Jodi Wille

Jodi Wille is a book editor, filmmaker, and photographer known for collaborating with individuals who have amassed personal archives that document American subcultures. She is the co-publisher and editor of Process Media and Dilettante Press.

Book Publishing and Editing

In 1995, Wille co-founded Dilettante Press, a publishing house with a focus on outsider, visionary, and vernacular art and photography, with partners Nick Rubenstein, Steven Napela, and, later, Hedi El Kholti. [http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/art/the-outsiders/6535// La Weekly: The Outsiders] ] Dilettante’s first book, "The End Is Near! Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia", was published in collaboration with The American Visionary Art Museum.

Wille conceptualized and edited "Starstruck: Photographs from a Fan" by Gary Lee Boas, which features instamatic photographs of famous people taken from 1966-1980 by an obsessive fan. "Starstruck" is featured in Martin Parr’s "History of Photography II" as one of the 200 most important photography books of the last 30 years. The publication of "Starstruck" launched the photo career of fan/photographer Boas, who has since shown in 14 major galleries and museums throughout the United States and Europe, including Deitch Projects in New York.

In 2005, Wille and husband Adam Parfrey of Feral House founded Process Media, with an emphasis on non-fiction books that explore American subcultures and document groundbreaking musicians such as Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, John Sinclair and MC5, Ya Ho Wa 13 and Father Yod, and Moondog. Process has also created a "Self-Reliance Series" of illustrated guide books that promote sustainable and self-sufficient living.

Works

* "The End is Near: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia." By Roger Manley, edited by Jodi Wille. Essays by Stephen Jay Gould, the Dalai Lama, Adam Parfrey, and Howard Finster. [ [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA166054.html/ Publishers Weekly: Outsider Artbook] ] (Dilettante Press/Process Media, 1995, ISBN 0-9664272-7-0)
* "Starstruck: Photographs from a Fan." By Gary Lee Boas. Foreword by Michael Musto. Afterword by Carlo McCormick. Edited by Jodi Wille, Photo Editor: Hedi El Kholti (Dilettante Press/Process Media, ISBN 0-9664272-5-4)
* "Gary Lee Boas: New York Sex 1979-1985." Essay by Bruce Hainley, edited by Hedi El Kholti and Jodi Wille (text editor). (Editions Kamel Mennour, 2003, ISBN 2-914191-16-1)
* "Go Ask Ogre: Letters from a Deathrock Cutter." By Jolene Siana, edited by Jodi Wille (Process Media, 2005, ISBN 0-9760822-1-7)
* "Sex Machines: Photographs and Interviews." By Timothy Archibald, edited by Jodi Wille (Process Media, 2005, ISBN 0-9760822-3-3)

* "The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, and The Source Family." By Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian. Introduction by Erik Davis. Edited by Jodi Wille (Process Media, 2007, ISBN 978-09760822-9-2)

Awards

* "The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, and the Source Family", Bronze: Best Popular Culture Book, 2008 Independent Book Awards
* "Sex Machines: Photographs and Interviews", Winner: Best Book on Sexuality/Relationships, 2006 Independent Publisher Awards
* "Starstruck: Photographs from a Fan", Selected by "Artforum" as "Best of 2000"
* "Go Ask Ogre: Letters from a Deathrock Cutter", Finalist: Best Juvenile/Teen Young Adult Non-fiction, 2006 Independent Publisher Awards
* "The End is Near: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia", Winner: Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Book, 1998

Filmmaking and Photography

Wille has also worked as a documentarian, still photographer, music video director, and television field producer, [http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/wls/feral-child/595// LA Weekly: Feral Child] ] collaborating with artists Vincent Gallo, Melissa Etheridge, The Dwarves, Sparks and R.E.M., among others.

Wille spent five years documenting an Apocalyptic Los Angeles sect known as The Universal World Church. She directed a Christmas special for the church called "God Bless America" and wrote an [http://www.dilettantepress.com/articles/truebeliever.html/ article] about them for"Flaunt" magazine in 1999.

Wille is the director of "The Source Family" documentary, a feature length documentary currently in production based on the story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13 and the Source Family.

Personal

Jodi Wille is married to Process Media partner and Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey. They live in Los Angeles. [http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/wls/feral-child/595// LA Weekly: Feral Child] ] Wille and Parfrey are known for hosting private "salons" in their storybook-style compound in Franklin Hills that feature groundbreaking authors, filmmakers and thinkers. Past guests include Les Blank, Daniel Pinchbeck, Erik Davis, Aton Edwards, and members of The Source Family. [ [http://www.laweekly.com/general/a-considerable-town/i-belong-to-the-blank-generation/12896// LA Weekly: Blank Generation] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.processmediainc.com/ Process Media]
* [http://www.dilettantepress.com/ Dilettante Press]
* [http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/wls/feral-child/595// LA Weekly Article]
* [http://www.dilettantepress.com/articles/truebeliever.html/ Flaunt Article by Jodi Wille]
* [http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-ca-source219aug19,0,1663197.story?fromrss=1&coll=cl-home-more-channels/ Sunday LA Times Article on "The Source" and Jodi Wille]