THE REDACTED HISTORY OF THE I■STITUTE OF C■NTEXTUALISM

Winner of the the best designed independent book at the Australian Book Design Awards 2017.

This is a self-published fictional history of a non-existent art movement created using found photos, archive footage, drawings and art. It is supported by a facebook page and instagram account and the website tracks your IP. 

 
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SPREAD FROM CHAPTER 1

This chapter was redacted to remove all the incriminating words, and a second time to remove what was left. 

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A SPREAD FROM CHAPTER 2

Terrible discoveries and altered plans.

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The original “Redacted History of The Institute of Contextualism” was launched at the NGV Art Book Fair in 2017. You could not buy this book. You had to trade something for it. The book “71 Objects That Were Traded for The Redacted History of Institute of Contextualism at The National Gallery of Victoria Art Book Fair in 2017” is a catalogue of those objects.

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SPREAD FROM CHAPTER 2

All the images in the book were found images collected all over the world over a five year period.

CHAPTER 6

■■■■ met with, ■■■ ■■ ■■■■ reached.

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The book “71 Objects That Were Traded for The Redacted History of Institute of Contextualism at The National Gallery of Victoria Art Book Fair in 2017” was launched at the NGV Art Book Fair in 2018. You could not trade for this book, but one guy insisted. The book “564 words about a man’s boot, which was the only item traded for 71 Objects That Were Traded for The Redacted History of The Institute of Contextualism at The National Gallery of Victoria Art book Fair 2017” is a story about that boot.

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A SPREAD OF COVERS

A selection of book covers that were "published" over a 30 year period in the middle of the 20th century.

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CHAPTER 9

Deeper, ■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■.

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A limited edition 1 of 1 box of ephemera and photos that were used in the original book.