A Field Guide to the North American Family

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A Field Guide to the North American Family
© Garth Risk Hallberg

It’s all about family lately. Just a few days ago I recieved an e-mail from Garth Risk Hallberg which was inviting me to participate in what seems to be an ambitious book project planned to be complete by early March. The book promises to be lavishly designed and printed by Mark Batty Publisher, an art and design press based in New York.

A Field Guide to the North American Family, a novella by Mr. Hallberg, “tracks two families through the wilderness of modern life.” The story unfolds in 63 seperate entries, each with a chapter of text and then a visual artist’s response to the entry’s title (Adolescence, Adulthood, Family Values, and so on). On the official website, artists are provided with the 63 chapter titles as ‘tags’ where one can upload images and tag them as one sees fit. Already, there is a great list of contributors.

If your work speaks about family, home, or other themes that would be relevant to this publication, submitting would a nice way to contextualize the images and participate in an interesting collaborative project.