The publication, inspired by other artist multiples such as Aspen, Semina by Wallace Berman and Vision magazine, includes a record of everything that happened within the series, but also presents new and additional content.
The third iteration of the project was called the Manifest Destiny / Gold Rush series and addressed the impulse to move West, ambition and the economy.
In 2012, writer Andrew Berardini and Mackler the curated “Treating Shadows as Real Things,” in Torino at the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Artists for this exhibition included Lucas Blalock, Anthony Lepore, Sarah Cain, Andrea Longacre-White, Giorgio de Chirico, Carlo Mollino, Samara Golden, Ry Rocklen, Mark Hagen.
Mackler and Berardini also organized "Set Pieces" at Milan gallery Cardi Black Box, including and inspired by the work of William Leavitt.
The hotel originally was open for six weeks and acted as a site for happenings, parties, performances and a place to sleep.
[6] Public Fiction was included in the 2014 Made in LA Biennial at the Hammer Museum, curated by Michael Ned Holte and Cornelia Butler.