CODY MINER / SEMIFIRM

The Halves and Half Nots 2023
with Allowing Many Forms

We are pleased to present The Halves and Half Nots a limited edition artist's book by Cody Miner and Taylor Zanke. This publication is the end result of various material and formal experimentations using found printed matter and papers. Physical and digital cuttings-out are displayed in halves: the idiosyncrasies of their respective forms in playful dialogue.

Hand collated and bound, this book features five types of salvaged papers with inkjet prints throughout. The book was printed until we ran out of paper. Please be aware that, due to the handmade nature of the book, imperfections will occur.

We want to talk about the shapes in this book. Where they came from, what they are, how we found them… but in talking about them we risk revealing too much and breaking them. They are, however, already kind of broken. Into pieces, onto pages. We took the broken pieces and put them in a sequence… little fragments, tiny, quiet, colorful, shards, hung together along a line. Balancing in their own gravity. These small shapes, by way of curious origins, float into frame.  

Holy Crap 2022

From recent collective confrontations with our interior worlds, the works in Holy crap explore possible ways to remake everyday household spaces and items, inspired by ritualism, mysticism and fanaticism. Asking playfully, what if home improvement were enlightened? Curated by Patrick Geske and Cody Miner, including works from the curators plus Angelica Lorenzi, Hans Wendel, and Erin Wright.
 

Low Rise Housing Competition 2021

Community Land Trust Development with rammed earth construction. 

In collaboration with Patrick Geske

Rear Yard Dingbat 2020

Three story single family residence in west adams. 

In Progress, more to come.