simple box construction ::: brief update - new release

::: like a sneak attack here comes an unplanned very limited edition new release from simple box construction by a death cinematic. it is a book, titled: HUMMING IN THE WARMTH OF THE TILT. (SBC - 023) of 16 original color photographs, a cd with brand new (yet to be recorded) exclusive music, hand stamped front and back covers, and a poem typed up on 20 year old handmade paper. the pages of the book are the actual photographs, as opposed to pages with photographs printed on them. this makes the books very nice looking but very expensive to produce and forced this edition to be a 'made to order' edition. this means that the edition number is determined by how many people place an order for the book.


::: this release is, also, only available for a limited time. because all copies are made to order this edition will not be available anywhere else or at any other time. to get a copy you must contact me via email, facebook, instagram, even a carrier pigeon (if you can get the fucker to fly over to the detroit area) where i would give the details on how to order. the deadline for this is 5.1.16. after tonight the edition goes into production and no extra copies are going to be made. at which time this edition will go private and all production updates and process photographs will be shared privately via email only with those who have ordered the book. the music for this release will not be made available in any other format or anywhere else, not even streaming on bandcamp. once everything is completed and shipped to their owners then this release will be archived on this site.


::: i can hear it now, "what about the new album or the split with murmur ring?" well, as those who follow these projects on instagram and facebook already know, they are being worked on, vigorously. all that information is coming up in the next update. which you might have to wait for until next week.

::: thank you for the support, interest, and as always, for reading.

SBC - 022 ::: deadmen - 2 poems by: a death cinematic (book)

::: SBC - 022 DEADMEN - 2 POEMS BY: A DEATH CINEMATIC. after many delays and very long production time this book is finally officially released. it was originally available with the BENEATH THAT GRAND USURPER t shirt preorder. this is a limited edition of 24 handmade books with 28 original images and 2 poems by A DEATH CINEMATIC. what was a simple idea soon became a monumental labor of love. each image and word is hand printed in the front half of a modified moleskine 3"x5" notebook. the pages of the second half are laminated together and inset with a dried flower on powdered graphite. more detail and production images can be viewed in the simple box construction album for this release on facebook.

::: to make a single copy of this book each cover and page was cut by hand with a die cutter. each cover and title page was hand stamped. the title of the book was die stamped one letter at a time on the cover and title page. the back cover was hand stamped. each word and image was registered and hand printed on every page. to do all this with some consistency several jigs had to be created and tested for these processes. to make the back of the book all the pages had to be aligned and laminated together also by hand. the square opening was then masked off and filled with powdered graphite and polyurethane and then more graphite and more polyurethane. finally a dried flower was selected and carefully inset into the graphite. then each book was inspected sanded and cleaned. all art work, photos, design and layout by simple box construction/ a death cinematic.

this item is no longer available.


::: and this is the old promo video i made for the book :::

simple box construction ::: update spring 2014 + pcca art exhibition

::: so it is upon us again. time for another simple box update. since the left hand injury this morning this has to be typed single handedly. hopefully the recovery will be swift and without complication.

::: 2014 started off extremely busy for simple box and a death cinematic and it seems like this pace is just going to continue. there was the release of the THE NIGHT OF OUR SORROW HAS FALLEN... ep along with the screened shirt. there was an exhibition of all visual art at the beginning of march (more on that below). work on the new album has been ongoing and continuos. hopefully it will be ready by early august. work has also begun on other small editions of photo books, splits and collaborative tracks, recordings, reconfiguration the effects rig and board, and other artworks and surprises that will be revealed as the time comes. this spring and summer a death cinematic will be attempting to do more live performances with a confirmed appearance at the FREAK festival in august outside of columbus, ohio. you can get tickets here.

::: since there is only a week left for the exhibition at the pcca i thought it was high time to write about and show the work contributed by simple box construction. the weeks leading up to the show were, at once, exhilarating and terrifying. it has been more than a decade since i have shown work of this nature. going back to this methodology presented a challenge and a shift of the creative gears. traversing the tumult of of the emotional upheaval certain things started to become very clear. first i have realized that this type of visual art is very much part and parcel of the contextual construct i have attempted to build and maintain with the a death cinematic and simple box construction output. all of this is part of a grander vision and in order to get the broadest scope of this idea/ vision all works are necessary. the writing, the sound, the packaging, and now these singular pieces of visual art work together to illuminate the context for the world reflected through the previous a death cinematic releases.

::: the second realization was that the thought that where i started out and would continue to create from; at the edge of an abyss, peering over the precipice and curiously inching ever closer, was no longer the case. i am now fully engulfed in this abyss and all the work are dispatches from here. it is my search and meticulous construction of a world reflected and parallel to the one i/ we inhabit. now the challenge becomes a way to showcase and make this work available in a coherent and cohesive way. below you can view images of the pieces in the show with titles and brief descriptions in an attempt to broaden the view. the show closes on april 4th. thank you for reading, your interest, and support. till the next post, enjoy.



the pining rain
and the hot
tar roofs

::: a charcoal and conte crayon drawing in a singed pine box under smoked glass. :::


now we build
towers for our
wilting hearts

::: japanese lantern suspended in singed wooden box. lined with a drawing and filled with earth and wood. :::


how we loved
the yearning
of the views
unbroken

::: photo embedded in cast polyurethane and epoxy with painted wood. :::


...and from
the earth
lightning
cracked
into the
ruinations
of the
extinct sky

::: monotype and intaglio print stitched to black cardboard in a bleached aspen box/frame. :::


the gift
of the six
golden kings
grows into
our empty
dawn

:::a seed pod embedded in cast polyurethane in a cardboard box mounted in a douglas fir box and birch tree drawing with six lights. :::


floating
through the
black mists of
our feigned
sanctity

::: light mounted in redwood box lined with copper strips and nails behind two smoked glass panes. :::


the embers
of hope
slain by
our enterprise
glow dimly
in the
choking night

::: coagulated axel grease mounted over a light in a six sided, smoked glass box on a mahogany pedestal. :::


a
melancholy
descent

::: burnt wood suspended in silicone and epoxy in a glass and maple veneer box with singed red cedar veneer on a maple pedestal. :::


through the days
of the golden
light we spoke
of salvations

::: brass nails in wood with xerox transfer, white paint, and butchers wax in a red cedar box with brass screws. :::


sturdy oaks
groan whispers
of hope

::: light mounted behind charcoal drawing with burnt oak sticks in a black waxed pine box. :::


those places of
your slumber
crackling with
fire

::: manipulated photograph mounted in painted and singed cherry box with light. :::


when the
skies are
thick,
and oily,
and black
we shall
gather sunlight
through
the windows
of our dreams

::: photograph mounted behind cherry grid in a burnt wood with nails and drawing. :::


drowning in the rains
all the ghosts
achromatize into
the mountains
of my memory

::: drawing on wood filler and poplar mounted in oak box. :::


lumps in my throat
grow when the stars
revolve around my
heart

::: drawing embedded in drilled and white filled epoxy in a felt lined hand stitched paper box. :::


the nightly pyre
all dressed up
in sweat melted fat

::: melted plastic box with cast polyurethane mounted in a burnt pine block in a mahogany box with brass nails. :::


::: thank you for looking more stuff is on the way. cheers!