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I've been so excited for this book to come out, and it's finally ready! It's a gorgeous risograph-printed collection of contributions by a number of artists. Mine focuses on the wonderful character designs that June Hornby made for Cis Penance, and highlights three key moments from the interactive conversations with trans people. Details below...
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINCITE: Digital Art & Activism is a collaborative artist book featuring creative responses from artists, scholars and activists connected through the Digital Art and Activism Network, Edited by Joseph DeLappe (Abertay University) and Laura Leuzzi (Robert Gordon University).
\n\n\nEach contributor was asked to create a three-page chapter, in an effort to gather the disparate yet connected activism, practices and scholarship as represented by those involved in the network. Peacock & the worm Risograph Technician Neil Corall interpreted their individual submissions for the Risograph and designed the book’s overall layout, bringing together the diverse contributions into a cohesive whole, while maintaining their distinctive identities.
\n\n\nINCITE: Digital Art and Activism features contributions by B.D. Owens, Donna Holford-Lovell, Elaine Shemilt, Ellie Harrison, Emile Shemilt, Eve Mosher, Gair Dunlop, Giulia Casalini, Hadi Mehrpouya & Duncan Nicoll, Iliyana Nedkova, John Butler, Jon Blackwood, Joseph DeLappe, Laura Leuzzi, Maja Zećo, Malath Abbas, Martin Zeilinger, Moza Almatrooshi, Niya B, Tom De Majo (Biome Collective), Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, Zoyander Street.
\n\n\nThis project would not have been possible without the generous support of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Abertay University, DJCAD at the University of Dundee, Delfina Foundation, Gray's School of Art at RGU, SARAS, Sapienza Università di Roma, SGSAH (Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities) and NEoN Digital Arts Festival, Dundee.
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Last year I worked with Joey Eschrich on a collaborate writing event with Critical Distance, and we recently wrote an article about it that has just been published. Here we consider how the essay jam, and Critical Distance’s larger editorial structure, capture productive tensions in community-led, community-responsive publishing. We also suggest future directions for structuring collaborative writing activities, from figuring out incentives for participating authors to creating a culture of dialogue around drafts and ideas in progress.
\n\n\nhttps://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/ww9grt9c/release/1?readingCollection=6d0221f4
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\n\n\nCheck it out here:
\n\n\nhttps://mailchi.mp/asu.edu/imaginary-papers-issue-12-nov-2022
\n\n\nFun side-note: until I rewatched Carnage, I have completely forgotten that Amstell had actually anticipated a global pandemic and written it into the timeline that leads up to a utopian future society where animal exploitation has ended. His thinking was that a zoonotic virus would challenge us to reconsider the harms caused by intensive agriculture, and lead to new laws banning the worst excesses of the industry. Why that didn't happen in our timeline is a question that would probably take a lot of unpacking.
\n\n", "date_published": "2022-11-15T19:11:00+00:00", "url": "https://blog.zoyander.cc/2022/11/15/imaginary-papers-issue.html", "tags": ["announcements","publications"] }, { "id": "http://zoyander.micro.blog/2022/03/15/bundle-for-ukraine.html", "title": "Bundle for Ukraine", "content_html": "\nA quick note that my book Delay: Paying Attention to Energy Mechanics is in the itch.io Bundle for Ukraine, which has already raised $5.5 million for the charities International Medical Corps and Voices of Children. The bundle includes content from 736 creators, making it an incredible way to get hold of a huge collection of indie games and other material hosted on itch.io, while supporting charities responding under the horrifying conditions of Russia's senseless war. Please give it your support:
\n\n\n\n\n", "date_published": "2022-03-15T22:34:00+00:00", "url": "https://blog.zoyander.cc/2022/03/15/bundle-for-ukraine.html", "tags": ["announcements","publications"] } ] }