Zasis: Music Improvisation in Visual Art

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When Rob's quartet played, Stan drew...

Zasis entered every performance without a plan. For Stan, watching was never passive — it was already a form of making. Improvisation and observation, it turned out, were the same discipline.

Zasis — The Artist's Book (1982)

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Limited Edition

One hand-printed color version was made to fold and re-fold in different ways. An edition of 900 signed and numbered paperback books followed — twenty of which traveled with a show of ten prints.

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The artist's book used excerpts from the group's prospectus and his etchings. It was printed by the offset litho-press, hand bound, numbered and signed.

Zasis Video

This video was from a performance in October 1992. Stan's prints as well as portions of the Artist's Book are woven throughout.