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BLACK ARROW STUDIO & PRESS

Black Arrow is an independent studio and press created by Luca Dipierro, Italian writer, filmmaker and illustrator and Rachel Bradley, American visual artist, designer and photographer. Started as a vehicle to develop and produce their own projects, it soon expanded to work with artists and writers that have distinct, original voices.

Black Arrow makes books. Every book that we publish is intended to explore new artistic and ideological territories, turning expectations upside down. We strive to push the boundaries and borders between different forms of expression and different cultures.

In the contemporary society, we believe that it’s fundamental not to waste paper, time and resources. This is why we choose quality over quantity. Starting at the end of 2007 with two books, in 2008 we will publish six titles. Not many, because we feel that every book is like a seed that needs care and attention, planted to give new life to thoughts and visions. Our books will be accompanied by CDs and/or DVDs; allowing the written page to expand and echo through other medias.

Black Arrow books are unique objects: conceived, designed, printed, promoted and distributed with passion and extreme attention to detail. In Black Arrow’s vision, author and publisher work side by side, sharing the process of the creation of a book. This is why we started Black Arrow: to bring our experience and viewpoint as artists to the world of publishing, too often driven only by financial interests.

Black Arrow publishes original fiction and artist monographs by writers and artists from all over the world. We will also cover other genres including travel writing and cookbooks, revitalized and rediscovered in their revolutionary potential (if you think cooking cannot be revolutionary, read The Manifesto of Futurist Cookery by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti). Some of our books will be printed bilingual, pairing English text with that of the original language.

Black Arrow produces films: documentaries and videos about books, writers, musicians, artists and everyday people. For us, cinema is not just entertainment or art, but an exploration of the visible (and invisible) world around us.