2024 A quiet meditation on the momentary experience of time and its illusory nature, marking temporary offers a minimalist contemplation of states of change, impermanence, and attention. This publication is the first press book in over a decade.

By Robin Price in collaboration with Jolene Leuchten, 2021 press intern, marking temporary emerged from spontaneous exploratory practices together, often in long periods of silence, and is informed by Buddhism, kundalini yoga, and navigating through times of ecological collapse. 

marking temporary invites the viewer's attention across vast open spaces, with sparse text and large fields of organically-textured color gradations. 

A tall and thin hybrid accordion book, marking temporary is housed in a celadon cloth-covered box made by Lisa Hersey, and printed letterpress in eleven colors, including five gradation fields. The primary ink color for the text, in 10 pt Fortune extra bold type, matches the pale book cloth. Johannot paper is hinged to grey museum board covers. Handwriting in silver pen onto cloth appears at box opening, and suggests a portal. 

16 x 6 inches; 13 pp; edition of 50 with five APs; 2024

Among three copies in the edition reserved for unique alteration by commission, numbers 47 & 49 currently remain. $2500 each.

Pictured here: prototype made from rejected edition sheets