I’ll be reading with Brenda Shaughnessy and Matthea Harvey this Friday in New York City at KGB Bar, hosted by Kate Gale. Below is a limited edition poster that will be available for free at the reading to any and all takers, 11 X 14″ and suitable for framing on heavy stock, beautifully printed, 12 numbered copies.

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“STRONG GRAPHIC NON-STOP LANGUAGE [SIC]”
LIMITED EDITION SIGNED POSTER ADVERTISING
RED HEN IN NYC, AUTUMN 2013

MERCER, Jennifer. “NC-17 ON FRIDAY THE 13TH.” Poster Signed. Philadelphia: Nemean Lion Press, September 2013. Measures 11 by 14 inches.

Limited edition poster for the Friday September 13th Red Hen reading at KGB Bar in New York City, featuring poets Ernest Hilbert, Matthea Harvey, and Brenda Shaughnessy, hosted by Kate Gale, one of 12 numbered copies, some signed by Ernest Hilbert and possibly the other two authors (and two proof copies, hors série), featuring the official Nemean Lion chop stamp on reverse.

With the advent of digital production and printing technology, a new generation of poster artists began to expand the field of the concert poster while building upon earlier traditions. Leading-edge designer Jennifer Mercer’s poster is part of the recent wave of minimalist, sans-serif designs that follow in the wake of the popular documentary Helvetica (2007). Helvetica, among the most common of sans-serif typefaces, was developed in 1957 by Swiss designer Max Miedinger. Advertising columnist Leslie Savan has remarked that “Helvetica has almost . . . a perfect balance of push and pull in its letters.” In addition to Helvetica Neue 65 Medium, Mercer deployed 55 Roman for variety. The Motion Picture Association of America first used the rating “NC-17” (“No Children Under 17 Admitted”) in 1990 for the literary biopic Henry & June, which had initially been given an “X” rating. The “NC-17” rating has since been used to designate films of artist merit that contain “extreme emotional intensity, strong graphic non-stop language [sic], disturbing/startling images, and/or aberrational behavior” inappropriate for younger viewers but which do not necessarily constitute pornography. A fine copy, signed.