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Call for Panelists:

The ARLIS/NA Affiliate Session at the College Art Association Conference in New York City seeks five panelists to participate on the following panel to be held at CAA 2014 (February 12-15, 2014, in Chicago):

It is what it is: artists’ books or artists’ publishing

Many artist’s, photographers, and graphic designers who are creating artist’s publications for the first time in this century are using the internet as a collaborative community, and creative publication ideologies are in flux. Many of these artists are attempting to re-categorize, rename or even re-establish their publication types as innovative and new, no longer as artists’ books or zines, but as something different. This flux is in large part due to the development of new online communities and networks for production, distribution, sales, and exhibitions, that have been transformed by the world wide web, print-on-demand technology, and the cultural and ideological transformations among artists and designers actively engaged in self publishing and DIY printing.  This has led to a shift away from using the phrase artists’ books, to artist’s publishing, when describing this new paradigm. 

Participants on this panel will discuss and address the following questions, among others.  What is the impact of this paradigm shift on the genre of artists’ books? How has the availability of print-on-demand impacted these publication types? Does it matter? Who produces them and why?  How and where are they sold, and to whom? What is the role and impact of internet distribution and sales? How is this impacting the form and content of these publications?

This session will include short presentations from each speaker, a guided Q&A, followed by a discussion with the audience about the current state of artists’ publications.

Session chair: Tony White, Maryland Institute College of Art ([log in to unmask])

Panelists are encouraged to present varying perspectives about the impact of print-on-demand on the current genre of artist's publications.  Of special interest are papers that balance art history and studio art voices, as well as persons early in their careers to those that are more established, whether independent scholars, artists, teaching faculty, curators, or librarians.  Each panelist will speak for about 7-10 minutes and will then participate in a guided Q&A, followed by a moderated dialog with the audience about issues and topics raised, or new questions not addressed in the presentations.
  

Interested speakers should send the following information via e-mail to the session chair (deadline August 2, 2013):

- Proposed title for your paper/presentation
- A brief abstract (ca. 150-200 words) of your proposed paper
- A C.V.

All submissions will be acknowledged, and a final decision will be made by August 20, 2013.

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Tony White
Director of the Decker Library
Maryland Institute College of Art
location: 1401 W. Mount Royal Avenue
mail: 1300 West Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD  21217

tel: 410-225-2311
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www.mica.edu/library