Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, Volume 1

Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, Volume 1
Published January 2012
Perfect-bound, 336 pp, 6" × 9"
Black-and-white, gatefold cover
Design concept by Project Projects
Layout and typesetting by Project Projects with Alex Lesy and Triple Canopy
ISBN 978-0-9847346-0-3

Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, designed in collaboration with Project Projects, is at once an archive of Triple Canopy’s widespread publishing activities and a translation into print of projects that originally appeared in other forms. The design of Invalid Format reflects this problem: How might works produced for the screen be transposed to the codex in a way that recalls that former context, though not slavishly, and while also fully inhabiting the page? How can the form and function of interactive, audiovisual works be degraded elegantly, without disappearing entirely, in print? Invalid Format will be published at least annually and is available at select bookshops worldwide.

The initial volume of Invalid Format includes artist projects and literary work published in the first year of Triple Canopy’s existence, documentation of public programs, and a sampling of foundational correspondence. Contributors include Lene Berg, Joseph Clarke, Rivka Galchen, Adam Helms, Sheila Heti, Dan Hoy, the International Necronautical Society, Craig Kalpakjian, Jon Kessler, Wayne Koestenbaum, Rachel Mason, Amir Mogharabi, Rachel Owens, Ed Park & Rachel Aviv, the Poetic Research Bureau, John Powers, Emily Richardson & Iain Sinclair, Michael Robinson, and Diane Williams.

Distributed in North America by ARTBOOK | D.A.P., New York, and in Europe by Motto Distribution, Berlin.