpg Select Works - The Angel of Prisons Alt Text: Full image view. Collage, ink and graphite broadsheet in blues, whites and browns on black background. Two drawn areas are present, one in upper third of image, the other roughly taking up its bottom right quarter. Small, white columns of text and lines are laid out like a bastardized illuminated manuscript. Detailed section descriptions in following slides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672506727928-G0D92M7ITWJXC1U5020U/AngelOfPrisonsFINALRESIZE.jpg Select Works - The Angel of Prisons Alt Text: Detail of first illustrated panel in upper third of image. On panel's right side, stretching to bottom left, a figure in blue lies on a bed; skin an unhealthy green/grey, face turned away, eyes obscured. One leg is visible, cuffed to the bedframe. Surrounding bed is a mass of brownish feathered wings, a human mouth visible underneath, whispering to the bedridden figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672692871568-BA5YLDGMUVOX6POFRRZ2/AngelOfPrisonsFINALRESIZE.jpg Select Works - The Angel of Prisons Alt Text: Continued detail of first illustrated panel in upper third of image. To right of panel is collection of handwritten type, ending in the line "'You know there's no medicine here,' the Angel said. 'You know that you were born for burning.'" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672506839129-923NH8YI9LXCRRDUYJ4O/AngelOfPrisonsFINALRESIZE.jpg Select Works - The Angel of Prisons Alt Text: Detail of second illustrated panel in bottom right quarter of image. On filthy, sickly-yellow paper, thick white and blue paints with dark inks scratched on top depicts the bottom halves of two bare, human legs; the feet cuffed together. One cuffed foot is at an angle, seemingly snapped off from its leg, like a broken mannequin or shattered sculpture. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/great-red-dragon-page-one-rewrite monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/30213762-f761-409c-b241-c898c8d2d61d/HannibalResizeSample.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672691965190-ZWHTQADSG4YOVHGSTCMH/HannibalCover.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: Cover. Image bordered by bright red frame, covered with thin, black ink lines. In small, formal type near top of cover reads "Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite by Jacob Yeates." A smaller image shows a line drawing of a face partially obscured by chain links and cursive type. One eye and the mouth, subtly smiling, of the face are visible; its eye yellow and its lips red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/63295f1e-529d-41f1-a647-06aa0ef574d2/HannibalMiniRealJPGs.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: Interior title page featuring a black and white version of the image on the book cover. All subsequent interior pages are also in black, white and greys (no color). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e05b984b-7af3-4741-9103-49560aa013d8/HannibalMiniRealJPGs2.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: Title page spread. Spread made up of several frames of various size. Dominating the scene is an ink drawing of William Blake's "Great Red Dragon," the back view of a muscular, bipedal, horned, winged figure, wings outstretched and a thick tail visible. A second scene on the right shows another view of the smiling face from prior pages, again hidden behind fencing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d953ef37-966e-48b7-b13d-88167c27a1cc/HannibalSampleA.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/af7886f4-caae-43bd-a7de-9f13619f332d/HannibalMiniRealJPGs3.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: First spread. On left page, rough, hand-drawn, white line on black paper reproduction of Blake's "Great Red Dragon." On right page, dominating the overall composition, is large, black-inked line drawing of Mads Mikkelsen's smiling face visible behind two thin rows of chainlink fencing. Mads's lips are dark. A hand-drawn Roman numeral "I" is near the middle of the page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/60d3f4e6-c582-4450-8de6-3fa80583725e/HannibalSampleB.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/c54db733-25e8-4eeb-9c1e-efeffa198a0e/HannibalMiniRealJPGs4.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: Spread is divided into a loose grid of four panels, two per page, with a row of chainlink visible behind them. Three panels are split into two frames, one a closeup of Hugh Dancy's face, with a reflective expression; the other sections, respectively, showing a repeatedly impaled body, a face with a split open mouth, and a torso sprouting antlers. Fourth panel contains text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d4758349-ffaf-46e1-9a99-aa99ec30ce1e/HannibalSampleC.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/7162e800-21bc-4c4e-850d-271e9b869e28/HannibalMiniRealJPGs5.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: Spread is organized in layout similar to prior spread. Again, four panels, with three panels split into two frames each, each panel with both a closeup of Hugh Dancy's face and, respectively, a head in profile, with a rod emerging from its mouth, a body in prayer with a flayed back, and a neck with a tongue portruding from it. Fourth panel contains text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/6f235d50-f6f2-4c3b-9713-b7524186f6e4/HannibalSampleD.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a9986322-1ff5-43f9-beba-a0f24cd4cc7c/HannibalMiniRealJPGs6.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: Spread is organized in layout similar to prior spread. Again, four panels, with three panels split into two frames each, each panel with both a closeup of Hugh Dancy's face and, respectively, a body covered in toadstools, a column of limbs and heads bound together with ropes, and plates of rotting, maggot-infested food. Fourth panel contains text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/81829212-4dbf-4323-b80c-9820233bf981/HannibalMiniRealJPGs7.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Spread is roughly split into two columns, beginning in upper left with a large ink drawing of Hugh Dancy's face next to a "Great Red Dragon" fragment. Underneath this are alternating panels, one with a repeated phrase collaged from a "Hannibal" screenplay and a responding draft of text, each one with an X violently slashed over it. Fencing and an eye is visible behind several panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/0c600e9b-6d04-4320-b5ec-0aeb23fc9b06/HannibalMiniRealJPGs8.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: Final spread. Mads Mikkelsen's face, in rough, white ink on almost completely black background dominates image area. A portion of a black ink drawing, on white paper, depicting his smiling, dark lipped mouth is visible in upper right portion of spread. The final line of text is both x'ed out and surrounded by raggedly drawn, white circles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672692050943-K1II9HYN4Z9VAHTRUEV4/HannibalCover.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: Back cover. Layout identical to front cover, with smaller interior image a subtly different version of the line drawing of the previous face, again obscured by chain links and cursive type. Again, one eye and a subtly smiling mouth visible; its eye yellow and its lips red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/7bdb7853-d059-4caa-842b-028b40000c27/HannibalMiniRealJPGs9MSAB.jpg Select Works - Great Red Dragon, Page One Rewrite Alt Text: Interior end title page featuring a black and white version of the image on back book cover. 2022 Minnesota State Arts Board acknowledgment text is below image. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/citizen-production-excerpt monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/0400b9ab-64f9-41e2-aed4-9faa9cb82946/CitizenProductionExcerptRESIZE.jpg Select Works - Citizen Production [Excerpts] Alt Text: Full image of black background and columns of white handwritten text, interrupted by occasional frames of black and white, splattered drawings of bodybuilding scenes done in a combination of ink and conte. Image detail descriptions in following slides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672672461338-HIQ2GGU9ZO6DA4U0M7ML/CitizenProductionExcerptRESIZE.jpg Select Works - Citizen Production [Excerpts] Alt Text: Upper third of image. In addition to handwritten text, three drawn scenes are visible. One, an extreme closeup of a flexing forearm, fist, and stomach in near darkness, one showing partial views of speedo-clad bodybuilders surrounded by looping graphite lines, and another, a closeup of a face in profile, eyes squinting shut, nose bleeding heavily, blood dripping into gritted teeth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672672503648-S1HGPCZPZWJKY0P8OPVV/CitizenProductionExcerptRESIZE%2B%25281%2529.jpg Select Works - Citizen Production [Excerpts] Alt Text: Middle third of image. In addition to handwritten text, three drawn scenes are visible. One, a closeup of a bodybuilder flexing their pectorals and deltoids, lower half of their face and bared, smiling teeth just visible. Another, a view of a flexing bicep. The last, a hand gripping the bar of a large set of weights, veins taught with effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672672602379-G630US01HYKCUF7L21J7/CitizenProductionExcerptRESIZE%2B%25281%2529.jpg Select Works - Citizen Production [Excerpts] Alt Text: Lower third of image. In addition to handwritten text, four drawn scenes are visible. Two depict back muscles flexing in near darkness. Another scene shows a speedo-clad groin, crotch bulging. The last, a frame split into two sequential moments, with one scene of a flexing neck and bared teeth giving way to a following moment of the figure screaming in effort, pain or rage. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/where-were-you monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/310bf138-4c0c-4497-9917-a853059cf5fa/JacobYeatesIraq.jpg Select Works - Where Were You? Alt Text: Graphite and ink drawing. Seen through a doorway, a figure wearing headphones buffs the floor of a doctor's examination room. Contrasted against the minimal, graphite line drawing of the custodian, two figures are sprawled nearby; the first in splayed in the doorway, the second propped against a table in the back of the room, both painted in loose, splattered, black inks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/4a4d2b7c-c6c1-4ee0-899b-88587343bb88/JacobYeatesUkraine.jpg Select Works - Where Were You? Alt Text: Ink and graphite drawing. A small group of people stand at a food truck. In the extreme foreground of the image, contrasted against the minimal, graphite line of the truck, two figures, painted in loose, splattered, black inks, depicted in makeshift riot gear flee from an unseen event. Visible behind the food truck are two plumes of debris, also painted in black ink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/cef7543b-fb3e-4ef5-9d83-ba45c1008fa3/JacobYeatesSomalia.jpg Select Works - Where Were You? Alt Text: Graphite and ink drawing of figure seated in cafe listening to earbuds and writing. Within interior of cafe are two upright, hooded figures tied to vertical stakes, painted in loose, splattered black inks, contrasting against the cleaner, finer, graphite lines of the cafe and seated figure. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/watching-a-five-time-oscar-nominee-after-fifteen-more-years-of-us-backed-apartheid monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b99ce7a9-699a-4f27-9343-90f448b9f2f7/MunichFinalJPEG.jpg Select Works - Watching a Five Time Oscar Nominee After Fifteen More Years of U.S. Backed Apartheid Alt Text: Full image view. Black and white, ink and graphite broadsheet, roughly divided into three rows traveling down the height of the page. Some boxes and frames are used to isolate images and moments of text, but uneasily, like precariously stacked boxes. Detailed section descriptions in following slides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672679646772-K1B7YJN16SSZCQAV1E0H/MunichFinalJPEG.jpg Select Works - Watching a Five Time Oscar Nominee After Fifteen More Years of U.S. Backed Apartheid Alt Text: Upper third of image. On left, two variations of ink and graphite drawings of a man in a tee shirt and boxers standing in a doorway, looking off to some unseen source of noise. On right, the backs of two fleeing, hunched figures frozen in midstride in a hallway. Bullet holes and splatters mar the doorways and walls around them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672679778977-1KK64HAA6X0047AF1O24/MunichFinalJPEG.jpg Select Works - Watching a Five Time Oscar Nominee After Fifteen More Years of U.S. Backed Apartheid Alt Text: Middle third of image. On left is a grid of six frames. Three depict drawings of flags. The others, a map of Ft. Snelling, a Gericault study of amputated limbs, and a photo of a bulldozer. Each frame has an "X" drawn through it. On right, a drawing of a mob of ski mask-clad, shouting men pushing through a hall. A second frame shows a closeup of bulging eyes and gritted teeth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672679863713-RUXIPEXE0SPW8V6NI1EC/MunichFinalJPEG.jpg Select Works - Watching a Five Time Oscar Nominee After Fifteen More Years of U.S. Backed Apartheid Alt Text: Lower third of image. A single, wide frame depicts an ink and graphite drawing of a screaming man in profile, stabbing a kitchen knife into the forehead of a figure in a ski mask held against a wall. To the right of that figure is a long line of that same, masked figure spanning into the extreme foreground of the image, each figure with a knife embedded into its forehead. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/lord-of-the-flies monthly 0.5 2023-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/79c270b3-a50f-4444-adb6-0e793c224552/LordOfTheFliesTitleColor.jpg Select Works - Lord of the Flies Alt Text: Pencil drawing of a young boy raising a stake into the sky. Impaled on the stake, taking up the majority of the image, are numerous other boys, fighting one another, coated in blood, filth, and flies. The overall silhouette of the scene is suggestive of a pig's head, mouth agape. "Lord of the Flies," written in red with a small, childish text, is visible behind the boy holding the stake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672680679158-2NYD29M7DWBN2ZP5OAE5/LordOfTheFliesColor.jpg Select Works - Lord of the Flies Alt Text: Detail shot of original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672680807539-PHTBD0WI4OXDU5C742RO/LordOfTheFliesTitleColor.jpg Select Works - Lord of the Flies Alt Text: Detail shot of original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/19139abc-0cea-4735-bdc3-6e25621b306e/LordOfTheFliesColor.jpg Select Works - Lord of the Flies Alt Text: Original image without title. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/index monthly 0.5 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/8014441d-1d76-46e1-aa98-b78f03d1ceea/IndexCover001.jpg Select Works - Index Alt Text: All-black book cover, interrupted only by small, white, all caps title reading "Index" just above small, color photograph of soldier smiling in foreground, standing in front of armored truck. A thin white "X" crosses through the image, reminiscent of the digital watermarks used by Shutterstock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672761474407-1QB7DJB6984UZSZJSCR8/ForecastIndex.jpg Select Works - Index Alt Text: Interior spread view. Spread bracketed by two black bars on upper and lower portions of book. Near middle of spread, a frame shows a clip of drone footage with subtitles reading "One small child wounded...damn. Oh well." Thick, black ink washes are seen on right page. On right page, in lower black bar in white text reads "The gas you smell is a nonlethal tear gas." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1672761577505-OPJ9CH5G11ZTWYRHULIA/ForecastIndex.jpg Select Works - Index Alt Text: Interior spread view, both pages completely black. In the center of each page is a grainy image of what may be a frame from a CCT feed. The left image shows two figures in hardhats and aprons, one turned away in the foreground, the other, arm raised, with what may be a baton or hammer. The second image shows what may be a second later, the arm slightly lower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/880809b5-97d5-4034-a286-78787fa10f04/JeromeIndexI.jpg Select Works - Index Alt Text: Interior spread view. Spread bracketed by two black bars on upper and lower portions of book. Thick, black ink washes take up entire spread. Visible over this, one on each page are two, small images. One, an aerial view of an airstrike, the other, a Shutterstock photograph of a parking lot. On right page, in lower black bar, white text reads "You are under arrest." https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/lone-wolves-study-i monthly 0.5 2023-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2720c21c-117c-417f-bdf5-8673ece2d8ed/Image_8_LoneWolvesStudyI.jpg Select Works - Lone Wolves Study I Alt Text: Overall composition described here; details described in following slides. Background is collection of heavy strokes of black and red paint on white paper. Pieces of cream paper have been childishly collaged and drawn on in the shape of a crude sun and two guns. Four figures take up upper two thirds of image, and a large title above a panel of text inhabit bottom third. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1678906508135-LGPH6RRKTJMGTF0UQWHT/Image_8_LoneWolvesStudyI.jpg Select Works - Lone Wolves Study I Alt Text: Upper two thirds of image. Background is collection of heavy strokes of black and red paint on crumpled paper. Dominating composition are four filthy figures, presumably adult men, in underwear squatting and huddled around one another; their body language ranges from despondent to enraged. A single handgun lies between them all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/1678906565471-QAHAVUMJNUSL8T57JEUU/Image_8_LoneWolvesStudyI.jpg Select Works - Lone Wolves Study I Alt Text: Bottom third of image. Underneath huddled figures is another large, childish drawing of what appears to be a revolver on cream paper, superimposed on a slash of red paint. Written in heavy, black strokes of ink reads "LONE WOLVES U.S. TOUR: All Dates/Locations TBD and Guaranteed." https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/showbiz-baby monthly 0.5 2023-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/7bd3b711-4daa-4eb9-8d65-f819db0c3e46/ShowbizWebTitle.jpg Select Works - Showbiz, Baby! Alt Text: Cover. Painted black border with small, crudely drawn white stars on corners, surrounding white paper. Large area of ink and scribbled black graphite is present in center of page, with thick strokes of white paint reading "Showbiz, Baby!" Smaller, written type reads "Insider Tips by Jacob Yeates." All interior pages also in black, white, and grey with these materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/05fbefe1-1017-4313-9721-829dd535e54c/ShowbizWeb01.jpg Select Works - Showbiz, Baby! Alt Text: Left page, cover interior, no image. Right page, ink wash and ragged line drawing of Putin from shoulders up, looking neutral, as if at press conference. Near bottom of page is a news ticker, reading in all caps "-EAD CHILDREN." Three small panels of handwritten text are on right side of page, parallel to Putin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/34e8034d-26a7-4648-94ed-435c77bd79c5/ShowbizWeb02.jpg Select Works - Showbiz, Baby! Alt Text: Left page, repeated drawing of Putin from prior page, now wearing sunglasses with star-shaped lenses. Two panels of text are parallel to Putin. Right page, roughly split horizontally. Upper half is grid of four ink drawings of crying soldiers from films We Were Soldiers, Black Hawk Down, American Sniper, and Munich. Bottom half is panel of text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b974faa3-d316-4263-8044-57dea374df2a/ShowbizWeb03.jpg Select Works - Showbiz, Baby! Alt Text: Image spread across both pages. Upper third of spread, one on left page, one on right, are two panels of handwritten text. Below is a drawing of a modern tank traveling over a cratered landscape collaged with military maps. Rather than treads, the bottom of the tank shows dozens of naked human feet in motion. An enshrouded body lies in the extreme foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e9be33b7-14ec-4493-8a76-c3f6a9ea6629/ShowbizWeb04.jpg Select Works - Showbiz, Baby! Alt Text: Image spread across both pages. On left side of left page is text box. Spread is drawn scene of George W. Bush seated in his painting studio, arms crossed, smiling kindly. On right page, partially visible canvas shows a smiling, but disturbingly distorted portrait of a soldier, wearing star-shaped sunglasses. These same sunglasses hang from Bush's shirt collar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/33863ac5-b8fe-49af-a178-567d778533ae/ShowbizWeb05MSAB.jpg Select Works - Showbiz, Baby! Alt Text: Ending spread. Left page repeats image of Putin wearing star-shaped sunglasses, blacks and whites now inverted. Right page is interior of back cover, with no image; Minnesota State Arts Board acknowledgment text present in center. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/heres-the-thing monthly 0.5 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2d0997b1-e800-4751-b7b3-cedf21afa39a/HeresTheThingRevisionImages.jpg Select Works - Here's The Thing Alt Text: Cover. In black paint at top third of image, jagged text reads "Here's The Thing." Below a smaller subtitle script is a large square frame, the portrait of a man in a winter coat, drawn in splattered black inks and graphite lines is in the frame. He is screaming, hands up near his face, the digits malformed into twisting horns and stalks. All subsequent pages use these materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/8b916f6b-bb82-43b1-830e-79e52b9e463c/HeresTheThingRevisionImages2.jpg Select Works - Here's The Thing Alt Text: Interior endpaper spread. Splattered white ink of various transparencies across both black pages, akin to blood spatters, dividing cells, or pockmarked skin. This texture is repeated in black, very lightly, in background on all following pages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/9ad5afcd-1b96-4a73-9610-dd7de6c96d34/HeresTheThingRevisionImages3.jpg Select Works - Here's The Thing Alt Text: Left page, square frame in center of page depicts a human head, screaming, upside down, sprouting insectoid legs. Two eyes on stalks emerge from neck of head. Right page, three frames, overlaid, depict the remains of a body wearing glasses in snow, a hand reaching into another man's mouth, and a a man lying dead on a table, gunshot wound in his forehead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/200af74c-8c19-47ae-9415-3d0beb8eb279/HeresTheThingBasicPrintRevision4.jpg Select Works - Here's The Thing Alt Text. Left page, four frames: a hunched form coated in black liquid; a man crying out in pain, holding onto the stump of where a hand once was; a bellowing, bloated face, eyes and mouth distending; a man with tentacles emerging from his mouth. Right page, single frame of, fused to the side of an older man's face, a massive, fanged and roaring mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/efa18891-ea7c-4d8f-9c6f-b2c59b59b8f0/HeresTheThingBasicPrintRevision5.jpg Select Works - Here's The Thing Alt Text: Left page, single large frame, containing drawing of Keith David, wearing a heavy winter coat, looking both exhausted and suspicious to the right. Right page, same setup, with large frame containing drawing of Kurt Russell, also exhausted and suspicious, looking to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2b50f506-0b81-4501-9250-2ca97a16b61a/HeresTheThingBasicPrintRevision6.jpg Select Works - Here's The Thing Alt Text: Left page, single image frame, containing drawing of screaming man with distorted hands as described on cover. Right page, the same white ink on black paper, fleshy pattern described in second Alt Text description page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/6ccb3934-0b45-4c52-90d3-143d0134adfb/HeresTheThingRevisionImages7.jpg Select Works - Here's The Thing Alt Text: Back cover. Surrounded by loosely brushed, black paint border, is frame roughly size of bottom two thirds of page. Inside frame is the same screaming, multi-legged head described on third page of Alt Text descriptions. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/objects-museum-of-human-history monthly 0.5 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d92f1419-7c50-4747-a7ed-4ba25edd97c8/SPACE00Cover.jpg Select Works - Objects from the Museum of Human History Alt Text: Cover. On field of black paper, two frames, drawn in white pencil, are present in middle of cover; the top frame is slightly wider than the one below it, and depicts two high contrast images of police batons. The bottom frame a distorted drawing of a riot helmet. between the frames is a small label reading "Objects from the Museum of Human History." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b6e2fe86-cbf7-4ebb-a2e8-5423aa467fce/SPACEIntroROUGH.jpg Select Works - Objects from the Museum of Human History Alt Text: Introductory page. All pages black with white text/lines. Left side of page, in column format, is Franny Choi's poem, "Field Trip to the Museum of Human History." On right side of page, in lower half, is artist statement for this book. Upper half of right side of page shows collection of images collaged from book interior, these will be described in detail in further pages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/eb0e1dcf-7baa-4106-9f5a-2f6db3216db9/SPACE01BadgeDRAFTInvert.jpg Select Works - Objects from the Museum of Human History Alt Text: Page dominated by frame containing image of large, heavily aged and stained, metal police badge in the shape of a shield with an eagle, wings spread, perched on the top of it. Nearby is label reading "[EXH: POL.] ID. 05/45." In bottom left of page, a smaller rendering of an antique police helmet is visible. Text in column on left side of page, and handwritten on bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/9d0dfcee-9475-4f9f-b3e0-6934ddf38cd1/Yeates_Image02.jpg Select Works - Objects from the Museum of Human History Alt Text: Upper third of page contains block of text on left, and on right, gridded lines with images of facial, retinal, and thumbprint scans. Beneath this is torn sheet of paper with handwritten text. Majority of page's remainder taken up by black ink rendition of a tree of surveillance cameras on white paper. At base of tree is label reading "[EXH: POL.] ID. 05/50." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/13265302-dc33-42b8-bea2-ce16abd3616e/SPACE03NightstickDRAFTInvert.jpg Select Works - Objects from the Museum of Human History Alt Text: Image divided roughly into thirds. Upper third, on white, lined paper with handwritten note, is black rendition of batons from cover. Middle third: on right, label reads "[EXH: POL.] ID. O5/54" above a block of text; to left are x-rays of a broken hand and broken collarbone. Bottom third: on left, block of text, on right, black ink drawing of a pistol and two clips on crumpled paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/cee4a21f-21d2-49a9-a081-b973427186c3/SPACE04RiotDRAFTInvert.jpg Select Works - Objects from the Museum of Human History Alt Text: In upper half of page, above block of text, are technical line drawings of three gas mask variants; to right is another drawing of a suit of riot gear. Underneath suit is label reading "[EXH: POL.] ID. 05/55." In bottom half of page, on crumpled, white paper is black ink rendition of same riot helmet present on cover. Handwritten text is jotted on paper above helmet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/b1474e94-0456-4b56-95bd-61fa2ea890ac/SPACE05CuffsDRAFTInvert.jpg Select Works - Objects from the Museum of Human History Alt Text: In upper two thirds of image an antique set of leg chains sprawled across a gridded-line background. One cuff rests on white sheet of paper with handwritten text on it. Another modern cuff also rests on this. In bottom third, on left, below label reading "[EXH: POL.] ID. 05/59" is block of text; on right is a handprint in white ink, underneath an open, modern handcuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a7af537d-3d2a-4ebe-8b96-07b79783e243/SPACE00CoverBACK.jpg Select Works - Objects from the Museum of Human History Alt Text: Back cover. Black paper, no images or type. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/a-dark-blue-history monthly 0.5 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/7adeb10f-b390-4289-912f-b3e0999b3622/MPD150JPGs.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Cover. Image (and all subsequent pages) in white, black and greys. A crowd of signs and upraised hands in a variety of skin tones. One sign reads "A DARK BLUE HISTORY." Another reads "In Support of MPD150's Exhibit: Making it Real: Our History with Police and Our Future Without Them." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/9f99a6e0-d9fa-432e-af8a-bf95ec642c72/MPD150023.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Endpaper cover interior spread. Far off, satellite view of Minneapolis from north end of the city; the Mississippi River is visible, meandering from upper left corner of left page to lower right of right page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a3afcfea-058c-47a5-8940-3e8ef25d6975/MPD150067.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page; introduction text with handwritten title repeated at top of page, punctuated with small drawing of handcuffs. Right page; first block of text punctuated by drawing of hand with phone, middle of page shows a group of hands building/painting model cityscape, bottom of page a pair of hands holding a sign with an exclamation point icon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/8322dc4f-9696-43af-872d-ed9c47289f57/MPD150089.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Full page spread. Side view of a police cruiser in darkness, its flashing lights casting bright, white light to the left and right areas of the spread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/d49a6a76-c341-417e-8316-4cf5645d7020/MPD1501011.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page; a suited, white hand places a white chess piece on a city map, on which rests an empty glass and numerous, toppled, darker chess pieces. Right page; underneath an ornate city government building are a collection of twisting black roots and tendrils. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/9edd508d-01bd-4d0e-bed9-b8c3c356cf0c/MPD1501213.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page; upper half of page shows four small frames with drawings of stereos, jewelry, dining sets, and electronics. Lower half shows the backs of two police officers huddled around table piled with looted items. Right page; collaged documents of an item manifesto of personal belongings stolen by police officers during property seizures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/fa4edfbb-9b94-421a-a4b3-7e9449aa4e6c/MPD1501415.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Full page spread. A burning expanse of forest is in view, fire, sparks, and smoke leaping into a darkened sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/8d64ebd6-ee55-440f-bf07-3194ada77743/MPD1501617.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page; a figure stands authoritatively, its had and left side obscured by a Klan hood/robe. As the robe parts, its insignia gives way to a police badge, and a uniformed torso is visible, the arm of the wearer resting on their gun holster. Right page; a collaged view of several businesses, with signs reading "Dewey's," "Stonewall," and "Gene Compton's." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/5c604960-1b7b-421b-870b-2294289d3534/MPD1501819.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page; through an otherwise pitch-black space, a police cruiser's headlights and sirens illuminate white patches of space; just visible in the back seats are numerous hands, clutching at the window. Right page; another white light illuminates an isolated individual seated on the ground, looking up at the blinding light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/5e8588d0-baf4-4729-8a4c-9d48e070cd6f/MPD1502021.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Full page spread. On a black, painted background, a line of riot police emerge from the darkness, batons and shields raised in threatening postures. Just visible beneath their faceplates are bellowing, shouting faces and rows of teeth, making them look more monstrous than human. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/c45d7389-d2b3-4e13-a5d2-0dabb7c5c94a/MPD1502223.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page; four small frames are scattered across page, featuring portraits of Winona LaDuke, Carol Kratz, Arvol Looking Horse, and Eddie Benton Banaise. Behind them are black highways, spreading across page. Right page; two bulldozers loom in a clearing, one reaching into the air, the other's digging arm stretching towards viewer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/ac600bf3-d055-4e16-b5b7-f3621111191c/MPD1502425.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page; page dominated by mass of filthy gears and interlocked pieces of machinery. In bottom right, an outstretched hand can be seen desperately reaching out from mass. Right page; scattered across page are sheets of target practice paper, each one with a figure emblazoned with an icon: a Black Power fist, a peace sign, a trans rights symbol, an "A" in a circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/074804ec-9b99-4dda-bc11-45263298d330/MPD1502627.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Full spread view. A police cruiser faces the viewer, its interior obscured except for a pair of white hands gripping the steering wheel. In the extreme foreground a crowd is just in view, looking at the cruiser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e075f8d8-23f4-419b-8d32-08b0ce9c417c/MPD1502829.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page, three distorted drawings of Ronald Reagan, George Bush. Sr. and Bill Clinton, with unsettling proud or stoic expressions. Right page, a mass of hands handcuffed together, stretching off of the page, seemingly without end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/43ee1300-7218-4da1-800f-d72c059f0434/MPD1503031+%282%29.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page, on a painted, black background, three drawings of doorways are present, with each door visibly smashed or destroyed. Right page, in front of a cloud of smoke, the silhouette of a riot officer holding a baton is visible. Within the silhouette are numerous weapons and pieces of police equipment: rifles, grenades, armored vehicles, ammo, mace, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/e0abbe36-8ad8-424f-ae66-2efcd53c0124/MPD1503233.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page, a near bird's-eye view of a city in the process of being built with cranes; however, all the buildings are built from barred cages. Right page, a side view of a black child sits on a mattress in a prison cell, their prison fatigues far too large -- a size for an adult, not a child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/2c9d86b4-c265-454a-9567-adc051ec21cb/MPD1503435.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page, cramped, uneasily stacked views of dilapidated houses, windows boarded up, and piles of belongings and boxes outside of them. Right page, a single figure with a backpack and winter clothing stands with their back to the viewer, looking at a barbed wire fence. On fence are three panels depicting a bench, a highway underpass, and alley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/0b203794-d3cd-4834-a982-ffa41d495c07/MPD1503637.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Full spread is nearly black, with barely visible splattered paint, reminiscent of blood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/3fc3103f-7b39-4c15-8926-a67facc61160/MPD1503839.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Full spread image shows view of a small cityscape on a table, made of numerous single homes, apartments, tents, and Indigenous tipis. Surrounding this cityscape are numerous hands with paintbrushes and pencils, in the process of painting and building additional dwellings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/16334053-12a2-4e25-8795-4ab2c67d52e4/MPD1504041.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Left page: in bottom left, a pair of hands hold a cellphone, filming something. Spreading out from this phone are many other phones, all filming sections of a greater whole; shown to be a recoiling officer in riot gear. Right page: A hand holds a megaphone, with numerous individual speech bubbles emitting from it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/8c335337-8c7e-4afa-9072-e1a1526b0343/MPD1504243.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Epilogue text and artist/author information overlaid faintly visible images of plant wildlife native to Minnesota. An ink drawing of a honeybee is above the text on left page. A small of the community image two pages prior is above text on right page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/eac7bb02-cb53-4d2d-a76b-e52cd155aa4a/MPD1504445.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Bibliographic information bordered by drawn plant wildlife native to Minnesota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/404f517d-1036-4723-8431-077e93adaf18/MPD1504647.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Endpaper cover interior spread. Repeat from beginning cover interior spread. Far off, satellite view of Minneapolis from north end of the city; the Mississippi River is visible, meandering from upper left corner of left page to lower right of right page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/7d491f49-c434-4ccc-ba5d-ff0efa8e549c/MPD14849+%281%29.jpg Select Works - A Dark Blue History Alt Text: Back cover. Another view of cover image with a crowd holding signs and upraised hands and fists with a variety of skin tones. https://pomegranate-cowbell-9bz5.squarespace.com/projects/nightscape monthly 0.5 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63af3a7b8ac196444db8c2fa/a8bcf6cc-64a2-49e9-a46e-42c291bc02eb/NightscapeProjectIFinalSansText.jpg Select Works - Nightscape Alt Text: Square image. In front of flat, black background is an abstracted, rectilinear representation of a castle tower; an open eye visible on the left where it would be if the tower were a face. On right, in front of tower, is the side view of a nude woman, surrounded by smoke, arms thrown into the air, streams of red ink behind her, like rivers of blood or red wings.