This is a reprint of Pati Hill’s 1979 book published on occasion of her first posthumous solo exhibition, Something other than either, at Kunstverein München in 2020.

Untrained as an artist, Pati Hill began to use the photocopier as an artistic tool in the early 1970s, leaving behind an extensive oeuvre that oscillates between image and text. This 128-page book was prompted by Hill’s discussions with her gallerist and publisher, Jill Kornblee, about the status of her copier prints and the process of making them.

Deceptively simple, it is simultaneously an irreverent memoir, an abbreviated catalogue raisonnée, and an ode to the photocopier. Accompanied by excerpts, examples, and commentary on her previous projects and series—including her earliest published writing—Hill’s candid commentary on her own practice and ambitions encapsulates her identity as a writer and artist in her own voice. Letters to Jill was originally published by Kornblee and printed by the Visual Studies Workshop Press in Rochester, New York.