Paul Soulellis

Paul Soulellis (born 1968, Huntington, NY) is an American graphic designer, artist, publisher and teacher. He works in New York City and Providence, RI. His writings and work in the field of experimental publishing and network culture are cited in influential scholarly research.^[1] His publications are collected^[2] and exhibited worldwide^[3] and on the internet.^[4]

Soulellis is the founder of Library of the Printed Web, a physical archive devoted to web-to-print artists' books, zines and other printout matter. The Printed Web project "embraces the fluid movement between material and digital realms that characterizes our age."^[5] He curates, designs and publishes print-on-demand publications that have featured the work of over 180 contemporary artists.^[6] According to Soulellis, Printed Web artists "'perform publishing' by investigating multiple materialities and design possibilities as their works travel through the network."^[1] Soulellis also maintains his own artist's practice centered on independent publishing. His work is widely held in special artists' books collections at art and research institutions, including Museum of Modern Art, NY; Walker Art Center, MN; Yale University, CT; Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland; The Living Art Museum, Iceland; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Hochschule Hof Bibliothek, Germany; Brooklyn Museum, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; and New York Public Library, NY.^[2]

Soulellis is a contributing editor at Rhizome, where he curates The Download, "an ongoing series of artist commissions that considers the ZIP file format, the act of downloading and the computer user's desktop as a space for exhibition."^[7]

Rhizome

Curatorial projects and texts by Soulellis at Rhizome

• "Digital Publishing, Unzipped," 2015^[8]
• "The Download 1: Sorry to dump on you like this.zip," 2015^[7]
• "After the Hookup, An App," 2015^[9]
• "The Download 2: The Distributed Monument," 2016^[10]
• "The Download 3: Incantations for the Birth of a Network," 2016^[11]
• "The Download 4: Technologies of Care," 2016^[12]

Publications

Publications by Soulellis

• Venetian Suite. Venice: self-published, 2010. Set of 4 unique book objects.
• Memory Palace. Rome: self-published, 2011. Unique book object.
• 273 Relics for John Cage. New York: self-published, 2011. 294 pages, edition of 10 copies.^[13]
• Weymouths. England: commission by b-side arts festival, 2012. 12 volumes, edition of 20 copies.^[14]
• The Spectral Lens (Twenty-Six Stories from the Book Machine). New York: self-published, 2012. 140 pages, print-on-demand, 20 copies printed.
• 530 (Sá veldur sem á heldur). Skagaströnd, Iceland: self-published, 2013. 530 pages, edition of 50 copies.^[15]
• Apparition of a distance, however near it may be. New York: self-published, 2013. 42 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.^[16]
• Chancebook #1: March 26, 2013 (Why Does It Hurt So Bad). New York: self-published, 2013. 112 pages, print-on-demand, edition of 1.^[17]
• Chancebook #2: May 3, 2013 (Livin' on the Fault Line). New York: self-published, 2013. 198 pages, print-on-demand, edition of 1.^[17]
• Las Meninas. New York: self-published, 2013. 32 newsprint pages, edition of 50 copies.^[18]
• Search, Compile, Publish: Towards a new artist’s web-to-print practice. New York: self-published, 2013. 4 newsprint pages, edition of 500 copies.
• Stripped (Sixty-Six Sunsets Stripped). New York: self-published, 2013. 74 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.^[19]
• Portlander. Portland, England: commission by b-side arts festival, 2014. 64 newsprint pages, edition of 3,000 copies.^[20]
• LaRossa Mix. New York: self-published, 2014. ISBN 9780984005239. 8 newsprint pages, edition of 150.^[21]
• 420 Videos. New York: self-published, 2014. 32 newsprint pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
• Library of the Printed Web, Spring Inventory. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2013. 124 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.^[22]
• Printed Web 1. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9840052-2-2. 64 newsprint pages, edition of 1,000 copies.^[23]
• Printed Web 2. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9840052-4-6. 180 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.^[24]
• A BOOK IS THE BOOK. New York: self-published. 149 slides and performance.^[25]
• Printed Web 3, Reader/Index. New York: Library of the Printed Web. ISBN 9781320767903. 388 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.^[26][27]
• Printed Web 3, 10 zines. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2015.^[28]
  • COCA-OR. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • CSS. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • JPG 2000. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • Personal Blue. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • fffffffunnyfearlessfemmefataleorverynaughtygurls. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • Nakamoto. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • JLO. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • Little Nicolas. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • Western Typologies. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • Freebeer (and one donut). 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
• Printed Web 3, Chinatown Edition. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2015. 538 pages, edition of 10 copies.^[28]
• Printed Web 3, PDF Skins. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2015. 10 PDF prints on neoprene fabric, edition of 10 copies.^[28]
• Printed Web 3, server directory. New York: Library of the Printed Web, Rhizome, 2015. Apache server directory at Rhizome.org.^[29] 147 folders containing 329 files.^[28]
• Three Digs A Skull, Clement Valla. New York: Printed Web Editions, 2015. 72 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.^[30]
• Abstract Browsing, Rafaël Rozendaal. New York: Printed Web Editions, 2016. 72 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.^[31]
• Printed Web 4. New York: Library of the Printed Web and International Center of Photography, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9840052-8-4. 40 newsprint pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.^[32]
• Sorry to dump on you like this.zip, Christopher Clary. New York: Printed Web Editions, 2016. 72 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.^[33]

Interviews

Interviews with Soulellis

• "The Artful Accidents of Google Books," Kenneth Goldsmith, The New Yorker, 2013.^[34]
• "Paul Soulellis talks with Christina Webb," HTML Output, 2014.^[35]
• "Turning Pixels into Print: An Interview About the Printed Web," Hrag Vartanian, Hyperallergic, 2015.^[36]
• "Paul Soulellis: Scenes from a Designer's Counterpractice," Ariela Gittlen, Elephant Magazine, 2016.^[37]
• "Interview with David Senior and Sarah Hamerman," Museum of Modern Art Library, 2016.^[38]
• "A Conversation with Paul Soulellis," Kate Palmer Albers, Circulation | Exchange, 2016.^[39]

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions featuring work by Soulellis

• "Directed: The Intersection of Book, Film and Visual Narrative," Minnesota Center for Book Arts, MN, 2013^[40]
• "Ed Ruscha, Books & Co," Gagosian Gallery, NY, 2013^[41]
• "Printing Out the Internet," Labor Gallery, Mexico, 2013^[42]
• "Due North," Icebox Project Space, PA, 2014^[43]
• "It Narratives: The Movement of Objects as Information," Franklin Street Works, CT, 2014^[44]
• "Undefined by Design," Lorimoto Gallery, NY, 2014^[45]
• "Tabularium," Slopes, Melbourne, Australia, 2014^[46]
• "Public, Private, Secret," International Center of Photography Museum, NY, 2016^[32]
• "Aerial Imagery in Print from 1860 to Today," Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2016^[47]
• "Publish or Perish," Transmitter Gallery, NY, 2016^[3]
• "Variable States: Print Now," Upfor Gallery, OR, 2016^[48]

Teaching

Soulellis joined the full-time faculty at Rhode Island School of Design in 2016 as Assistant Professor, graphic design. His Experimental Publishing Studio syllabus at RISD was cited as "required reading" by Rhizome.^[49]

He has been a visiting critic and guest lecturer at numerous universities and schools in the US and Europe, including School of Visual Arts, New York; Parsons, New York; UCLA, Los Angeles; Michigan State University, East Lansing; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Purchase College, New York; Columbia University, New York; International Center of Photography, New York; The Classroom at NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1; Brown University, Providence (Interrupt 3); Theorizing the Web, New York; Art Directors Club of Tulsa, Oklahoma; NEW INC / New Museum, New York; Printed Matter, New York; Fondation Galeries Lafayette, Paris; Cornell University, Ithaca; The Book Affair at the 55th Venice Biennale, Italy; Merz Akademie, Stuttgart; Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, Germany; Wekplaats Typografie at MoMA PS1, New York; Open Set, Rotterdam.

References

Further reading

• "Making Public," Paul Soulellis^[1]
• "Performing Publishing: Infrathin Tales of the Printed Web," Paul Soulellis^[2]
• "Search, Compile, Publish: Towards a new artist's web-to-print practice," Paul Soulellis^[3]

1. ↑ "Making Public". Retrieved 2016-07-07. 
2. ↑ "Interrupt_Performing_publishing_March_2015". Retrieved 2016-07-07. 
3. ↑ Design, Krate. "Search, compile, publish. | Soulellis". soulellis.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07.