Paul Shortt
  • Paul Shortt
  • Farewell To Adulthood
  • Signs to Change Cincinnati Flood Warning Common Words Time & Emergency Signs
  • Signs for the Future Reserved For Loitering Don't Let Adulthood Corrupt You What's Your Sign?
  • How to Art Book Fair Books 2020-Present Books 2019 Books 2018 Books 2012-2017 Recent Editions Editions Book Advice
  • Signs To Change Your City Signs for Artists Language of NO
  • Reserved for Loitering Loiter Here Loitering Editions
  • Role Playing Elementary Solo Play
  • Essentially Qualified How To Be A Professional Amateur 5 Star Ratings Please No Photos It's Simple But Complicated How To Be Narcissistic How To Do Interventions Interactive Sculptures and Prints Modern Greetings & Contemporary Farewells Missed Connections The Business of Selling Yourself
  • The Lawn Chair Talks County Wandering The How To Video Festival Full Dome Projection Series Colores Excerpts: Molly Springfield Metaphrase: Jeremy Flick & Jon Malis Adapt/Adorn
  • About
  • CV
  • Shortt Editions

Paul Shortt

  • Paul Shortt/
  • Painted Sign Works/
    • Farewell To Adulthood
  • Vinyl Sign Works/
    • Signs to Change Cincinnati
    • Flood Warning
    • Common Words
    • Time & Emergency Signs
  • Public Art/
    • Signs for the Future
    • Reserved For Loitering
    • Don't Let Adulthood Corrupt You
    • What's Your Sign?
  • Books and Editions/
    • How to Art Book Fair
    • Books 2020-Present
    • Books 2019
    • Books 2018
    • Books 2012-2017
    • Recent Editions
    • Editions
    • Book Advice
  • Sign Prints/
    • Signs To Change Your City
    • Signs for Artists
    • Language of NO
  • How To Loiter/
    • Reserved for Loitering
    • Loiter Here
    • Loitering Editions
  • Large Child/
    • Role Playing
    • Elementary
    • Solo Play
  • Older Projects/
    • Essentially Qualified
    • How To Be A Professional Amateur
    • 5 Star Ratings
    • Please No Photos
    • It's Simple But Complicated
    • How To Be Narcissistic
    • How To Do Interventions
    • Interactive Sculptures and Prints
    • Modern Greetings & Contemporary Farewells
    • Missed Connections
    • The Business of Selling Yourself
  • Curatorial/
    • The Lawn Chair Talks
    • County Wandering
    • The How To Video Festival
    • Full Dome Projection Series
    • Colores
    • Excerpts: Molly Springfield
    • Metaphrase: Jeremy Flick & Jon Malis
    • Adapt/Adorn
  • About/
  • CV/
  • Shortt Editions/
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Paul Shortt

Books 2012-2017

Paul Shortt

  • Paul Shortt/
  • Painted Sign Works/
    • Farewell To Adulthood
  • Vinyl Sign Works/
    • Signs to Change Cincinnati
    • Flood Warning
    • Common Words
    • Time & Emergency Signs
  • Public Art/
    • Signs for the Future
    • Reserved For Loitering
    • Don't Let Adulthood Corrupt You
    • What's Your Sign?
  • Books and Editions/
    • How to Art Book Fair
    • Books 2020-Present
    • Books 2019
    • Books 2018
    • Books 2012-2017
    • Recent Editions
    • Editions
    • Book Advice
  • Sign Prints/
    • Signs To Change Your City
    • Signs for Artists
    • Language of NO
  • How To Loiter/
    • Reserved for Loitering
    • Loiter Here
    • Loitering Editions
  • Large Child/
    • Role Playing
    • Elementary
    • Solo Play
  • Older Projects/
    • Essentially Qualified
    • How To Be A Professional Amateur
    • 5 Star Ratings
    • Please No Photos
    • It's Simple But Complicated
    • How To Be Narcissistic
    • How To Do Interventions
    • Interactive Sculptures and Prints
    • Modern Greetings & Contemporary Farewells
    • Missed Connections
    • The Business of Selling Yourself
  • Curatorial/
    • The Lawn Chair Talks
    • County Wandering
    • The How To Video Festival
    • Full Dome Projection Series
    • Colores
    • Excerpts: Molly Springfield
    • Metaphrase: Jeremy Flick & Jon Malis
    • Adapt/Adorn
  • About/
  • CV/
  • Shortt Editions/
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Reserved for Loitering, 2017

This book documents Reserved for Loitering signs that I have illegally dropped wherever I find “No Loitering” signs. This book documents the project in eight cities across the US. Reserved for Loitering is part of a larger project called How to Loiter which seeks to re­imagine and create public sites for loitering through a tongue­-in­-cheek Public Service Announcement­-style campaign, discussion and collaborative workshops that examine the loitering laws in various cities around the United States. This project explores the amount of underused public and private space in the city and challenges accepted norms around loitering.

20 pages, edition of 100
5.5x8.5"

Purchase here: https://www.shortteditions.com/product/reserved-for-loitering-1

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Modern Resumes, 2016, Packet of 6 modern resumes with blank resume paper to be filled in by the user.

8.5x11”, Edition of 20
Sold out

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How to be Paul Shortt, 2016,
This book documents my art practice and important projects over the last 10 years.
8.5x5” Edition of 100

Purchase here: https://www.shortteditions.com/product/how-to-be-paul-shortt

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Blocked/Unblocked, 2017, This book presents various ways of being blocked with laser cut text on how to subvert them. Risograph printed with laser cut text.
8.5x11” Edition of 20

Available upon request.

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Professional Amateur Business Cards Book, 2016. This book collects business cards made by participants during Professional Amateur workshops I conduct between 2013-2015.

5.5x8.5”, Edition of 100

Purchase here: https://www.shortteditions.com/product/professional-amateur-business-cards

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How To Be A Professional Amateur, 2015

The Professional Amateur is full of contradictions. A Professional Amateur is someone who is simultaneously engaged in numerous interests and multiple professions. A Professional Amateur could be 10 or 80 years old. A Professional Amateur might have years of experience, or none at all. The key part of being a Professional Amateur is passion--having it and following it. In this book, I will offer everything you need to know to become a Professional Amateur in any field.

5.5x8.5"
Edition of 500

Purchase here: https://www.shortteditions.com/product/how-to-be-a-professional-amateur

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Modern Greetings: New Ways of Saying Hello, 2013

This handbook presents a collection of modern ways of greeting one another. Addressing today’s technology, daily rituals, and the potential awkwardness of our social encounters, these greetings encourage physical interaction beyond just shaking hands. Whether familiar or bizarre, each greeting asks us to reconsider the simple act of saying hello.

8.5x5”, 12 pages, full color
Edition of 1000

Purchase here: https://www.shortteditions.com/product/modern-greetings

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How to do an Intervention, 2013,
This book teaches you everything you need to do to successfully pull of an art intervention in a public site.
8.5x11”, Edition of 300

Book available upon request.

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5 Star Ratings: Mechanical Turk Reviews, 2012

5 Star Ratings is a collection of 25, 500-word art reviews of my artist website, each produced by users of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, which enables micro forms of paid labor called HITS (Human Intelligence Tasks). Workers on Mechanical Turk were paid $5 dollars to review my website and write about the work. With this project I’m interested in starting discussions and asking questions about how technology and the Internet have changed the way artists construct their identities. What does it mean when we can all create our own press? What value does crowdsourced press have both to the general public and to artists? What is the current state of art journalism?

25 pages, Letter press cover, digital printing interior
Edition of 200

Purchase here: https://www.shortteditions.com/product/5-star-ratings-mechanical-turk-reivews


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