Publishing as a Site of Cultural Production: Contemporary Publishing in Richmond

  • Organized by GenderFail
  • Panelist
  • SEDIMENT Gallery
  • Richmond, VA
  • January 20, 2018

Organized and moderated by GenderFail
Panelist: Nicole Killian, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Lauren Thorson

The panel Publishing as a Site for Cultural Production examined the multiple uses of “printed matter” through each panelist’s approach to publishing, dissemination, and using the book as a curatorial platform. Discussing the role of collaboration in each panelist ongoing projects including Killian’s publication Issues, Thorson’s (for Studio-Set) project Margin and Mutiti’s independent digital archive Reading Zimbabwe. Each of these works are produced remotely, involving collaborators from across the United States and Abroad.

The panel included Richmond-based artists Nicole Killian (Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University), Lauren Thorson (Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University) and Nontsikelelo Mutiti (Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University).

Link to Information of event on SEDIMENT