Hello!
Just wanted to send a quick announcement to you all that the first phase of the Heterotopias physical archive is now LIVE on Lost in Cult.
I’ve been poring over the process of designing a print format to immortalize the 5 years of work that Heterotopias represents, and I’m so happy with the result.
We are starting with issues 001, 002, and 003 and they are coming together as beautiful open-spine publications with a hefty material quality and lots of interior detail. You can preorder them from today.
We are also doing a special slipcase with all three issues and a special volume of the website studies we commissioned, complete with gorgeous translucent text pages and gloss photo pages. I am so excited about getting to play with some slightly atypical print design!
The deluxe edition also comes with two postcard series—Memories of a Broken Planet, a 35mm Metroid Prime series printed with metallic ink, and Empty City, a high gloss exploration of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst—theses are backed up with a massive Kane & Lynch 2 Dog Days poster, also a 35mm game photograph using the unique analogue photography process I pioneered.
All in all, I think its an exciting package, and I hope you’ll support the project if you can. I have worked with so many writers and artists in Heterotopias over the years, and the project has been massive, but I have often felt its impact and legacy was limited by its digital format. This archive project should put an end to that, and I hope we can celebrate this huge volume of work.
I’ll update you all with a more full update on my comings and goings, and especially the Citizen Sleeper anniversary, very soon.
But for now, thanks for you support!
Gareth
Holy cow, yes, this project needs to be on paper!