My Morning Swim documents artist Micah Lexier’s daily swim. Every weekday morning for the past decade, Lexier has begun his day with a short swim at his local community pool. The contemplative, durational experience of swimming is evoked in simply rendered, repetitive drawings. Turning the zine’s aqua blue pages mirrors the forward momentum of swimming itself.

Shannon Gerard crochets (a lot!), writes and draws books, and makes public wheatpaste installations that sometimes become stop-motion animations. She is an Associate Professor in Print Media and Publications at OCAD University.

Micah Lexier is a Toronto-based artist whose activities including making, collecting and organizing. He has a deep interest in measurement, increment, found imagery and display structures. He has collaborated often – with writers, other artists, family members and the general public. In addition to creating dozens of artist’s book and hundreds of multiples, he has presented over one hundred solo exhibitions, participated in more than two hundred group exhibitions and produced a dozen permanent public commissions.

This is Shannon and Micah’s first collaboration together.