Derek Jarman, Through the Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping
(release date: 11/11/2022, format: cassette, edition number: 80 / 26)
Previously unheard and unreleased audio recording of DEREK JARMAN reading his only work of narrative fiction, Through the Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping (1971, 55 minutes).
This release has been made possible by House Sparrow Press, an imprint of Prototype Publishing, and with the support of The Estate of Derek Jarman. There is a special edition of 26, lettered A-Z, comprising the cassette and the fully illustrated book featuring Jarman’s text; a foreword by Philip Hoare; afterword by Declan Wiffen; memoir by Michael Ginsborg; and final word from Gareth Evans, signed by all the contributors.
numbered + handmade in an edition of 80 copies only; three riso-printed cigarette cards (of a possible six) with stills by DEREK JARMAN ‘Through the...’ and separate four-sided foldout with reproductions of notes from the artist’s diary
numbered + handmade in an edition of 26 copies, with all aforementioned in Jarman blue with white print and the book (more info)
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︎ (special ed. cassette + signed book) *sold out*