Artists Publishing Practices – Then & Now

Join us for a panel discussion and Q&A, to round off the Words Worth Watching: The Writers' Room exhibition.

Artists' publishing platform COPY will host a panel discussion, asking how artists' publishing practices have changed in the past three decades.

Joanna Jowett and Charlotte Morgan (COPY) will be joined by Wild Pansy Press founders Simon Lewandowski and Chris Taylor alongside other local publishers, for a panel representing three decades of practices that encompass artists' publishing practices both on and off the page.

Topics for discussion include:

• Challenges facing artists (old and new) who wish to publish work
• Workarounds to funding, and the realities of 'publishing'
• The UK network and DIY nature of artists' publishing
• New and experimental approaches that artists are currently exploring/areas of crossover with other art forms
• If and how printed matter still matters in an increasingly digitised world

Book your place

Places are limited so booking is essential.

Please book your place by emailing lucyrosecunningham@gmail.com.

Venue

Project Space
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
University Road
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT

AccessAble guide to the building.

About Words Worth Watching: The Writers' Room

Words Worth Watching: The Writers’ Room brings together the Wild Pansy Press (celebrating its 30th year), and an array of London and Northern-based artists who have undertaken its London residency.

In this exhibition at the University of Leeds, we embrace and share printed matter as a tangible mode of sharing ideas and work.

We strongly believe that the written and spoken word, and publication as a medium, are inherently democratic and enfranchising, offering a (literal) voice to all participants.

Here we highlight both publications and archival matter from the Wild Pansy Press, and the practices of previous Writers’ Room residents – Elaine Fisher, George Storm Fletcher, Lily Petch, Emily Fielding and Joanna Jowett.

Curated by Chris Taylor, Simon Lewandowski and Lu Rose Cunningham.

Find out more about the exhibition and events programme.

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Wild Pansy Press reading space. Photo by Lu Rose Cunningham.