BLUES FOR WINTER ZERO

BLUES FOR WINTER ZERO is an experimental artists' publication by Wes Tirey (Asheville, NC) and M. Sweets (New York, NY). Part sound collage, part radio play, BFWZ plays out with pops and crackles like a fever dream over AM frequencies.

Published by Drum Machine Editions. First edition: 28 May 2023.

Design, typography, screen printing, finishing, and assembly by Erik Pedersen. Risograph printing on cassette inserts by Mica Mead and Colin Sutherland at Woolly Press.

J-CARD SPECS: 2-color risograph & 4-color screen print with gloss overprint varnish on Domtar Cougar Natural (80C); 4 x 4 inches; edition of 60; hand-numbered.

BROADSIDE SPECS: 4-color screen print with gloss overprint varnish on French Paper Co Newsprint Aged (80C); 14.5 x 24.5 inches; edition of 50; hand-numbered.

FONTS: Frauen, Sharp Grotesk Black 9, and Ogg Text by Sharp Type; Serial A by DUM DUM FONTS; Surt by Blaze Type; ZIGZAG by Benoît Bodhuin.

BLUES FOR WINTER ZERO took home the Best Artist’s Book award at the North Carolina Museum of Art’s "End Paper" art book fair in September 2023 and is now housed in NCMA’s permanent collection.