battery opera books
David McIntosh
battery opera books publishes work derived from, or integral to, the projects and people of battery opera performance.
In Nłeʔkepmxcin — the language of the Nlaka’pamux First Nations — sn-(kʷáʕ)-qn, ƛ̓ eʔ-k-(m̓ íx), s-nk’yép might translate as “ acting crazy, going on forever (not giving up), coyote ”. It's also the title of Chris Bose’s new book – a collection of stories and poems reflecting on nostalgia, death, and the Kamloops Transit System. sn-(kʷáʕ)-qn, ƛ̓ eʔ-k-(m̓ íx), s-nk’yép is written by Chris Bose. Illustrated by Simone Orlanski, Dylan Bellamy, and Nate Doucet Wurmlord. Dramaturgy by DD Kugler. Edited, and additional maps, by b.o.b. ISBN 978-0-9950442-1-0
9"x 6″, hard cover with dust jacket. 207 pages (7 full colour illustrations, 40 full colour maps)
SOLD OUT In Stemming from the beautiful lie of terroir – the concept that time, place and human endeavour can be expressed in a vintage bottle of wine – this book examines how the relatively shallow history of colonial agricultural settlement in British Columbia is encapsulated in its people. The work allows for the consideration of our bodies as vessels of myth, history, lies, desire and geography. ISBN 978-0-9950442-0-3
9"x 6″, 278 pages
SOLD OUT In Nłeʔkepmxcin — the language of the Nlaka’pamux First Nations —N’shaytkin means “a relation that has passed on, or those that came before us.” Chris Bose’s novella — incorporating elements of faux-memoir, film script and storyboards as well as historical documents, maps, and pictographs — explores the failure of a mine tailings dam from five perspectives in BC’s interior. Set in and around the reserve of Nkemci’n outside Spences Bridge, Bose’s interwoven narratives tackle the impact of colonialism, environment disaster, and indigenous mythology told with subtle humour and deft introspection.
Written by Chris Bose. Drawn by Chris and Jayda Bose. Dramaturgy by DD Kugler. Edited by b.o.b.
ISBN 978-0-9950442-1-0
9"x 6″, 147 pages (15 illustrations)
SOLD OUT Vancouver, Crawling, Weeping, Betting is a series of stories tracing paths through the streets of Vancouver, by the curators of the project of the same name, presented in early 2014. Stories written in turn by Chris Bose and David McIntosh, and accompanied by Bose’s illustrations. ISBN: 9781927394199
102 pages
SOLD OUT In Twelve narratives you might tell yourself or another while staying in a ubiquitous hotel room. Written by David McIntosh. ISBN - 0-9812329-7-3
94 pages
SOLD OUTsn-(kʷáʕ)-qn, ƛ̓ eʔ-k-(m̓ íx), s-nk’yép
David McIntosh's Terroir Tour of British Columbia
N'shaytkin
Vancouver, Crawling, Weeping, Betting
M/Hotel