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Badlands Unlimited is a New York-based independent publisher founded by the artist Paul Chan (artist) in 2010, and consists of artists Ian Cheng, Micaela Durand, and Matthew So. The press publishes texts by and with other artists in the form of paperbacks, ebooks, digital group exhibitions, a stone book, and other various media. The press also does consulting on projects related to digital publishing for art institutions.

History
The catalog of Badlands' publications consists of early, titles primarily focused on Chan's past work and activities as an artist. Since 2011, Badlands has primarily focused on modern and contemporary figures in the art world. The press participated in Printed Matter, Inc's 2012 NY Art Book Fair as the event's first primarily digital publisher.

Projects
Holiday, a book written by Paul Chan, was published on a stone slab and as an e-book in 2012.

Badlands curated a small installation, "Think Like Clouds," at the 2013 NY Art Book Fair. The exhibition showcases the drawings, diagrams, and notes of curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, on the occasion of the publication of the book with the same name, Think Like Clouds.

How to download a boyfriend, a 2012 curated group show in the form of a downloadable e-book, was the first art exhibition for the ipad.

Selected Books and Publications

 * 2014. The Best Most Useless Dress. Claudia La Rocco.
 * 2014. Think Like Clouds. Hans Ulrich Obrist.
 * 2014. Paul Chan: Selected Writings 2000–2014. Chan, Paul, George Baker, Eric Banks, Isabel Friedli, and Martina Venanzoni.
 * 2013. HELL_TREE Petra Cortright. e-book.
 * 2013. AD BOOK. BFFA3AE. January, e-book with animated content.
 * 2013. Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews Calvin Tomkins.
 * 2013. Fires of Siberia. Trey Sager.
 * 2012. ''On Democracy'.' Hussein, Saddam, Paul Chan, Jeff Severns Guntzel, Negar Azimi, and Nickolas Calabrese. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Badlands Unlimited.
 * 2012. How to Download a Boyfriend. Group show, e-book.
 * 2012. Wht is a Book?, a series of zines printed on previously published hardcover books.
 * 2011. Mans in the Mirrors (in 3D). Badlands Unlimited. Digital, 3-D e-book.
 * 2011. Poems. poems by Yvonne Rainer. Print, e-book.

Notable Authors

 * Paul Chan (artist)
 * Petra Cortright
 * Yvonne Rainer
 * Trey Sager
 * Calvin Tomkins interviews Marcel Duchamp
 * Hans Ulrich Obrist
 * Claudia La Rocco
 * Saddam Hussein

Controversy
Badlands and publisher Paul Chan have been accused of weakening the market of analog printed art books with his direction of a primarily e-book-foucsed small press.