Jason Fulford and Karina Hammoud: Lots Of Lots Of Compost
Slideshow performance and compost presentation
Thursday, February 20, 7pm

To mark the launch of Jason Fulford’s new book, Lots of Lots (Mack Books), Cushion Works hosts an evening related to the literal and metaphorical utility of compost. Fulford delivers a double slideshow performance, followed by a presentation by Karina Hammoud, Program Specialist at Recology, who will address how a city of 800,000 goes about its composting. The event concludes with a book signing.

A riff on conceptual artist Sol LeWitt’s 1977 publication PhotoGrids, Lots of Lots transforms seven hundred seemingly quotidian photographs into an evocative collection of interconnected and overlapping forms. Employing a 3×3 format with nine square images on each page, Fulford groups his photographs by idiosyncratic features such as color, shadow, slogan, and shape. Untethered by location, style, or time, they move between coherence and collision in a reflection of the varying order and disorder of the world. An empty laundromat, a lone park bench, and a cascading waterfall are among the many sights and signs that find new resonance in Fulford’s wry and illuminating compositions, revealing a richness among endless production and consumption.

Jason Fulford is an American photographer, publisher, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York and Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Karina Hammoud is a Program Specialist at Recology, a San Francisco resource recovery company that aims to create a “closed loop” ecosystem that protects the environment and supports local communities.

Paperback
26 x 26.35 cm, 80 pages
ISBN 978-1-915743-46-6
December 2024
€30 £25 US$30 AU$60