Studio Fnissa
All Artist Books are made at Studio Fnissa, the independent small press, publishing limited-edition books. Studio Fnissa was founded and is run by Joey Gage.
Contact: agagejoey@gmail.com
Relief (2023)
7 7/8” x 5 7/8” when closed. 15 3/4” x 5 7/8” when opened.
Edition of 47
Relief examines the visual texture of 4-color risograph printing, the California landscape, and image layering. Through layering, the texture of the environments combine to create new topographies and atmospheres. Some photographs fill the entire page and provide a setting for smaller patch-like images to interact with. Blending functions are used between layers and the photographs interact on the digital, mathematical level. By using a 2-color Risograph for printing, the layering becomes physical. I have allowed the Risograph to align the colors with minimal adjusting, allowing specific colors to outline, shadow, or pop on things where your would not expect them to be. Relief was Risograph printed (Blue, Fluorescent Pink, Yellow, and Black) on Mohawk Superfine. Endpapers are Mango Bugra and book cloth is off-white Iris.
Where to find this book - Baylor University, University of California, Berkeley
bodyplasty no. 1 (2022)
5 9/16’ x 8 1/4” x 1 1/8” when closed. 33’ long when fully opened.
Variable edition of 5. Price available upon request.
bodyplasty no. 1 features a spectrum of self-portraits which, at the two poles, exemplifies the ‘peak masculine’ and ‘peak feminine’ version of my body. At the poles of this spectrum, physical features reach a maximum augmentation with defined muscles, exaggerated silhouettes, and alien-like attributes. Opposite the spectrum are poems that project inward thoughts that parallel the visual ideations of the modified body. This book was laserjet printed at Coast Litho Printing and Risograph and letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine at Mills College.
Where to find this book - University of California, Berkeley
photonic rarefaction (2021)
5” x 7” x 4” when closed. 31” x 7” x 3/4” when fully extended.
Edition of 10. Price available upon request
While both color and sound exist as waves, they are different forms of energy, each with waveforms perceived by humans differently. Sound waves are received in our ears through the compression and rarefaction of air while light waves are sensed through photoreceptors in the eye in the form of rays. With this work I have scaled the frequency range of both color and sound where they can exist as analogs of each other. Photonic Rarefaction explores the possibilities for audible sound to be translated into visible light as color and vice versa.
Where to find this book - Baylor University, Bowdoin College, Georgetown University, MIT, Ringling College of Art and Design, University of California: Berkeley, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Yale University