40 pages Artworks by Hamed Eshrat, Pierre Galic, Philip Mechsner, Sophie Bayerlein, Tim, Philip Emde, Alexandra Renken, Sebastian Karbowiak, Timothy Shearer and Marco Zumbé 20.7 x 14.7 cm Language: English Paperback Publisher: TBooks Cologne First edition of 100 hand-numbered copies 2010
The first issue of Poultry Farm, an artists' zine published in Cologne by TBooks. Ten names share its pages: Hamed Eshrat, Pierre Galic, Philip Mechsner, Sophie Bayerlein, Tim, Philip Emde, Alexandra Renken, Sebastian Karbowiak, Timothy Shearer and Marco Zumbé. The cover, hens crowding a backyard pen, sets the tone rather than the subject. Inside, drawing in every register: a crayon interior with a man slumped in an armchair, ink creatures in top hats, striped lettering, a collage, a scrawled "it is what it is". The back pages list a website for each contributor, a directory of where these artists could be found in 2010.
