KICKSTARTER:
Artist As Astronaut, a landmark book on the visionary work of Ionel Talpazan.
Hello!
We're happy to announce a Kickstarter launch for a major new publication: Artist As Astronaut: The Otherworldly Art Of Ionel Talpazan.
Drawing upon more than a decade of interviews and research, scholar Daniel Wojcik and Strange Attractor Press present an out-of-this-world monograph on the life and artistic achievements of Ionel Talpazan, the Romanian-American visionary artist, gathered together in one volume for the first time.
Artist as Astronaut will contain nearly 200 full colour images of Talpazan's work, many never seen before, alongside personal archival photographs and ephemera, and essays by artists and art historians, including David Byrne, Tony Oursler, Valérie Rousseau, David Tibet, and Terry Winters.
Written by Dr. Daniel Wojcik, the book is due to be published in Winter 2026 and distributed worldwide by MIT Press.
The Kickstarter campaign offers different tiers of support.
Tier 1 / £35
Includes:
- a paperback edition of the book
- an exclusive full colour risograph print of one of Talpazan's works on high quality A4 paper stock
Tier 2 / £50
Includes:
- a limited edition Kickstarter-only hardback copy of the book with additional bonus foldouts and illustrated endpapers
- an exclusive full colour risograph print of one of Talpazan's works on high quality A4 paper stock
Tier 3 / £70
Includes:
- a limited edition Kickstarter-only hardback copy of the book with additional bonus foldouts and illustrated endpapers
- both versions of the exclusive full colour risograph prints of Talpazan's works on high quality A4 paper stock
- an exclusive Tier 3 risograph print of Talpazan's work on high quality A4 paper stock
- a custom tote bag printed with a classic Talpazan work
