05/23/2026
S T A F F P I X feature : Hannah
“I’m Hannah and I’m the Programming Coordinator & Designer at Printed Matter. I’ve been working here almost 7 years, making exhibitions and books with artists and archives. When I’m not at PM, I’m doing things that might include: beachcombing/thinking about beachcombing, eating pastries, collecting antique objects and furniture, and lying on my acupressure mat..”
IMPRINTS II by Ben K. Voss & Midge Wattles
Slides # 1 - # 3: “A familiar image in my mind is of the holes and meandering lines made by fiddler crabs in the sandy salt marsh trails at low tide in Wellfleet, Mass. This book reminds me of that. I like that this it’s a collaborative project, both between Voss’s drawings and Wattles’ photography, but also between the artists and the sand, sun, wind, and water. The range of gray tones in the photos is really beautiful and a bit mesmerizing. I could look at them for a long time.”
An Anecdoted Topography of Chance by Daniel Spoerri
Slides # 4 - # 6: “I’m always interested in books that take a particular format of written information (indexes, cook books, field guides, etc) and break it open to the point that narratively it becomes something else entirely while still retaining the visual formalities / typographic styles of the medium. Spoerri starts with describing all of the objects on a particular table in his room, creating detailed, scientific observations for each to see what doing so might “spontaneously awaken” in him... It covers so much ground and is a really fun, strange read. Also I just love how the table of contents looks as a list of objects.”
Bulletin Notes by Leslie Rosario-Olivo
Slides # 7 - 9: "“eslie’s sensibility as an artist and bookmaker inspires me. I appreciate the way their zines really seem to transmute this kind of deeply engaged energetic and sensorial experience they have with the world around them, often invoking nature. The images in this zine are full of satisfying texture and thoughtfully paired with writing in a way that reminds me that some of the best artists’ books are brief glimpses into a few moments, a warm beam of consideration.”
