The 1000 Journals Project

by Someguy

Book Overview

Voyeuristic. Inspirational. Entertaining. One thousand blank journals are currently circulating throughout the world, beckoning contributors who find the journals by chance on trains, in cafs, and anonymously left on doorsteps. Artist Someguy shares more than 250 of the best entries: a collage of African countries repositioned into a new continent; the musings of a teen trapped in a drug- ravaged community; a student's humorous personal ad for his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811858561
• ISBN13: 9780811858564
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Art Made Accessible

This beautiful book is the product of a multi-year mail art project. The actual size and color of the book match the 1000 journals that were sent out over the world. Each journal has it own incredible journey and story to tell. And this is undoubtable one the largest and most exciting collaborative mail art project ever undertaken. I've been fortunate to be part of this experiment, and it was a life changing experience. This book is a tiny glimpse into the 100's of 1000's of pages filled with the art of the everyday person. Art made accessible to everyone. If you think the Postsecret books are fascinating, this book actually looks a bit more indepth into the personal lives of the participants. It is a look at the everyday reality of our times.

"Write" on Time!

Unfortunately I came too late participate in the 1000 Journals project. I found myself in awe of the creative rawness of the entries I found on that site and its sister site 1001 Journals. So be inspired by the multisensory spreads (much easier on the eyes that staring at the computer screen). This books is compact, but not too small and it looks like an actual leather bound journal. Entries range from innocent to indulgent, sensual to sublime. All of these artists have created a book that is not only an art book, but a memoir as well. Each entry expresses a piece of the artist's world. I am looking forward to a sequel. Until then, enjoy this book and check the websites: [...] Thank you someguy and to all who contributed to the project.

Amazing collection

I've been familiar with the 1000 Journals Project since it's inception. It was my honor to participate (to a very small degree) in this project, and I feel that this book is an amazing collection of everything that made this project so successful - spontaneity, honesty and a feeling of connection. This book does a beautiful job of reproducing every detail of the pages from the original journals. Some of the spreads were even stitched with designs true to the contributors' artistic intent. The whole book is bound, quite beautifully, in the same style of casing as the original artist journals that started this project seven years ago.