Rereading The Riot Act, And On, Vancouver 2011 (2012) isis an artist book by Anakana Schofield and Jeremy Isao Speier, based on source materials compiled for Schofield’s 2011 curatorial project, Rereading The Riot Act. Part scrapbook, part research diary, this book uses the 1935 reading of the Riot Act to unemployed workers and their families at a peaceful gathering as a frame to examine Vancouver’s history of public protest.

Selected by Blouin Artinfo Canada’s top art books for fall 2013.

One volume, perfect-bound softcover, 5-1/4″x8-1/4″ 112pp.