Publication
Publication
Print Gocco is a self-contained household screen printer invented by Riso Kagaku Corporation, which was widely popular in the 1980s in Japan. A life-sized paper model mimics the anatomy of Print Gocco, inviting the audience to flip through its fascinating mechanism. The B6-sized booklet accompanies the paper model, explaining the history and its significance for Japanese self-publishing culture.
Installation
3D printed object, zine
Print Gocco Gocco is a 3D printed stamp machine, created as a part of further exploration of the printer and to celebrate its presence as an archival object. Highlighting the word “Gocco”, which means to “playfully pretend” in Japanese, Print Gocco Gocco aims to imitate the interactive hands-on printing method of Print Gocco. A double sided folded zine provides instructions and a breakdown of the machine. Feel free to print print gocco, using print gocco gocco!