Primary Information Inc

PRIMARY INFORMATION IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 2006 TO PUBLISH ARTISTS BOOKS AND ARTISTS WRITINGS. THE ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAMMING ADVANCES THE OFTEN-INTERTWINED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARTISTS BOOKS AND ARTS ACTIVISM, CREATING A PLATFORM FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES AND PRACTICES. PRIMARY INFORMATION FACILITATES INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE THROUGH THE SIMULTANEOUS PUBLICATION OF NEW AND ARCHIVAL BOOKS, PROVIDING A NEW AUDIENCE FOR OUT-OF-PRINT WORKS AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS.

IN FY22, PRIMARY INFORMATION ADVANCE ITS MISSION THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF 7 BOOKS:- DARA BIRNBAUMS NOTE(S): WORK(ING) PROCESS(ES) RE: CONCERNS (THAT TAKE ON / DEAL WITH). PUBLISHED IN AN EDITION OF 2,500.- GODZILLA: ASIAN AMERICAN ARTS NETWORK 1990-2001, EDITED BY HOWIE CHEN. PUBLISHED IN AN EDITION OF 2,500.- MICHAEL ASHERS WRITINGS 1973-1983 ON WORKS 1969-1979. PUBLISHED IN AN EDITION OF 3,500.- TOP STORIES, EDITED BY ANNE TURYN. PUBLISHED IN AN EDITION OF 3,000.- WILLIAM WEGMANS WRITING BY ARTIST. PUBLISHED IN AN EDITION OF 4,500.- BLACK PHOENIX: THIRD WORLD PERSPECTIVE ON CONTEMPORARY ART AND CULTURE, EDITED BY RASHEED ARAEEN AND MAHMOOD JAMAL. PUBLISHED IN AN EDITION OF 2,500.- MARY HEILMANNS THE ALL NIGHT MOVIE. PUBLISHED IN AN EDITION OF 3,500.BY TAKING A DISTRIBUTABLE FORM, EACH PUBLICATION FACILITATED NEW EXPOSURE FOR ARTISTS AMONGST A BROAD PUBLIC, INCLUDING THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE ARTISTS WORKS. THE PUBLICATIONS PROVIDED PRIMARY INFORMATIONS AUDIENCE OF ARTISTS, STUDENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTERESTED IN CONTEMPORARY ART WITH AN ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE NEW AND ARCHIVAL ARTISTS BOOKS.