A keen observer, Derik notes: “Like the songs on a well-crafted mix tape, the images have their own separate identity, yet, by placing in juxtaposition, the reader (listener) attributes some meaning to the choices and ordering.”

I have been following Derik’s blog for a year or two now, and finding him on Twitter, I was delighted that he showed some interest in the Astoria Project in time for MoCCA.

Meeting him there, we had a short chat and I abrasively pushed my entire catalog on him. It turns out, judging from the review, he didn’t mind too much

I’m looking very much forward to what he might have to say about future publications!

I’ll post a translation of the text when I’m on the laptop again

Mix Tape, side A

Remember when everybody pirated intellectual property? Sure you do! Who hasn’t owned a battered old tape copy of this CD or that vinyl? Or a lovingly crafted, unique mix tape of favorite songs, given to a best friend or special someone?

Working hard, connecting dots to make this happen: If all goes well I should have a concept mini-sketchbook ready by tomorrow’s SPX in Stockholm, a graphic mix tape from me to you!

Made in fragmented montage/comic form, these sketchbook clippings chart six months of intense commuting, and the odd inspirational flash. A graphic travel diary that will write its own tune in your mind.

Mix Tape, side B

The book will be 56 b/w pages the size of the trusty old music cassettes, the second half even printed upside down so you’ll have to turn it over like a cassette tape to read on!

Each book comes packaged in an original, second hand cassette with pricelabels from a small, rural grocery store on Tullebølle, Denmark.

With a printrun of only one hundred, we’re talking hotcakes here!