msdm a nomadic house-studio-gallery for photographic art and curatorial research, an expanded practice of the artist's book, photobook publishing and peer-to-peer collaboration created by contemporary artist paula roush
msdm emblem and logo is a character
in the collage-novel The Memory of Stones, inpired by our animal ally iri-garay, created during a residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum.
Other animal emblems and art work
Harry Pointerphotography studio
logo,an engraved picture of a cat
in a roundel, artwork by
Rosa Myra Drummond
Source: Sussex Photohistory
Joseph Lee.
Sming Sming Books:
book-lover cat logo
[see imprint here]
Schrodinger's cat
thought experiment
[see summary here]
gato negro ediciones
black cat emblem of the Mexico-city based imprint [here]
Schilt Publishing: Rhubarbino
membership programme named
after their cat Rhubarb
[see imprint here]
The Blue Cat (1907)
Pamela Colman Smith,
designer of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck
more here +
Lisa Larson
Mikey style book
[See here]
Julian of Norwich
anchoress
author of 'Revelations of Divine Love,'
companion feline
read here +
Vicente Escudero and his cat Muso
(unknown photographer)
published in Coreia #9
free distribution newspaper
website here
Ray Johnson Bunny Head
In January 1964, Ray Johnson signed a letter to his friend William (Bill) S. Wilson with a small picture of a bunny head next to his name. This image rapidly proliferated, primarily becoming Johnson’s signature and “self portrait” as personifications of how he felt on a given day. Johnson also used the bunny head to represent other “characters” who populate his works, as well as the subject of one of his “How to draw” series. The bunny head is so emblematic of Johnson and his work that John Walter and Andrew Moore chose it for the title of their documentary on Johnson, How to Draw a Bunny.
source:Ray Johnson Estate
Nigo
A Bathing Ape emblem for
streetwear brand BAPE
[see logo history here]
Claes Oldenburg: Mouse Museum/
Ray Gun Wing
source: MOMA installation[here]
Working with animal allies:
animals in shamanic practice
[see here]
Carolee Schneemann
Infinity Kisses I (Cluny), 1981 – 1987
See here +
PICPUS #30 Spring 2023
Christian Flamm Cats and Dogs
[double spread here]
contact
paula roush ::: paularoush@gmail.com
msdm studio ::: msdm@msdm.org.uk