environments
Nuno da Luz
2019 / EN / riso / 29,7×18 cm / 44pp. / 200 copies
This artist book brings together the original liner notes and
photocopied versions of each cover from the 1970s record series
environments. Eleven environments were released over eleven years,
starting with the ocean surf in 1969 and ending with a blizzard in
1979. This was the first record series to successfully market ambient
sound recordings to a broad audience in the United States, with the
purpose of being used as a mood enhancer and stress reliever. It also
features a first-person account by the series' creator Irv Teibel
written in 1984, and an in-depth essay by artist and publisher Nuno da
Luz on the origins and context of this record series, on why Teibel
affirmed “the music of the future isn't music”, and his links to Tony
Conrad and the New York avant-garde of the time. Each record is
presented in a fold-out with the artwork in the front and album track
notes in the verso. Printed monochrome blue in Risograph on acid-free
paper by we-make.it, in Berlin. Folded, punched and bound by hand
using metal prong fasteners. Limited to 200 copies stamped and
numbered.
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