Justin Favela: Fantasía/Fantasy, A Decade of Practice 2011-2021 is a limited edition art book celebrating ten formative years of artist Justin Favela's vibrant and varied art practice, which includes sculpture, installation, curation, performance, and the groundbreaking art and culture podcast Latinos Who Lunch.
The book features over 300 pages of content, including never before published images and materials from Favela's archive, new essays by Latinos Who Lunch co-host & art historian Emmanuel Ortega (aka Babelito!) and LGBTQ & Latino/a studies scholar Erika Abad, as well as interviews with artists, curators, collaborators, and family & friends who have played important roles in the artist's practice.
Produced with attention to craft and materiality, parts of the book are printed on newsprint as a nod to the everyday materials Favela uses in his works. Also featured in the book are 3 riso-printed zines and a fold-out map of Las Vegas—all illustrated by designer Edith Valle. Each cover is a different hand-assembled design containing strips of tissue paper sandwiched in motion behind shrink wrap.
Printed in a numbered edition of 1,250 copies, each book is bound using end papers with a unique hand-stamped pattern and an exposed smyth-sewn spine.
ISBN: 9780578594682