Erik Ruin
Home of the artwork of Erik Ruin. Erik is a Michigan-raised, Providence-based printmaker, shadow puppeteer, illustrator, etc. He also occasionally edits/publishes various publications, including the anthology Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority (w/ Josh MacPhee, AK Press, 2005), and various art/book/music projects on the mini-label Desperate Commodities he co-runs with Reid Books. He frequently works collaboratively with activists and other artists, most prominently/ consistently Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative.
Drowning On Dry Land, 2012, 48 page silkscreen & offset booklet. subtitled “A Lament from the Margins”, as it’s made from drawings printed in the margins of Witches & Mad Prophets: 13 Heretics. personal/apocalyptic ink drawings & papercut(s). each one unique, with many collage prints. comes with a downloadable soundtrack featuring thematically-relevant unreleased music by Work/Death, Big Blood, Ama (Matthew Himes of Shep & Me, etc.), Katt Hernandez, Virusse (aka Mindy Stock of the What Cheer? Brigade), A Stick and A Stone, Blue Shift, John the Baptist (Kellzo of SGNLS), & Night Mode (Reba Mitchell & Chrissy Wolpert of Whore Paint & Assembly of Light). Available now in person or from Ada Books, Analog Underground & Craftland in Providence. In webstores soon.
A large (24x36”) scratchboard exploring “climate chaos”- extreme weather as a result of climate change, created at the Climate of Change residency at the Blue Mountain Center, Oct. 2012. Sponsored by 350.org.
Illustration (& process) for astickandastone’s haunting song Angels of Dysmorphia, from their new album Nightvision. Elliott is currently raising funds to issue this great album on Kickstarter.
“Sutherland” by Ember Schrag, Shadows by Erik Ruin (http://erikruin.tumblr.com/), Filming and Editing by Natalja Kent (http://nataljakent.com/). From The Sewing Room, released 2012 by Edible Onion / Single Girl Married Girl. www.emberschrag.com
