Ethan Rafal, Mickey
While shooting The Evening Pink, a 35mm silver nitrate film (circa 1917) was found in an abandoned, underground cinema in the New Mexico high-desert. After one year of reconditioning, Mickey was unearthed. The film was ultimately able to be scanned, revealing a film with startlingly relevant themes to The Evening Pink. Both the depicted image and the surface of the media have been altered through 100 years of climate exposure. Mickey is shown in tandem with The Evening Pink, and has been vital to its ultimate realization.
IHA Editions is a publishing platform and mentorship program run by Ethan Rafal. The project is a means to publish artists’ books and photography-oriented editions. The primary goal of the project is to empower artists to self-publish and self-distribute, with an emphasis on touring, organizing, performance, and related time-based art practices. For Kunstbokmessen B*stard 2026, Rafal will show a selection of personal books, ephemera from prior book-performance tours, and the hand-made artists’ books edition The Evening Pink (2011-2026).
An edition of 100 hand-made books. RISO printed, 2017. Hand-bound with Japanese binding, 2017-2025, Oslo, Norway.
https://www.ethanrafal.com/mickey
Forlag: IHA Editions (2017-2025)
Sideantall: 96
Opplag: 100
ISBN: N/A
IHA Editions is a publishing platform and mentorship program run by Ethan Rafal. The project is a means to publish artists’ books and photography-oriented editions. The primary goal of the project is to empower artists to self-publish and self-distribute, with an emphasis on touring, organizing, performance, and related time-based art practices. For Kunstbokmessen B*stard 2026, Rafal will show a selection of personal books, ephemera from prior book-performance tours, and the hand-made artists’ books edition The Evening Pink (2011-2026).
