​Dearest...correspondences (2019)
Dearest, transforms email scams about money into poetry about human desire by way of erasure. Both the original and the transformation are presented on facing pages. These emails were accumulating in my junk mail box until I transferred them to my raw materials folder which I open in idle moments. These missives, these attempts to get something from someone for nothing and the language they use – is it intentional, or is it the result of a translation algorithm? Do these promises of money ever hook anyone? Erasure brings out another layer, no less desperate. The search for connection continues -- for better or worse.
Available at Printed Matter, NYC:
https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/53114
Available online at http://www.lulu.com/shop/rosaire-appel/dearest/paperback/product-24024189.html
 
 
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Soundtracks(2018): This book contains sound drawings that are ink/digital hybrids. I listen. I draw. I’m not transcribing but inventing. My reference is our common sound environment, this is my raw material. These pages call for visual listening – but synesthesia is not required. Available at Printed Matter, NYC: https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/51470
And on the web at:  http://www.lulu.com/shop/rosaire-appel/soundtracks/paperback/product-23957902.html
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​“Connect Here” by Rosaire Appel. 
“Connect here” is a riff on how the world attempts to connect with us by getting into our pockets, mouths, bloodstreams and minds. Rosaire Appel is a book artist and writer known for her lively abstractions and meditations on pattern and movement./ 4 color risograph printed, spiral bound with transparent cover. 44 pages. Edition of 100.
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