Individualocracy
Subtitle: the personal decisions that govern sprawl
By: Matthew Salenger
Contributors: Mayer, Dan (Book artist), book designer, contributor; Pyracantha Press; Arizona State University
Publisher: The Pyracantha Press, Arizona State University
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tempe, Arizona
Language: eng
Subjects: In art; Cities and towns; Growth; Maps in art; Cities and towns in art; Artists' books; Specimens
Description: "Sprawl has been blamed for all kinds of social, economic and environmental problems. High levels of poor air-quality, low physical fitness, social isolationism, heat-island effects, urban decay, and wide-spread apathy have all been attributed to sprawl. So why do so many people choose to live in sprawl? We sought to answer that question by interviewing 101 residents of Phoenix, Arizona--one of the most sprawling metropolitan areas in the U.S.--about their individual choices as they relate to suburban sprawl. We call our project 'Individualocracy', based on the idea that we each control our environment through separated, individual choices concerning where and how we live. In a variety of ways, these individual decisions combine to create the culture, politics, economy and aesthetics of sprawl"--Page 1 of volume E.
Notes: Title page and colophon are located in volume E.

Limited edition of 100 copies, signed and numbered by the artist.

Issued in case.

Avery Classics copy: Number 12.

"[C]onceived in collaboration with personnel of the Pyracantha Press beginning in the Spring of 2009 at the suggestion of Daniel Mayer. The intent was to expand the previous investigations of the Salengers at colab studio in Tempe. The design and use of the Turkish mapfold books was the result of Daniel Mayer's thinking. Digital printing was performed by Impression Makers of Tempe on an HP Indigo 5000 printer. Typeface is Stymie with Rockwell heads, paper is Mohawk Superfine i-Tone and tinted Tyvek. Covers were laser cut by Thad Trubakoff and Daniel Mayer, and all binding was carried out at the Press. The slipcase wrapper and Book E endsheets were printed from polymer plates. Press assistants during the duration of this project included Brandy Burdick, Maria Talavera, Pam Wood, Patrick Vincent, Rosalind Shipley, and others"--Colophon.

Four Turkish map-folded books attached to book boards with Tyvek spines, labeled A-D. One single-signature book sewn into book boards with Tyvek spine, labeled E. Covers feature laser cut map illustrations. Volumes A-D contain maps of the greater Phoenix, Arizona area with text from interview responses by Phoenix residents. Volume D contains the title page, key, table of contents, information about the project, and the colophon. Housed in an illustrated paper over boards slipcase with Tyvek spine with the title on the front.

Includes bibliographical references.