a book by yevgeniy fiks.
1 – a stack of “communist guides” displayed in common room 2.
2 – cover of the “communist guide to new york city.”
3 – front inside cover and thumbnail index page.
4 – thumbnail index spread. some original sites could no longer be located and are left blank.
5 – kim förster’s essay ‘a communist cross-manifesto.’
6 – the photos of the sites are reproduced again at a larger scale in the center of the book and arranged from lowest to tallest building.
7 – annotated personal maps are reprinted as a fold out.
8 – back cover of the “communist guide to new york city.”
communist guide to new york city is a collection of 76 photographs of buildings, public places, and sites in new york city, that are connected to the history of the communist party usa, including photos of buildings which housed at different times the headquarters of the cpusa, residences of important american communists, sites where communist-organized strikes and demonstrations took places, and court houses where american communist leaders were tried. the photographs are accompanied by captions explaining the significance of each site. additionally, different neighborhood maps locate the buildings and sites within new york city.
with essays by olga kopenkina, kim förster, and yevgeniy fiks.
edited by common room
designed by geoff han
printed by kee mei printing, hong kong
isbn 978-1-60702-459-0
available at: dexter sinister, nyc; pro qm, berlin; half letter press, chicago; the cca bookstore, montreal; falanster, moscow; section 7 books, paris; mcnally jackson, nyc; motto distribution
this publication was made possible with kind support from the graham foundation for advanced studies in the fine arts.
communist guide to new york city, exhibition, 2008
communist guide to new york city (barnard college, columbia university), exhibition, 2009