Artist Bio
BURNING BOOKS is an artist-run organization dedicated to the production and publication of literature, music, and art. Founded by writer/editor Melody Sumner Carnahan and artist/designer Michael Sumner in Oakland, California, in 1979, the Burning Books imprint has produced 33 books, often with collaborators including John Cage, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, Robert Ashley, Steina, Woody Vasulka, Madeline Gins, Theater Grottesco. In 1989 Burning Books moved to New Mexico where the founders continue to produce in obsolete delivery systems: books, posters, pamphlets, postcards, and discs. Burning Books has participated in several Axle Contemporary exhibitions over the years, including Priority Mail, Art’s Birthday, and Economologies. Learn more here: https://www.axleart.com/burning-books