<a href="http://596acres.org/">596 Acres</a>, the NYC group that has been <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/596-acres-uses-thought-provoking-signage-to-notify-new-yorkers-to-take-back-their-public-land/">using creative signage to jump start resident collaboration</a> on vacant city lots, recently released an art book with Daniel Eizirik titled “I’m So Lucky You Found Me”. The quirky, illustrated publication follows different New Yorkers and their interactions with public land in the boroughs. Read on for a sneak peek inside the book as well as a look at the hand-binding process that goes into making each copy.

Eizirik, an illustration artist from Brazil, spent a month sketching and interacting with Brooklyn’s <a href="http://vimeo.com/14838218">vacant public land</a> and residents, creating a series of drawings and collages that trace the debates and challenges surrounding public space in the city.

Each book has been individually pressed and bound by the Artist and 596 collaborators.

Clips of honest and candid dialog, scans of found objects, landscapes and portrait sketches are all documented within this publication to give readers a sense of resident perceptions of the occupation of vacant lands and the transformation these plots into <a href="http://596acres.org/en/resources/community-land-access-summary/">shared green spaces</a>.

Clips of honest and candid dialog, scans of found objects, landscapes and portrait sketches are all documented within this publication to give readers a sense of resident perceptions of the occupation of vacant lands and the transformation these plots into <a href="http://596acres.org/en/resources/community-land-access-summary/">shared green spaces</a>.

Clips of honest and candid dialog, scans of found objects, landscapes and portrait sketches are all documented within this publication to give readers a sense of resident perceptions of the occupation of vacant lands and the transformation these plots into <a href="http://596acres.org/en/resources/community-land-access-summary/">shared green spaces</a>.

The resulting 80 page Book, “I’m so lucky you found me” was released Friday, Jan 11th at a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/128196864008322/">launch party</a> in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/silentbarn">The Silent Barn</a>

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Each book has been individually pressed and bound by the Artist and 596 collaborators and can be purchased online for $10 at 5<a href="http://596acres.org/en/news/2013/01/12/im-so-lucky-you-found-me-public-land-inside-the-city/">96acres.Org</a>.

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