Multiples

From this page you may acquire multiples, prints, and artist's books by Eduardo Kac

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Space Poetry 3

2023

Specifications: Custom die cut embroidered patch, 5.5" x 2" (14 x 5 cm. Edition of 100.

Publisher: Kac Studio, Chicago.

Description: Issued to commemorate the launch of Kac's artwork Adsum Regex into Moon orbit, aboard Orion, in 2022.

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Space Poetry 2

2022

Specifications: Custom die cut, 12-color embroidered patch, 4.5" x 4" (11.4 x 10 cm). Edition of 100.

Publisher: Kac Studio, Chicago.

Description: Issued to commemorate the launch of Kac's artwork Adsum to the International Space Station.

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Apoapsis

2021

Specifications: Custom die cut, silver, gold and copper foil stamps on Sirio ultra black 370g paper, 17x25 cm (6.7 x 9.8 in). Edition of 25 + 5 HC + 5 AP. Signed by the artist.

Publisher: Observatoire de L'Espace, CNES, Paris.

Description: Published to accompany a special edition of the book Eduardo Kac: Inner Telescope.

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CODA

2009-2018

Specifications: 14-layer lithograph on Arches 88, (image 2009; print 2018), 16.6 x 22.3 in (42.1 x 56.6 cm) each. Edition of 30, signed and numbered. Signed by the artist.

Publisher: Kac Studio

Description: Concluding work in the Natural History of the Enigma series.

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Scripta Volant

2018

Specifications: 16 pgs., copper ink on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell White paper (risograph), 8.5 x 11 in (21.5 by 27.9 cm), with two stickers. Signed and numbered by Kac.

Language: English

Edition: 100

Publisher: Green Lantern Press, Chicago.

Description: An illustrated zine comprised of previously unpublished drawings by Eduardo Kac (from the suite Performance for one astronaut, one pair of scissors and two sheets of paper), the first American publication of Kac's 2007 manifesto Space Poetry, and the essay "When that which holds us no longer holds us," writen by Fulla Abdul-Jabbar & Caroline Picard specifically for Scripta Volant.

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Inner Telescope

2017

Specifications: An illustrated letterpress book comprised of seven booklets (in French only; signed and numbered by Kac); a portfolio of seven prints (signed and numbered by Kac); the official Space Poetry polo shirt; an edition of the space poem Inner Telescope (signed and numbered by Kac); and a black structure made of wood and glass, 11 x 14 x 14 inches (27.5 x 35 x 34.5 cm). Signed and numbered by Kac.

Language: French

Edition: 15

Publisher: Atelier Marie-Sol Parant, France.

Description: In reference to the multidirectional drawers that make up the International Space Station, this artist's book hovers between a chest storage cabinet and a portable workstation. It is composed of four removable compartments and functions as a self-contained exhibition, featuring key Inner Telescope objects not available elsewhere.

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ISS#71904

2017

Specifications: 16 pgs., metallic silver ink on black paper (offset) 7.4 x 10.23 in (19 x 26 cm). Signed and numbered by Kac.

Edition: 100

Publisher: L’Observatoire de l’Espace, the cultural lab at the French Space Agency (Centre national d’études spatiales, CNES).

Description: Functioning as a manual, the book shows, step by step, the protocol created by Eduardo Kac (and followed by astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard the International Space Station), in the realization of the space artwork "Inner Telescope". Published on the occasion of the world's premiere of "Inner Telescope", realized at the headquarters of the French Space Agency, Paris, in 2017.

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50

2012/2017

Specifications: laser-etched x-ray film, signed by the artist, 9 1/2h x 7w in

Language: English

Edition: 30 + 3 HC

Publisher: AcquAvivA Editions, London

Description: This visual poem was created by Kac in 2012 but never circulated. In 2017, Fréderic Acquaviva published a laser-etched x-ray film edition of the poem to commemorate Eduardo Kac’s mid-career survey at the art center La Plaque Tournante, Berlin. This is the only edition of the poem. The poem depicts heartbeats in the shape of words, connecting the internal rhythms of the body (the pulsing heart of the poet) to the external dynamism of the world.

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TC20

2017

Specifications: pigment print, 8.5 x 11 in (22 x 28 cm). Signed and numbered by Kac.

Edition: 25

Publisher: Kac Studio, Chicago

Description: On 14 Nov 2017, October Gallery in London presented a by-invitation-only performance in honor of the 20th anniversary of Kac's Time Capsule. Attending guests at this intimate event were each given a personal reading of the chip. TC20 was created exclusively for this event. TC20’s image is based upon a picture taken of Kac with the chip in 1997.

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Space Poetry(sold out)

2016

Specifications: 20 pgs., multicolor risograph artist's book with onlay embroidered patch, 7.6 x 9.8 in (19,5 x 25 cm). Signed and numbered by Kac.

Language: English

Edition: 100

Publisher: Kac Studio, Chicago

Description: Through a sequence of images and wihtout text, the book unveils the story of the collaborative adventure between an artonaut and an astronaut to produce and experience the first non-terrestrial artwork. The book was published on November 2016 to celebrate the flight to the International Space Station of French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, with whom Kac has collaborated in the creation of the poetic artwork Inner Telescope [Télescope intérieur].

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Outrossim [Otherwise]

2013

Specifications: Silkscreen print, 8.2 x 11.4 inches (21 x 29 cm). Signed and numbered by Kac.

Language: Portuguese

Edition: 100

Publisher: Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro

Description: This work is composed of two different anamorphic QR codes. Once the lens of the cell phone converts the distorted images into squares, the QR app in the phone automatically reads the two codes and renders the animations visible.

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Aromapoetry

2011

Specifications: Artist's book with box and slipcase, twelve custom-made aromas enmeshed in a nanolayer of mesoporous glass, letterpress text and graphics, 16 2ml vials with engraved titles, 11.69" x 8.27" x 2" (297 mm x 210 mm x 50.8 mm), signed and numbered by the artist.

Language: English

Edition: 10

Publisher: Kac Studio, Chicago

Description: Aromapoetry is a book to be read with the nose.

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Edunia Seed Pack Studies(from The Natural History of the Enigma series)

2008

Specifications: Multicolor lithographs. Signed, dated and numbered by Kac.

Edition: 15 (15 prints of each of the 6 images)

Publisher: Bohemian Press, University of Minnesota Department of Art

Description: Combining textures sampled directly from the Minneapolis ground with artist-created forms, these lithographs are rich in poetic associations. Kac's Edunia Seed Packs are directly based on these lithographs.

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Lagoglyphs: The Bunny Variations

2007

Specifications: Signed, dated and numbered set of two-color 12 silkscreen prints

Language: English

Edition: 50 (50 prints of each image)

Publisher: Black Box Gallery, Copenhagen

Description: With Lagoglyph the artist develops a leporimorph or rabbitographic visual language, a lyrical counterpoint to the barrage of discourses generated through, with, and around Kac’s “GFP Bunny.”

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Move 36 Suite

2005

Specifications: Suite of eight lambda prints on pearlescent paper / diasec, signed and numbered by Kac on the back, 15" x 15" (38 x 38 cm)

Edition: 3 (3 prints of each image)

Publisher: Kac Studio, Chicago

Description: Each work in the "Move 36 Suite" has a square format, in reference to a chess board. This is so because Kac's "Move 36" installation alludes to the dramatic chess move made by computer Deep Blue against world champion Gary Kasparov in 1997 — a chess match between the best player that ever lived and the best player that never lived.

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Elle

2004

Specifications: Embossed pigment print on Arches 225g cotton rag paper, 27.69 x 44 in (70.3 x 111.7 cm)

Edition: 15

Publisher: Kac Studio, Chicago

Description: Alba stands, Alba glows.

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It's not easy being green!

2003

Specifications: 28 pages, black and white

Language: English

Edition: 300

Publisher: Kac Studio, Chicago

Description: This artist's book focuses on the poetic and humorous public response to Kac's "GFP Bunny".

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Letter

1996

Specifications: embossed serigraph. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist, 16h x 22 3/8w in

Language: English

Edition: 15

Publisher: Kac Studio, Chicago

Description: In "Letter" a diagonal cone made of words can be interpreted as both converging to or diverging from the spiral on the lower corner. Together they evoke an explosion at the core of a galaxy. The words in the cone make reference to the death of the artist's grandmother.The words in the spiral make reference to the birth of the artist's daughter.