Offset-printed, soft-cover with open-spine Smyth sewn binding / Pages: 136 / Size: 135 x 190 mm (5.31 x 7.48 in.) / Print run: First edition printing of 500 / Papers: Munken Lynx, 240gsm (covers); Munken Print White 1.5, 90gsm (pages) / ISBN: 979-8-9992952-0-0
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Driven by Brokenrope’s dedication for building and sharing his still-growing archive of rare vinyl records, cassette tapes, and even 8-track tapes, Wathéča Records Sourcebook showcases what makes physical media and printed ephemera so memorable and ripe for connection while simultaneously documenting a deep reverence for the Indigenous musicians and artists featured throughout the book. From the likes of Floyd Westerman and Buddy Red Bow, to the Zuni Midnighters and the Navajo Sundowners, and many more, Wathéča Records Sourcebook is guided by the act of breathing energy and pride into the music for readers to connect with and appreciate.
Brokenrope describes the underlying aim of his archival project as providing a renewed platform (via live DJ sets, uploads to the Wathéča Records YouTube channel, Internet radio shows, etc.) to these underrepresented musicians and artists where their music can be heard and appreciated by a wider audience, where accessibility becomes a means of building community around the music, and where the virtues of the archive promote our bond with memory and history.
The pages of this illustrious book feature in-situ photography of album artwork and printed ephemera directly from Brokenrope’s collection, behind the scenes documentation of the making and curation of Wathéča Records, as well as an array of reprinted comments handpicked from the Wathéča Records YouTube channel. Posted by communities of fans and avid listeners, the inclusion of these joyous and meaningful comments connect readers with the memories and community that exists behind the music.
Project support provided by the Visual Arts Fund, administered by Midway Contemporary Art with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York.
Offset-printed, soft-cover otabind with spine-attached gatefold cover jacket / Pages: 96 / Size: 200 x 260 mm (7.87 x 10.23 in.) / Print run: First edition printing of 500 / Papers: Umka Color GD2 300gsm (cover); Artic Paper—Amber Graphic 170gsm (jacket); Artic Paper—Amber Graphic 170gsm (pages) / ISBN: 979-8-9992952-1-7
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Cook’s painted worlds are often accompanied by curious and often fuzzy storyboard-like vignettes and overlaid imagery that hover across the paintings. In response, the book’s margins and gutters are activated by their own overlaid images that converse with and offer playful glimpses into Cook’s themes, research, and trove of visual references that she has collected throughout the years.
Featured prominently within Cook’s works are the unmistakable depictions of the landscapes and signifiers of a past era of the American agricultural Midwest. Within these vast depictions, acting as a visual archaeology of a nation steeped in expansionist drive, Cook pieces together certain defining myths of America.
London-based art gallery Public wrote of Cook’s work for her 2025 solo-exhibition, stating: “Cook explores with systemic precision how accelerated capitalism and industrialization cast shadows across rural America. Her works serve as an archive, or perhaps a tombstone, blending speculative fiction with her Minnesota upbringing, to capture the no man’s land of the American mid-west—a hybridization of its mythical past and forgotten future—while advancing the contemporary genre of landscape painting.”
Project support provided by the Visual Arts Fund, administered by Midway Contemporary Art with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York.
Thread-stitched, softcover artist book by Ryan Gerald Nelson / Pages: 48 / Size: 200 x 280 mm (7.87 x 11 in.) / Print run: First edition printing of 75 / Printing: 3-color silkscreen, printed by hand (covers); 1-color black, sheet-fed printed on an HP LaserJet 5000n (pages) / Papers: French Paper Chipboard Kraft, 100lb cover (covers); Munken Print White 15, 80gsm (pages) / Binding: 3-hole pamphlet stitch with white thread
$25 + S/H
Gaze Palais merges “Displaced Gaze” (a text first published by Ryan Gerald Nelson in 2015) and Nelson’s ongoing project titled Peripheries (2014–present).
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Book Launch for Wathéča Records Sourcebook
Saturday, January 17, 2026, from 4:30–7:30pm
Storefront space at 13 5th St. NE, Minneapolis, MN
Please join us for Era Edition’s latest release: Wathéča Records Sourcebook. Free and open to the public. Featuring live music by Kalyn Fay (Cherokee/Muscogee), a Wathéča Records DJ Set, and empanadas by Antoine.
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