THE GOB by Samuel Hasler
150 x 196mm, 64 pages, Risograph printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2017
The Gob is a 2018 book by British artist and writer Samuel Hasler, published by Landfill Editions as a 64-page paperback featuring images by Edwin Burdis. Presented as the transcript of a three-hour overnight radio broadcast, it depicts a strange man commandeering a small community radio station in the rainy backstreets of a rundown industrial estate, where he delivers an extended monologue styled as a "love song" reflecting on countercultures, subcultures, and the peculiarities of late-night broadcasting. The work evokes the atmosphere of underground and experimental radio, blending personal narrative elements with references to music and nostalgic cultural commentary
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