As the
publishing industry continues to hit the e-Potholes of the digital age,
Wellington publishing collective Lawrence & Gibson survive on
the mutual aid and DIY policies that kiwis have embraced since Maui rowed his
boat ashore.
Take a
look at their forthcoming book $30 Meat Pack by Richard
Meros:
The
cover is an image from Wellington artist Hannah Salmon. The pages were bound in
the Trades Hall on Vivian Street at anarchist publishers Rebel Press. Even the
content was formed over late night discussions with other members of the
collective.
“Survival of the friendliest”, James Marr of Lawrence &
Gibson, likes to call it.
The
full title for the new book is another long one: $30 Meat Pack: the complete
written correspondence between Richard Meros and Creative New Zealand volume
two. The book imagines how Creative New Zealand, under a right wing
government, is restructured into Reactive New Zealand. The new department is
charged with only making art that expands the nation’s happy-go-lucky spirit.
With
two new books to match two touring theatrical adaptations of his other books,
Richard Meros is looking to take his 2012 Wellington “cult following” (The
Dominion Post, October 2012) into a national movement.
So
what else is in store for 2013?
“Labour
needs me,” he mulls, “they’re so out of ideas that they’ve booked out a whole
session at Downstage. They’ll be taking notes, presumably. What they really
need to do is hire Arthur, Geoff and me to run their 2014 campaign. Easy as
that. David, Grant, and any coup-plotters in the wings: our lines are open.”
Lawrence
& Gibson release Richard Meros’ new book $30 Meat Pack at Downstage
Theatre from 6pm on November 22. Richard Meros salutes the Southern Man plays
at Downstage from November 21 until December 1.
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