Collected Gnommero

Collected Gnommero is a series of five thematic pamphlets independently published in Glasgow between 2008 – 2015. The pamphlets provided space for artists and writers to respond to Italo Calvino’s thoughts on the literary qualities of lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility, multiplicity and consistency (as published in Six Memos for the Next Millennium, 1988). Gnommero was also an economic experiment in independent publishing: the pamphlets were produced collectively by the contributors who shared production costs. The copies were then divided equally and distributed at launch events featuring performances and presentations by the contributors. The five Gnommero pamphlets, one for each memo (excluding ‘Consistency’), have been gathered into a red envelope of Collected Gnommero containing works by 54 contributors over Gnommero’s six-year lifespan. Gnommero was edited by Sarah Tripp with the artists Richard Taylor and Eona McCallum. Works in the Gnommero Collection are by: Giles Bailey, Ruth Barker, Becky Beasley, Anca Benera, Tom Betteridge, Nathalie de Briey, Kimberley Bright, Jenny Brownrigg, Maria Bojanowska, Barry Burns, Neil Davidson, Rachael Disbury, Rowena Easton, Laura Edbrook, Kathryn Elkin, Stuart Fallon, Kate Grenyer, Lauren Hall, Jane Hartshorn, Jamie Hogarth, Simone Hutchinson, Ben Knight, Mhari Lafferty, Chin Li, Lila Matsumoto, Eona McCallum, Conal McStravick, Giuseppe Mistretta, Charlotte Morgan, Kate Morrell, Aniara Omann, Steven Paige, Jessica Potter, Darren Rhymes, Anthony Schrag, Laura Simpson, Carrie Skinner, Louise Shelley, Katherine Sowerby, Emily Speed, Patrick Staff, Catherine Street, Richard Taylor, Iris Tendink, Cara Tolmie, Sarah Tripp, Tom Varley, Chris Walker, Thom Walker, Daniella Watson, Lauren Wells, Rebecca Wilcox, George Ziffo