The Distance Plan | 2013

Published 2013 by Distance Plan Press
136 pages
240 x 152mm, softcover with black and white illustrations
Edited by Amy Howden-Chapman and Abby Cunnane
With essays by Abby Cunnane, Amy Howden-Chapman, Louise Menzies, Ralph Chapman, Amy Balkin, Michala Paludan, Joe Hoyt, Biddy Livesey. Steve Kado, Airini Beautrais, and Bjarki Bragason.
Designed by Scott Barry
Printed on recycled paper at American Foothill Publishing in California
ISBN 978-0-615-91220-2

The first issue of The Distance Plan journal outlines an idea: that distance is a useful metaphor for talking about climate change. It contains essays, an interview and artworks which speculate on the possibilities, and implications, of this image of distance. Published at a time when popular awareness of climate change — particularly in the context of the arts — was significantly underrepresented, this journal primarily sought to heighten visibility and stimulate discussion.