Zach Clark / national monument press
@zachclarkis.bsky.social
Artist, educator, publisher. Riso printer, carbohydrate consumer. Oakland
Www.nationalmonumentpress.com
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Ok folks, we jumped ship for a new island, I’m gonna need some rules of engagement here: are we using this space for a tight curation were quickly going to grow tired of, like IG, or for chaotic neutral stream of thought of early twitter?
A street fighter film featuring gay icon Orville Peck are words I never thought I would type
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A street fighter film featuring gay icon Orville Peck are words I never thought I would type
The thing about getting older isn’t that I look old all the time, but those mornings you wake up early and feel old, your capacity for looking old is too high
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The thing about getting older isn’t that I look old all the time, but those mornings you wake up early and feel old, your capacity for looking old is too high
This semester was an absolute punch in the face, BUT ALSO, god damnit my students grew exponentially this semester and their final projects were so good…
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This semester was an absolute punch in the face, BUT ALSO, god damnit my students grew exponentially this semester and their final projects were so good…
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This Saturday is the Small Press Book Bazaar at the one and only Lab! 12–7 p.m.
Find a booky, papery, arty something for everyone on your gift list. Also come say hi to me at the Colpa Press table. 👋
Find a booky, papery, arty something for everyone on your gift list. Also come say hi to me at the Colpa Press table. 👋
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This Saturday is the Small Press Book Bazaar at the one and only Lab! 12–7 p.m.
Find a booky, papery, arty something for everyone on your gift list. Also come say hi to me at the Colpa Press table. 👋
Find a booky, papery, arty something for everyone on your gift list. Also come say hi to me at the Colpa Press table. 👋
I’m deep in the background working on this body of work for a show with a concept too big to put your arms around and worried it won’t be anything, but after the first test prints today, folks I think there’s something here…
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I’m deep in the background working on this body of work for a show with a concept too big to put your arms around and worried it won’t be anything, but after the first test prints today, folks I think there’s something here…
Everything being a subscription model is terrible for the obvious reasons, but I think the worst part is the way companies keep their teams busy tweaking & “updating” their products, just making them more annoying to use, vs putting all that labor into focusing on the next version of the thing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Everything being a subscription model is terrible for the obvious reasons, but I think the worst part is the way companies keep their teams busy tweaking & “updating” their products, just making them more annoying to use, vs putting all that labor into focusing on the next version of the thing.
This graffiti has not left my brain for a full year now
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This graffiti has not left my brain for a full year now
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there are plenty of legitimate reasons to hate the Dodgers. actually understanding the assignment and paying players isn't one of them 🩷
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
there are plenty of legitimate reasons to hate the Dodgers. actually understanding the assignment and paying players isn't one of them 🩷
Companies who silo decision making abilities on accounts for couples/families to only the “primary” account holder are responsible for maintaining the patriarchy (even tho in this specific case, for my relationship it is the matriarchy, but we’re a 21st century family thank you very much)
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Companies who silo decision making abilities on accounts for couples/families to only the “primary” account holder are responsible for maintaining the patriarchy (even tho in this specific case, for my relationship it is the matriarchy, but we’re a 21st century family thank you very much)
I’d like to start a book club, but by book club, I mean a group for me to discuss the sci-fi worlds built within very specific RPGs I have recently played, because they are the visions of the future that keep me thinking more than any other sci-fi media
September 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I’d like to start a book club, but by book club, I mean a group for me to discuss the sci-fi worlds built within very specific RPGs I have recently played, because they are the visions of the future that keep me thinking more than any other sci-fi media
I may have made my masterpiece of a playlist.
August 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I may have made my masterpiece of a playlist.
Our local fedex driver is blasting Fun’s We Are Young so loud I can hear it in my house, with headphones on, and ya know what? Good for him.
August 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Our local fedex driver is blasting Fun’s We Are Young so loud I can hear it in my house, with headphones on, and ya know what? Good for him.
Impossible to relay the satisfaction of the first deep breath if Bay Area air after being away.
August 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Impossible to relay the satisfaction of the first deep breath if Bay Area air after being away.
Just a casual reminder Chicago is the best city in the United States if America.
August 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Just a casual reminder Chicago is the best city in the United States if America.
Just really thankful for sports and video games and pop music right now you guys.
August 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just really thankful for sports and video games and pop music right now you guys.
I’m embarrassed to admit how much I’m enjoying the mighty mighty bosstones being played at this bar right now…
June 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’m embarrassed to admit how much I’m enjoying the mighty mighty bosstones being played at this bar right now…
It’s genuinely a relief to learn I do in fact like Turnstile, it was actually the mix of the last record I found unlistenable
June 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s genuinely a relief to learn I do in fact like Turnstile, it was actually the mix of the last record I found unlistenable
Normalize going to see your high school youth group friend’s drag show on a school night
June 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Normalize going to see your high school youth group friend’s drag show on a school night
I like this joke the printmaking and art book world pulled on me suggesting we’d all just be talking about books and art and hanging to get me back on to a microblogging platform and now I’m just lurking sports and video game content alone like my pre-2020 shadow…
June 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I like this joke the printmaking and art book world pulled on me suggesting we’d all just be talking about books and art and hanging to get me back on to a microblogging platform and now I’m just lurking sports and video game content alone like my pre-2020 shadow…
Ah, I have returned home on the first day of 4th of July season it appears…
June 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Ah, I have returned home on the first day of 4th of July season it appears…
The new stereolab is really good you guys
May 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The new stereolab is really good you guys
What @marc-fischer.bsky.social said. SABF was an exhausting blast of success this year. Not sure how we turn it all around in 3 days in LA…
The Seattle Art Book Fair is an outstanding event and I'm grateful for all of the hard work and care that went into organizing it, and the many friendly and supportive people that attended. From the moment the doors opened until they closed, each day was very busy.
May 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What @marc-fischer.bsky.social said. SABF was an exhausting blast of success this year. Not sure how we turn it all around in 3 days in LA…
This is all truly terrible and places and people I work with are effected by this, but I still have a hot take no one wants to hear right now I can’t shake: how much does the art community’s need to insist there is no public funding for the arts in the US provide cover for these actions?
Chances are, nearly every arts nonprofit you know and enjoy in the Bay Area is touched by the NEA.
I made a spreadsheet to understand the scope of it all:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I made a spreadsheet to understand the scope of it all:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Bay Area NEA Grantees
docs.google.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is all truly terrible and places and people I work with are effected by this, but I still have a hot take no one wants to hear right now I can’t shake: how much does the art community’s need to insist there is no public funding for the arts in the US provide cover for these actions?
Returned to New York City for the first time in a decade to release this book with Heather Edney at PS 1, and honestly what is this life?
April 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Returned to New York City for the first time in a decade to release this book with Heather Edney at PS 1, and honestly what is this life?
My biggest take away from this week of sizable career achievement will be that east coast people respect accepted times of communication amongst themselves and west coast people are ungovernable because we’ve had our East coast friends texting us for hours before we even wake up.
April 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My biggest take away from this week of sizable career achievement will be that east coast people respect accepted times of communication amongst themselves and west coast people are ungovernable because we’ve had our East coast friends texting us for hours before we even wake up.