ABOUT

Jimmy Riordan is a multidisciplinary artist engaged in both a research-driven social practice, as well as a studio practice focused on print and book making. 

Riordan’s projects have involved earth building, augmented reality, video installation and translation, all emphasizing his interest in autodidactics, the self-taught and group learning. His work is often participatory and involves collaboration with other artists, craftspeople and social scientists.

Riordan produces print media under the name Rabbit Rabbit Press (ꓤꓤ). On top of running ꓤꓤ, Riordan helps organize the Anchorage Zine Fair and manages the Alaska Bookmobile, a  free library on wheels, mobile venue, and set of resources to help make things happen in Alaska. 

Riordan’s artwork has been shown internationally, and the bookwork comprising his Le Roman du Lièvre project can be found in the library collections of the New York MOMA and the Tate Britain. 

ꓤꓤ PressRabbit Rabbit Press started in 2007 as an imprint for the artist books Riordan created during his studies at Camberwell College in London. ꓤꓤ has continued to be an outlet for Riordan’s own artist books, zines and comics, often overlapping with his other projects, which regularly incorporate self-published print media. At the same time it has grown into a more professional print and book studio, offering design services and contract printing. 

Over the last 7 years Riordan has explored a variety of different cooperative models for the making of artist books. As time has passed, these collaborative artist books have grown to make up a larger part of ꓤꓤ’s production.

Ak BookmobileThe Bookmobile is an Anchorage based free library on wheels, a mobile venue, and set of resources to help make things happen in Alaska. Contact: akbookmobile@gmail.com

The JJPFC (Joe Jim Paul Fan Club) is an Alaska music Archiving project. We are building a library of albums that have connections to Alaska. We are primarily interested in work put out on vinyl and tape, and are actively digitizing, cataloging and documenting what we find.