This Book is a Bench

MJ Minutoli

Bench Press Press

printed in RISO
black & mint ink
edition of 500
2024

This Book is a Bench is a catalog of benchs along the Washington & Old Dominion Bike Trail photographed and designed by MJ Minutoli. Each spread features a bench and a detail view of its commemorative placard, dedicated to the humans & animals who traversed this trail.

Michael John is a queer multi-disciplinary artist based in Virginia. Their latest body work revolves around memory and way we occupy public space.

This collection of memorial benches along a bike trail with personal meaning to the artist means to draw attention to the way we remember lost ones, and the words and spots of respite we impart to future generations