Padraig Robinson

A Faggot is a Unit

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October 2024
Loose sheets, clip bound with screen printed manila folder
168 pages
30 × 24.5 cm
Edition of 300 numbered copies + 15 artist’s proofs
ISBN: 979-8-9915920-1-7

Have a Nice Day Press is delighted to present A Faggot is a Unit, an artist book by Berlin-based artist, filmmaker, and writer Padraig Robinson. This publication brings together two original screenplays for yet-realized video works by Robinson along with a collection of research material presented as a retrograde calendar. The screenplays, / Imagine Prompt: Catfish Monogamy and The Jealousy of Sagittarius A*, both deal with contemporary life and creative labor as they intersect with digital culture and current anxieties regarding AI. In addition, the screenplays are followed by A Faggot is a Unit (Homage to Hanne Darboven), a collection of archival photographs, scanned objects and ephemera, as well as stock imagery and graphics from the internet collected by Robinson over the course of seven years (2015–2021). The imagery further splits the disorienting narratives presented in the two screenplays to offer a kaleidoscopic and unpredictable way of reading stories while functioning simultaneously as visual companion and counterpoint to the scripts.

Writing and editing is central to Robinson’s published and film work, inquiring into queer histories and the contemporary economy of the image, not as novelty subjects in themselves, but as forms of knowledge integral to questioning histories of perceived liberation. We are committed to representing diverse voices and perspectives that challenge and build upon our vision of bringing material from the fast-paced digital experience to the book form.

Laurel Hauge

No More Than 10%

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April 2023
Stitch-bound publication
36 pages
19 × 14 cm
Edition of 200, hand-numbered

Have a Nice Day Press is delighted to present No More Than 10%, the latest artist book by Laurel Hauge. This publication acts as a tongue-in- cheek critique as well as ode to the idiosyncracies of the contemporary art fair circuit. Presenting themselves and their most desireable works within temporary wall constructions that sometimes feel closer to labirinths for lab mice rather than the idealized white cube they seem to derive from, gallerists and dealers make every effort to keep their booths pristine. But after the hours of work – installing, socializing, selling – rise into the double digits, one is forced to plug in their most essential devices, often bearing Apple logos: phones, tablets, and laptops. The “phone pictures” collected in this book present a dizzying sequence of corners, floors, and carpets punctuated by strewn cables and devices oftentimes placed curiously close to works of art.

Riley Cavanaugh

Poems Sneaking Through a Sieve

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October 2022
Spiral-bound publication
66 pages
16 × 22 cm
Edition of 500
ISBN: 978-8894636222

Have a Nice Day Press is delighted to present Poems Sneaking Through a Sieve, the first artist book by Riley Cavanaugh. This publication bridges gaps between artist book, monograph, sketchbook, and collection of materials gathered on the Internet. Screenshots of CAPTCHA prompts and spam emails collected between 2018–2021 are the inexhaustible source material for the two bodies of work which act as the publication’s foundation.

Cavanaugh responds to this imagery and information by superimposing written responses on the CAPTCHA prompts and omitting texts and graphics from the spam emails to create visual poems. In the book, a selection of these works is paired with additional drawings and photographs by the artist. The two distinct bodies of visual poems seem to converse—each speaking their own language—while the drawings and photographs push and pull the conversation between feigning automation and showing the artist’s hand.

Included in the publication is an essay by Nina Wexelblatt.

Poems Sneaking Through a Sieve
Postcard Set

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Set of 12 postcards
15 x 10 cm each
Edition of 150

This set of 12 postcards collects visual poems by Riley Cavanaugh developed as part of Have a Nice Day Press' latest book release, Poems Sneaking Through a Sieve. The subjects are evenly split between spam email poems and CAPTCHA poems, 4 of which were not included in the book and are published here for the first time.

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August 2019
Hand-bound publication
36 pages
8.5 x 5.5 inches
Edition of 200, hand-numbered

Attenti al Cane is in the collection of the NYPL and has been reviewed by Artist’s Book Review.

What does it mean to be in love with someone an ocean apart? How do you connect and create intimate space for yourselves when geography isn’t on your side? In a moment where technology is more often denounced as a wedge driving us further from one another, it can also be a bridge between two worlds, a space where we can be closer to those who are far.

The work contained within Attenti al Cane is about that act and gesture, more than it is about the end product of an image. Attenti al Cane is an outstretched digital hand across the expanse that separates Laurel Hauge and Lele Buonerba. Within each image and page are the decisions they made in conjunction, not isolation. In the curation of each screen-capture of the twenty-six dogs found in this book is the relationship of those two and how they see the world within the framework of their trans-atlantic relationship. The dynamic, however, vastly differs from that of a penpal. Attenti al Cane is two lovers holding hands on an evening stroll, with the aid of Google, across the globe and through their longing to be side by side.

– Dominic Leon

Art Book Fair

Staple + Stitch 2024

Staple + Stitch is an art book and print fair. A celebration and engagement with art, text, print, and paper hosted at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago. Exhibitors include arts publishers, small and independent presses, book artists, zine makers, and printmakers across the 2nd-floor spaces of the 21c Chicago. Tandem programming includes book signings, workshops, and demonstrations open to all ages. The three-day fair is free and open to the public with an emphasis on publications, artist books, zines, and other print-related materials.

21c Museum Hotel Chicago
November 15–17, 2024

Opening Hours
Friday, November 15 (Preview Party): 6-9pm
Saturday, November 16: 11am-6pm
Sunday, November 17: 11am-6pm

Address
21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario Street
Chicago, IL 60611

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Art Book Fair

The Art Chapter 2024

BASE Milano
January 19–21, 2024

Art Book Fair

VOLUMES Art Publishing Days 2023

Zentralwäscherei Zürich
November 18–19, 2023

Opening Hours
Saturday, 18 November: 12-8pm
Sunday, 19 November: 12-7pm

Address
Zentralwäscherei Zürich
Neue Hard 12
8005 Zürich

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Art Book Fair

FAUSS FEST

Bunker Torino
May 20–21, 2023
Info • Free entry until 8pm

Open Call 2023

Have a Nice Day Press is a small publishing house which aims to develop and publish artist books, editions, and ephemera by artists whose work is informed by Internet culture. We are currently seeking submissions of artist book projects for our forthcoming 2023 publishing program.

We are interested in artist book projects that explore the intersections of art, technology, and culture, and that push the boundaries of traditional publishing formats. We welcome submissions from artists working in a variety of media, including but not limited to visual art, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.

The call is open to individuals as well as collectives from all over the world for primarily English language media, applications will be accepted through midnight (EST) Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Submission is free.

Submissions are now closed.