Freddie Baer

Ecstatic Incisions

Ecstatic Incisions: The Collages of Freddie Baer (AK Press) is a 1992 collection of some of Freddie’s early collages, with a preface written by Peter Lamborn Wilson. Among other works included is “Read Our Lips!: We Demand Choice”, which is held by the Oakland Museum of California.

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Ecstatic Incisions: The Collages of Freddie Baer

ISBN 1 873176 60 0

This is Freddie Baer’s first collection of collage work. Over the last decade her illustrations, ranging from the bitingly political to the sublimely surreal, have appeared on numerous magazine covers, t-shirts, posters, and album covers. This anthology draws from all her previously published pieces, new material, and her collaborations with Hakim Bey, T. Fulano, Jim Gilman, Jason Keehn, and David Watson.

“For every thousand idiots-with-scisorrs, there’s only one Freddie Baer.” Peter Lamborn Wilson, from his preface

Freddie Baer is a graphic artist and illustrator who currently resides in San Francisco. Her collage work has been featured in Semiotext(e): SF, Science Fiction Eye, Fifth Estate, Factsheet Five, Xerox Pirates, and Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed, amonst others.

Gallery of images — scanned from various sources, so quality varies. We are working on (1) high-resolution scans of all the originals and high-quality prints that we have, and (2) a PDF of Ecstatic Incisions. In the meantime, this provides some sense of the works included!

Dedication:

Dedication: This book is lovingly dedicated to my father and late mother, Jack and Elsie Baer.

And to Lisa Burrell who has always been there to help me glue my pieces back together again.

Frontmatter:

First printing 1992
3 Balmoral Place
Stirling, Scotland, FK8 2RD
Great Britain

(c) 1992 by Freddie Baer

Freddie Baer can be contacted directly in care of:
Mystopia
P.O. Box 410151
San Francisco, CA 94141-0151

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Date
Baer, Freddie
Ecstatic Incisions: Collages of Freddie Baer
I. Title
759.1
ISBN 1-873176-60-0

Library of Congress Catalog Number: 92-90041

Printed at Griffin Printing, Glendale, CA, USA (an employee owned company).

Dover Publications, 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501, has given kind permission to reprint innumerable illustrations from their Dover Pictorial Archive series.

Freddie Baer created, designed, and produced this book in its entirety on a Macintosh IIci, using Aldus Pagemaker 4.0 and Adobe fonts. The body of the book is in 11/14 Palatino.

Thanks for support and encouragement to: Johann and Jill, Dave and Dionne, Marie, Ramsey, Bacchus, the Negatorium, Andrew and Brian at Adobe Bookshop, Lamar, Linda, Greg, Steve, Jim, Jason, David, Randy, Mykel, Mike, Luke, Peter, Jack, Rosemary, and everyone else.

Table of Contents:

  • Cover, inside cover
  • Title page, collage of girl (i-ii)
  • Title Page, t.p. verso & front matter (iii-iv)
  • Collage & Dedication (v)
  • Collage of female angel on background of machinery / gears (vi)
  • Preface / Peter Lamborn Wilson (1-2)
  • 20 Questions for Freddie Baer / Thomas Murray Saté (pp. 3-12)
  • “The Heartbreak of Daily Routines“, March 1984 – p.4
  • “Bosses: The Real Time Bandits“, 1981 – p.5
  • “Mutant”, May 1984 – p.6
  • T-shirt for Bound Together, 1985 – p.7
  • “Goiley on a Doiley”, September 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.8
  • “Horse”, January 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.9
  • Cover graphic for Komotion: Live & Kicking #1 – p.10
  • Cover graphic for Komotion: Live & Kicking #3 – p.10
  • collage of Freddie, photo by Jill Schutts – p.11
  • Graphic for How Deep Is Deep Ecology? – p.12
  • Graphic for “Dead End Game of Corporate Feminism” – p.12
  • The Collages – p.13
  • “Snake Dreams” – p.13
  • “Boxes II” February 1992 t-shirt of the month – p.14
  • “Sad Eyes” January 1992 t-shirt of the month – p.15
  • “Time on Her Hands” December 1991 t-shirt of the month – p.16
  • “Trump Card” November 1991 t-shirt of the month – p.17
  • “Enlightenment” September 1991 t-shirt of the month – p.18
  • “Burned Again” June 1991 t-shirt of the month – p.19
  • “Anti-Gecko” July 1991 t-shirt of the month – p.20
  • “Distractions” May 1991 t-shirt of the month – p.21
  • “To Will and Rob” April 1991 t-shirt of the month – p.22
  • “Miss Death and Sexuality of 1989” June 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.23
  • “Our Lady of the Flayed Stallion” February 1991 t-shirt of the month – p.24
  • “As Time Goes By” December 1990 t-shirt of the month – p.25
  • “Jason’s Travels I” March 1990 t-shirt of the month – p.26
  • “Jason’s Travels II” January 1991 t-shirt of the month – p.27
  • “Technological Madonna” October 1990 t-shirt of the month – p.28
  • “Escapee” September 1990 t-shirt of the month – p.29
  • “Gang of Four” July 1990 t-shirt of the month – p.30
  • “Music Has Charms …” August 1990 t-shirt of the month – p.31
  • “Bubbles” October 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.32
  • “Don’t Fuck with Mother Nature” November 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.33
  • “Dream Machine” July 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.34
  • “Boxes” March 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.35
  • “Satanic T-Shirt” May 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.36
  • “Two for T-Shirt” August 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.37
  • “Spare Parts” February 1989 t-shirt of the month – p.38
  • “Bisexuality” t-shirt, December 1991 – p.39
  • “Dragon Fly Lady” – Cover for Ready Made Exotic World 1988 – p.40
  • t-shirt for Factsheet Five 1989 – p.41
  • t-shirt for Rainbow Grocery/General Store – Spring 1991 – p.42
  • t-shirt for Janecon February 1991 – p.43
  • t-shirt for Political Asylum 1990 – p.44
  • “Read Our Lips” t-shirt, Fall 1990 – p.45
  • “China I” t-shirt, June 1989 – p.46
  • “China II: The Internationale” t-shirt, August 1989 (with Brian Kane) – p.47
  • t-shirt for Adobe Bookshop – p.48
  • illustration for Science Fiction Eye #8 – p.49
  • illustration for Science Fiction Eye #9 – p.50
  • illustration for Science Fiction Eye #9 – p.51
  • cover for Anarchy #29, Summer 1991 – p.52
  • illustration for Anarchy #27, Winter 1990-1991 – p.53
  • cover for Anarchy #20/21, August thru October, 1989 – p.54
  • The Collaborations – p.55
  • cover for Anarchy #17, Fall/Winter, 1988-1989 – p.55
  • blank – p.56
  • Dreamvision / words by Jason Keehn (1991) – p.57
  • Moon Piece: The Monologues / Hakim Bey – p.58-64 – note: This version of “Moon Piece: The Monologues” originally appeared in the fifth issue of Live from the Stagger Cafe, Summer 1987.”
  • Destroy that which bores you! / words by Jim Gilman (1982) – p.65
  • “Tales of the War” by David Watson pp. 66-70 (collages on page 66, 68, 69, 70)
  • “The Annunciation of the Papal Visit to Detroit” T. Fulano, 1987, on the announcement of the papal visit to Detroit for September 1987, pp. 71-73 (collage on page 73)
  • Some recent titles from AK Press – p.74
  • back cover


1992, cover of Ecstatic Incisions
7 older white men in ties, walking along a reflecting pool, with clocks, timepieces, watches, and gears arrayed in a collage in the background. A person is holding one of the timepieces, with their thumb visible.
1981. “Bosses: the Real Time Bandits”. Freddie Baer’s first collage. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.5.
Original collage for T-shirt for Bound Together Bookstore, 1985; included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.7
Collage. Included within Ecstatic Incisions, p.11. Photo of Freddie by Jill Schutts.
1991, “Trump Card” (November 1991 t-shirt of the month). Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.17.
1991, Distractions (May 1991 t-shirt of the month club). Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.21.
1991. “Our Lady of the Flayed Stallion”, February 1991 t-shirt of the month. (Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.24)
“Music Has Charms ….” August 1990 t-shirt of the month. Collage, included in Ecstatic Incisions p.31
1989. Don’t Fuck with Mother Nature. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.33 (“‘Don’t Fuck with Mother Nature’ November 1989 t-shirt of the month”)
1991. “bisexuality another choice”. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.39 (“‘Bisexuality’ t-shirt, December 1991”)
1998, “Dragon Fly Lady”. Cover of Ready Made Exotic World by Luke McGuff (1988). Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.40.
1991. Rainbow Grocery & General Store: A Workers’ Collective / collage. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p. 42 (“t-shirt for Rainbow Grocery / General Store, Spring 1991)
1990. Political Asylum. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.44 (t-shirt for Political Asylum, 1990).
1990, Read OUR Lips. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.45 (“Read Our Lips”, t-shirt, Fall 1990).
Adobe Bookshop. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.48 (“t-shirt for Adobe Bookshop”)
1990s. Illustration for Science Fiction Eye #9 (exact date unknown; early 1990s). Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.51.
1990. Illustration for Anarchy #27 (Winter 1990-1991). Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.53.
1989. Cover for Anarchy #20/#21, August thru October 1989. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.54
1987, Moon Piece Monologues 1. Included in Ecstatic Incisions on p.58.
1987, 2nd illustration in Moon Piece Monologues. Included in Ecstatic Incisions on p.59.
1987, Moon Piece Monologues – 3rd illustration. 1987, 2nd illustration in Moon Piece Monologues. Included in Ecstatic Incisions on p.60.
1987, Moon Piece Monologues — 4th illustration in Moon Piece Monologues. Included in Ecstatic Incisions on p.61.
1987, Moon Piece Monologues. 5th illustration in Moon Piece Monologues. Included in Ecstatic Incisions on p.62.
1987, Moon Piece Monologues. 6th illustration in Moon Piece Monologues. Included in Ecstatic Incisions on p.63.
1987, Moon Piece Monologues. 7th illustration in Moon Piece Monologues. Included in Ecstatic Incisions on p.64.
1999, Fifth Estate. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.70.
1987, Fifth Estate. Included in Ecstatic Incisions, p.73.