We’re Working On It.

Book Design, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Vox Populi, once a shaky alliance of young artists who wanted to show their artwork in Philadelphia, has just wrapped up its twenty-first exhibition season. It’s an unlikely story of survival – also of excellence and mediocrity, push and shove.

This book catalogs the twenty-first year of programming at Vox: 26 member solo shows, 4 group alumni exhibitions, 1 guest-curated exhibition, 1 juried exhibition featuring 52 emerging artists, 9 Video Lounge exhibitions in new media, and a host of music, film and performance events, discussions, lectures, and parties – all fueled by volunteer labor and collective vision. It is difficult to say exactly how many individuals exhibited, sang, shared info, or walked on stilts at Vox last year.

This book is being self-published by Vox Populi and will be available in March or April of 2010. Here is a preview:

This book also includes an illustrated timeline of artist-run spaces in Philadelphia written by Richard Torchia: