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Bought it for the box.

I just added a very special copy of a very special book to my collection. I have long been interested in the Rand Corporation’s 1955 publication "A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates”. In fact it was one of the references for my most recent publication, "I Am Born” which published by @toninieditore earlier this year. It turns out that James Lee Byars was also fascinated by this book and in 1973 “claimed” the book by signing it on the front endpaper, something that Byars did to books that he felt an affinity with. Thank you Paul for making this amazing document available to me. #jamesleebyars

This is a letterpress-printed printed invitation I made for @artexte’s 25th Anniversary celebration back in 2006. The invite consisted of an envelope within an envelope within an envelope within an envelope. Information about the event was dispersed over the four envelopes’ flaps while a green dot moved locations on each envelope – eventually existing as a die-cut dot in the smallest envelope. It was a deeply satisfying object to make.

Number of Letters, a ten-volume set of foil-stamped cloth-covered book covers and spines made in 2007. First exhibited at @mkg127 in a solo exhibition entitled “Letterpress”. The front cover of each volume starts with the number of that volume spelled out. That is then followed by the number of letters of that word spelled out. This continues until the word FOUR is repeated twice. The handwriting is my own. Made in a number of versions, each version a different colour. (Images 2 & 3) One of the versions consists of a book in each of the colours. (Image 1)

I’ve self-published a little boxed multiple in an edition of fifteen. Titled “1-1000” it consists of a roll of stickers individually numbered from 1 to 1000 in a custom-made box with a label designed by @lnaftolin. They’re numbered, dated and initialed in pencil on the inside of the lid. Box is 10cm x 10cm x 2.5cm.

Just came across these photos from my 2007 @printedmatterinc exhibition that was organized by @_james_hoff and @aa_bronson for the old 10th Avenue location. I collaborated with @umlautmachine on a very elaborate anagram for the front windows. (Images 1, 2) It’s hard to read the window text in these photos, so I’ll re-print it here. As you can see Christian’s text is masterful and I’m in awe everytime I reread it. Left side: THIS TEXT AND THE ONE BESIDE IT ARE EQUAL. I WROTE THIS ONE FIRST, AND THEN I GAVE IT TO MY FRIEND CHRISTIAN BOK AND ASKED HIM TO GENERATE A NEW TEXT USING EVERY LETTER AND EVERY PUNCTUATION MARK THAT I USED IN MINE. THE OTHER TEXT IS HIS. Right side: MICAH LEXIER REQUESTED IN ADVANCE THAT I REINVENT HIS TEXT. SO I UNKNOTTED IT AND REKNITTED IT INTO THIS VERY FORM, BUT THEN I BEGAN TO THINK THAT HIS MESSAGE HAD ALREADY RESEWN A TOUTED ART OF GENUINE POETRY. HIS EERIE TEXT WAS MINE. In the back space I had an exhibition of various editions and multiples in the vitrines, and covered the walls with sources and references. (Images 3, 4, 5)

A sequence of found EBay photos. I’m so into these kinds of images that I set up a separate IG page called @some_ebay_photos devoted exclusively to the subject.

Life Lived/Life to Come, 2005, 41 x 2 x 1.25” bronze casting of a rope representing the ratio of my life lived to life to come. The longer piece of rope was the life lived portion. This work was made in 2005 so the rope is much longer now.

Added a couple new Daniel Buren invitations from the 1970s to my collection. There’s a nice provenance to that first card, written by Buren himself. (see 2nd image). Thanks @socco.chico much

To follow up yesterday’s post. Here’s another technical book that I bought for, in this case, a single image – “Figure 5. Molecular silhouettes of some representative primary odorants.” Found on page 467 of Recent Advances in Odor: Theory, Measurement, and Control - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 116, Art. 2, July 30, 1964.

Found this stunning 1922 publication at @perfectlives_ in London. Thanks for bringing it to my attention Bruno and Daniel. The title “Tafeln Zur Harmonischen Analyse Periodischer Kurven” translates to “Tables for the Harmonic Analysis of Periodic Curves” The last three images show one page that was corrected. I presume this was done by the person who owned the book.

Today, Saturday, May 30th is the official opening of the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex in Oakville, which is the home of my most recent public commission, The Object of the Game. Micah Lexier The Object of the Game, 2026 52 baked enamel panels Each white dot depicts the diameter of a different piece of sports equipment. See how many you can identify. Check your guesses against the answers, which are listed in order from smallest to largest.   When a piece of equipment has a shape that is irregular, like a football, the widest circular diameter of the object is represented. In the case of a sport that utilizes a range of sizes, the average size is represented.     1. Squash (ball) 2. Table Tennis (ball) 3. Golf (ball) 4. Paddleball (ball) 5. Snooker (ball) 6. Jai Alai (ball) 7. Pool (ball) 8. Racquetball (ball) 9. Lacrosse (ball) 10. Street Hockey (ball) 11. Tennis (ball) 12. Cricket (ball) 13. Floorball (ball) 14. Hurling (ball) 15. Field Hockey (ball) 16. Baseball (ball) 17. Pickleball (ball) 18. Hockey (puck) 19. Croquet (ball) 20. Fast Pitch Softball (ball) 21. Slow Pitch Softball (ball) 22. Spikeball (ball) 23. Open Bocce (ball) 24. Candlepin Bowling (ball) 25. Shot Put (shot) 26. Five Pin Bowling (ball) 27. Broomball (ball) 28. Shuffleboard (disc) 29. Football (ball) 30. Australian Rules Football (ball) 31. Loofball (ball) 32. Handball (ball) 33. Rhythmic Gymnastics (ball) 34. Rugby (ball) 35. Discus Throw (discus) 36. Korfball (ball) 37. Volleyball (ball) 38. Dodgeball (ball) 39. Tetherball (ball) 40. Ten Pin Bowling (ball) 41. Soccer (ball) 42. Netball (ball) 43. Basketball (ball) 44. Kickball (ball) 45. Ultimate Frisbee (disc) 46. Curling (stone) 47. Hooverball (medicine ball) 48. Darts (dartboard) Photos by @lfdocumentation. Thanks to @emdashem for her help on the project. @cchdean and his crew installed it and @toniadirisio was my liaison for the city. Thanks everyone for your help.   If you are in Oakville, please check it out.