Soundscreen Design releases the fourth installment of the ongoing Artist Music Journals series featuring Hisham Akira Bharoocha
The inseparable connection between music and art is the inspiration behind Soundscreen Design’s latest Curated Series of small art books – Artist Music Journals. The latest installment, Edition 04, features the work of Japanese born, Brooklyn, NY based musician and artist Hisham Akira Bharoocha. Bharoocha is highly regarded in the experimental music scene as a founding member of seminal bands Black Dice, Soft Circle, Lightning Bolt and a key participant in the annual BOADRUM concerts. As a visual artist and photographer Bharoocha’s work has been published in Art Forum, V, i-D, Flaunt, Tokion, Dossier and shown numerous group exhibitions at galleries such as Deitch Projects, John Connelly Presents, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
From Hisham: “This AMJ is a compilation made up of mostly collage work I have done over the years, as well as some of my installation drawings. This if the first book of my own so I am excited about it and hope you are as well. It was a simple process to create this book but I am glad to have it out in the world. It describes an era of development for me in my work. I hope to surpass this work by keeping on the creative path but it’s nice to have something to look back on. Art is for sharing not keeping to yourself. The more people your work can speak to the more powerful it becomes. Let it fall out of your hands and into the minds of others. You can’t own it, you can only create it.”
ARTIST MUSIC JOURNALS
Artist Music Journals are an ongoing, monthly, limited edition small book series. Each month, a visual artist or musician is asked to create a 24-page book of artworks, drawing inspiration from their connection to music. The different ways in which each artist chooses to represent their connection to music is what makes this ongoing series unique, intriguing and diverse.
Each book is limited to 1,000 copies, printed on thick stock, offset, box-scored and saddle stitched, and comes packaged in a 10″ jacket. The jackets for each edition will be identical, keeping the collection’s overall outward design aesthetic consistent. However, there is a distinct letterpressed sticker wrapping the opening of the jacket for each installment featuring a replication of the artist’s signature, the volume, installment number, and edition.
The series is sold exclusively through Soundscreen Design, Insound, and a select group of retailers. Stand-alone sales of each installment ($17 USD) are available, however, the only way to ensure a copy of each installment is to purchase a full year subscription ($169 USD).
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SOUNDSCREEN DESIGN Soundscreen Design is a Brooklyn, NY based product design company inspired by music. They design, produce, and distribute music related products (categorized as apparel, editions, hard goods, and curated series) to both wholesalers and retailers. Soundscreen Design’s aim is to advance the concept of music merchandise through meticulous design coupled with a fan’s appreciation for and obsession with the “thing”.
