NAVA in partnership with Museum of Brisbane and independent writer and curator Tess Maunder present Independent publishing now: a public forum which discusses the opportunities that independent writing and publishing that present for artists and curators.
Australia is at a crossroads in the publishing sector. On the one hand we have key magazines closing down or downsizing such as Broadsheet and Realtime, while others generally surviving on subsiding writers’ fees to stay afloat. On the other hand, we have seen a rise in art book fairs and publishing discourse with the iteration of Melbourne Art Book Fair at the NGV, Artspace’s VOLUME I Another Art Book Fair in addition to Brisbane’s own ABBE Art Book event. There has also been a shift in which independent artists and curators are engaging with online platforms to document, archive and disseminate information about their work. What do these changes mean for Brisbane’s cultural landscape and how artists discuss their work and engage in critical discussion?
Let’s talk about how publishing, editing and writing inform art practices in Brisbane now –
Are local Brisbane based practitioners responding to this shift?
Which Brisbane ARIs have a publishing arm?
What opportunities are there for local writers?
How is academic writing impacting practice?
And how is Brisbane responding to the online vs. print debate?
Presented in partnership with the Museum of Brisbane and independent writer and curator Tess Maunder.
Head here for more information and to register https://visualarts.net.au/nava-events/2018/independent-publishing-now/
