Untitled is an ongoing, irreverent series in which I create custom jackets for existing hardcover books. Each jacket features hand-stencilled, fictitious titles—sharp, absurd, and instantly relatable. The aim is to spark curiosity and invite viewers to imagine the unwritten stories behind each title.
The work spans a deliberate range of tone and play: from the delicious discomfort of Beyond the Expert Apology to the deeply relatable Side of the Story, Volume 1 and Volume 2, to the delightfully absurd From Dremel to Toaster in Three Simple Steps. One of my personal favourites was covering an enormous, three-inch-thick book of baseball scores with a new title: Parental Fashion Advice, turning it into a tongue-in-cheek “encyclopedia” on unsolicited advice.
For this series, the size and shape of each volume matter just as much as the text. Together, they form a growing inventory of absurdity—one that continues to evolve through both my imagination and contributions from others. When friends learned of the project, they began offering their titles based on personal experiences, such as Suspiciously Priced Luggage and The Power of Entitled Customers. These collaborations add another layer of depth and humour, ensuring the series remains fresh, surprising, and never-ending.
At the Gladstone House, the Untitled Series expanded beyond the jacket and into space itself. For this installation, I built a bookcase shaped like an unfolding book, rising into a continuous curve that wraps the ceiling — a subtle choreography of architecture and invention. Lined with hand-stenciled, imagined titles, the work turns the library into sculpture, and sculpture into a prompt: asking viewers to look up, lean back, and rewrite meaning in their own minds. It’s surrealism at full tilt, crafted in paper and plywood, and fueled by humour, nostalgia, and spatial wonder. A project made to be experienced by looking, not decoded by reading. An invitation to imagine what lives between the lines of culture, curiosity, and shared absurdity.