Elk
No. 21
Jocko Weyland
Innen
English
Softcover
68 pages
140 x 220 mm
2023
Elk began in June 2003, and over fourteen years, 34 issues appeared in a consistent photocopied format. Concurrently ruminative and roughly constructed, it drew on spontaneous connections from found materials—image and text duos from photographs, books, unorthodox periodicals, works of art, historical documents, letters, poems, spam emails, mash notes, and advertisements—placing them into singular contexts to tease out metaphorical and metaphysical affinities. By reproducing and re-scaling each source, it combined unfamiliar material that blurred distinctions between high art and underground effusions, creating an ephemeral entity of mysterious origins. Apparently lacking any identifiable theme yet arranged with a discriminating far-flung sensibility, Elk’s collaborative contents related through tangible yet uncanny methods.
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About the Artist
Jocko Weyland (born 1967 in Helsinki, Finland) is an American artist and writer. He is the author of The Answer is Never – A Skateboarder’s History of the World (Grove Press, 2002), The Powder, Danny’s Lot, Geomancy, and Egg Strike on Orchard (Dashwood Books, 2011, 2015, 2017, and 2021, respectively), and the short story collection Eating Glass, published by 1980 Editions. Other titles include I Heart BJ, Drawings, and The Lake of Death, from Nieves and innen. He started the serial publication Elk in 2003, spawning Elk Books and the itinerant Elk Gallery, where sixteen exhibits were presented in New York, Los Angeles, and Beijing between 2006-11. From 2013 to 2017 he was Chief Curator at MOCA Tucson. His artwork has been shown at Ever Gold, San Francisco, FakeSpace, Beijing, PG4S and Martos, Los Angeles, Franklin Parrasch and Kerry Schuss in New York, and Everybody in Tucson and Chicago. He lives in Northern Nevada.
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About the Publisher
Innen is a Zurich-based independent publisher offering unconventional and original perspectives on changing trends in printed work. Graphic designer Aaron Fabian founded Innen in 2006 with the intention of forging connections between and creating a community for contemporary artists with diverse subjects and styles.
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