Strange Histories: A Bizarre Collaboration by Ian Trask and 28 of his friends

This book is a uniquely weird compilation of written stories that were inspired by my popular series of 35mm slide collages. The 38 stories contained within it were collected during a three-year process of creative call-and-response with a group of 29 amazing friends and artists. In the foreword to the book, contributor Brandon Kaplan describes these stories as:

“…by turns funny, poetic, fabulist, political, and deeply personal. Their remarkable range in both style and substance bears out how a work of art can transcend individual experience, signifying many meanings among many people and connecting them all through a common point. The book maps a constellation of such connections between image and language, artist and patron, friends and strangers, past and present, expression and meaning.”

List of Contributing Writers

Maximilian Bode – Sam Cohan – Evans Dickerson – Danielle Durchslag – Ryan Frank – Mary Gilliland – George Horner – Nancy Hubbard – Oliver Jeffers – Juleen Eun Sun Johnson – Colin Jones – Brandon Kaplan – Emma Katz – Laura Mandelson – Mason Miller – Anne Mourier – Richard Norris – Mac Premo – Linda Serrone Rolon – Yayoi Shionoiri – Risa Shoup – SpamBot – Daniella Trask – Ian Trask – Peter Treiber Jr. – Kevin Waldron – Margaret Withers – Aamir Wyne – Lucien Zayan

Book design by the incredibly talented team at Project 13.

Limited edition hardcover book

100 pages

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