punctum books
Hand Book: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry, co-authored by Open Arts instructor Lizzie Olesker, was recently published by punctum books. The book was co-authored by experimental filmmaker Lynne Sachs, and grew out of a 10-year collaboration between the two. This collaboration began with live laundromat performances of Every Fold Matters, followed by the hybrid documentary film The Washing Society, finally culminating in Hand Book. With essays by project collaborators, photographic images, interviews, poetry, and a playscript for Every Fold Matters, Hand Book examines the laundromat as a microcosm of service work within our city.
More information can be found on the punctum books website.