Beau Geste Press

Edited by Alice Motard

Exhibition catalogue published by CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux and BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE, 2020

Texts by Karen Di Franco, Zanna Gilbert, Polly Gregson, Carmen Juliá, Alice Motard, and Mila Waldeck

Graphic design: Studio Manuel Raeder

English/French

23.5 x 28.5 cm, 472 p.

“Published by the CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux in collaboration with BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE, this reference book surveys the history of the independent publishing house Beau Geste Press (BGP) through the publications of its founding members Felipe Ehrenberg, Martha Hellion, David Mayor and Chris Welch, and of the numerous visitors to its rural outpost – visual poets, neo-Dadaists and artists affiliated with the Fluxus movement – from 1971 to 1976. A ‘catalogue dé-raisonné’ of all the printed matter produced by BGP, it is complemented by critical essays and first-hand texts that explore the working methods (economy and autonomy of production, distribution of books via post) and document the international influence of this short-lived ‘community of duplicators, printers, and artisans’.” (Catalogue blurb)

I translated all the texts from French to English or vice-versa, and copy-edited and proofread most of the catalogue, including the biographies and the image credits.