Guests: Matt Austin and Melanie Bohrer Host:  Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on August 10, 2021 Matt Austin designs, produces, and publishes projects motivated by systems of care. He is currently a founding member of the Candor Collective, a designer with Em Design Studio, and maintains a consistent newsletter about his work. Formerly he was a co-owner of Candor Arts, part of the founding group of LATITUDE, and taught many courses on artist books and photography at SAIC and other institutions around Chicago. Melanie Bohrer grew up in Munich, Germany and has been living in the United States (on and off) for the past 12 years. She received her MFA in Studio (Printmedia Department) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and previously her BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design. She was a co-owner of Candor Arts, and is a founding member of the Candor Collective, as well as Em Design Studio. As an artist, much of her efforts have centered around creating artist books in the expanded field. She is currently represented by The Liminal a contemporary gallery–producer based out of Valencia, Spain. Katie Chung: https://www.katiechung.com/ Hannah Batsel: http://www.hannahbatsel.com/ Em Design: http://emdesign.studio Matt Austin: http://mattislearning.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Paper Cuts

Candor Collective with Matt Austin and Melanie Bohrer

Guest: Alex Belardo Kostiw Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on June 1, 2021. Alex Belardo Kostiw is a graphic designer, artist, and educator. Her practice deals in poetic and iterative elements, visual structures of comics, and conceptually driven forms. Like dense knots, her publications invite interactive, intuitive reading—even as they resist full unravelling. By exploring ambiguities of language, her work is a liminal space for feeling out complicated realities of identity, human intimacy, and other worlds. Alex received an MFA in Visual Communication Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in English literature from the University of Chicago. She has participated in such shows as the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, LA Art Book Fair, and Chicago Art Book Fair. Her work is in the special collections of several libraries and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She lives and works in Chicago. https://alexkostiw.com/ This conversation was recorded over zoom while Alex Belardo Kostiw was in Chicago and Christopher Kardambikis was in Songdo, South Korea.  There are some moments where the internet connection, and the recording, get a little glitchy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Alex Belardo Kostiw

Guest: Hyojoon Jo Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis Recorded at Corners, CC in Seoul, South Korea on March 4, 2021. Corners Studio is a Seoul based office for graphic design of Daewoong Kim and Hyojoon Jo founded in 2012. Our practice focuses primarily on creative direction and visual communication strategies through typography, conceptual and content-related approaches. Our work includes formats such as prints, posters, publications, exhibitions, signage, marketing materials, websites and visual identities. We have produced works for artists, designers, cultural institutions, and small–big brands. We have a particular interest in how ideas turn into physical objects.  Alongside the graphic design practice Corners Studio run a risograph printing workshop, Corners Printing, for self-learning and self-experiment, and also for collaborating with friends and other people. Daewoong Kim and Hyojoon Jo graduated at Hongik University (KR) and Central Saint Martins (UK) respectively, and Hyojoon currently teaches at Daejeon University (KR); we have lectured, talked and delivered workshops in Stavanger, Bangkok, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Glasgow, Osaka, Bergen, Gwacheon, Maastricht, Jeju, and Seoul. Corners website --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Corners Studio

Guest: Aurora Diaz Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis and Jennifer Lillis Recorded on February 12th, 2021 Aurora Diaz is an art worker and ceramicist hailing from New Jersey| New York. She founded and was creative director of the Bettys, an experimental art collective that ran from 2014-2020. thebettys.com @bettycrit.club --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Aurora Diaz

Guest: Paul Shortt Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on January 31st, 2021 Paul Shortt received his MFA in New Media Art from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute. He has participated in over 80 group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His works engage the public in physical interactions and conversation that examine everyday experiences and cultural norms often in humorous ways through books, videos, prints, and temporary public art. He has participated in over 30 national and international art book and zine fairs, such as the Printed Matter Art Book Fairs in New York City, NY and Los Angeles, CA, the Vienna Art Book Fair in Vienna, Austria, and the Editions fair in Toronto, Canada. In 2019 he published How to Art Book Fair, a practical and humorous guide to tabling, selling and participating in an art book fair. His artist books are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, and the Fisher Fine Arts Library at the University of Pennsylvania. He has created temporary public art projects for Baltimore Office of Promotion for the Arts “Art on the Waterfront” program in Baltimore, MD, neon signs for the Inlight light festival in Richmond, VA, and a sign and print based public art project for the Arlington Art Truck, in Arlington VA. His videos have been shown at the Museum of the Moving Image, The Phillips Collection and Whitespace Gallery. He has participated in residencies at The Luminary, in St. Louis, MO and at Montgomery College in Silver Springs, MD. Shortt has spoken about his work at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri. He has been written about in Hyperallergic, the Washington Post, Bmore Art and Review Magazine. Shortt works as an arts administrator and educator is currently based in Florida. paulshortt.com shortteditions.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Paul Shortt

Guest: Nicholas Hurd and Sarah Lopez. Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis and Jennifer Lillis Recorded on October 15th, 2020 Radix Media is a worker-owned printer and publisher based in Brooklyn, NY. They publish new ideas and fresh perspectives, prioritizing the voices of typically marginalized communities to get to the root of the human experience. Radix started out as a commercial print shop in 2010, and expanded into literary publishing in 2017. The collective is currently made up of Lantz Arroyo, Nicholas Hurd, Meher Manda, and Sarah Lopez. Nick Hurd is a California ex-pat with 20 years of printing and design experience. He holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from the California College of the Arts, both in printmaking. Nick is an expert in letterpress, bookmaking, business card design and all forms of specialty stationery. He is notoriously patient and loves the challenges inherent in using antique printing equFuturipment. Nick relishes tinkering with our Heidelberg Windmill, but he also handles our wide format printing. Nick is also a tattoo collector, maple syrup enthusiast, soccer fan, and amateur gardener. Sarah Lopez comes to Radix with a BA in Social and Historical Inquiry from Eugene Lang College and a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design at The New School. It was there that she fell in love with all things print while working in the printmaking studio. She has a strong background in graphic design and visual communication, with an inclination toward independent and DIY publishing. Her taste for indie publishing started with her appreciation for zines, and developed as a zinester tabling zine fairs. Sarah has worn many hats at Radix Media: she started out running our digital press and various bindery equipment, and helped launch our publishing arm with outreach and publicity. She currently manages our social media and does a lot of our graphic design. Outside of work Sarah enjoys curling up with a good book, spending time outdoors, and taking care of her plants. Radixmedia.org --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Radix Media

Guests: Julie Sheah and Evyan Roberts Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis and Jennifer Lillis Recorded on August 12th, 2020 in collaboration with Transformer as part of the E17: Zines program. Julie Sheah is a graphic artist whose drawings explore the horrors and curiosities of otherwise ordinary subjects. She has a keen interest in the surreal and absurd and is an avid connoisseur of puns. As a first-generation Taiwanese-American, growing up in rural Texas gave her an odd sense of humor that came from grappling with social isolation, Otherness, and dual culture identity. Today she lives in Washington, DC where she continues to draw and create visual puns through her artists’ books. Evyan Roberts (she/her) is a queer, fat, black, femme who is deeply committed to intersectional feminism and #blackgirlmagic. She lives in MD and is currently pursuing a Masters in Social Work, where she intends to keep working to promoting equity for sex workers and trans folx. Her writing has appeared in the poetry anthology A Garden of Black Joy: Global Poetry from the Edges of Liberation and Living, as well as online literary journals such as Kissing Dynamite where she was the featured poet for August 2019, Ithaca Lit, Not Your Mother's Breast Milk, Rogue Agent, and elsewhere. More about the E17: Zines program. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

E17: Julie Sheah and Evyan Roberts

Guests: Athena Naylor and Late Comeback Press (Rachna Soun and Caroline Kim) Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis and Jennifer Lillis Recorded on August 5th, 2020 in collaboration with Transformer as part of the E17: Zines program. Athena Naylor is a cartoonist originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, now living in Washington, DC. Through comics, Athena considers what makes the mundane meaningful and how big stories reside within small, everyday events. Alongside her self-published collections of autobiographical comics, Athena has had work featured in The Lily and Nat. Brut. Her comic The Checkout Counter was published through the podcast-publishing venture Paper Cuts. Her work can be found at athenanaylor.com and on Instagram @athena.naylor. Late Comeback Press is a Northern Virginia micropress run by Rachna Soun and Caroline Kim, specializing in avant-garde zines. Late Comeback Press’ name derives from the French term l’esprit de l’escalier – thinking of the perfect reply a little too late. As two Asian-American artists, they live within the hyphen, struggling, at times, to convey language that exists in one culture but not in the other. Communication and existentialism are the center of their art, flourishing in the space before choices are made, when the possibilities can seem paralyzingly endless or distinctively finite. latecomebackpress.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

E17: Athena Naylor and Late Comeback Press

Guest: Stephen Grebinski Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis and Jennifer Lillis Recorded on April 14th, 2020 Stephen Grebinski’s work concerns itself with reimagining and activating the memories and desires embedded in archival and found photography that is often clouded by camp and nostalgia. His books and works on paper tangle together queer bodies, architecture, and the persistent baroque impulses of desire. From mid-century physique magazines to Liberace’s home decor, the excess and homoeroticism of classicism create a fantasy world cobbled together from leftovers. He is currently starting a riso press with friends in Pittsburgh, PA stephengrebinski.bigcartel.com @aparatfoto @misfeedpress --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Stephen Grebinski

Guests: Ayana Zaire Cotton and Jennifer Lillis Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis and Adriana Monsalve Recorded on July 29th, 2020 in collaboration with Transformer as part of the E17: Zines program. Ayana Zaire Cotton is a transdisciplinary artist, designer, technologist, and educator, visualizing and collectively crafting a post-work future. Her practice is rooted in black feminist, pedagogy, mutual aid, open source philosophy, labor, and black aesthetics research. This research has manifested in her work via independent publishing, virtually teaching software engineering to students worldwide, and an experimental clothing line as a platform for researching labor studies and aesthetics. As an artist, designer, and software engineer Ayana feels “educator” is a title that most resonates with the full possibilities of her mediums, goals, and practice. Jennifer Lillis is a multi-disciplinary artist, teacher, and administrator in Northern Virginia. She received her MFA in Visual Art from George Mason University in 2019, and her BA in Studio Art from Marymount University in 2012. Jennifer’s work explores the theme of transformation in the function and materiality of objects through the ritualization of her creative practice. She is currently the Gallery Manager at the McLean Project for the Arts, on the coordinating committee of MPAartfest, Adjunct Professor in Printmaking at George Mason University, co-producer of Paper Cuts, and founder of the print and book collective ELEMENTS. Adriana Monsalve is an artist, book maker, and educator, located in the DMV. She is the co-founder of Homie House Press, a skeleton bones crew of femmes creating, publishing, and reclaiming their space and power in the foto book medium. Within her photographic practice, Monsalve is a storyteller & visual communicator producing in-depth stories on identity through the nuances in between race, gender, and immigrant adjacent experiences. Transformer’s annual spring Exercises for Emerging Artists program is a peer critique and mentorship program created to support a selected group of DC-based emerging artists at critical points or crossroads in their professional growth and creative development. Centered on a different artistic discipline every year, this year’s iteration - E17: Zines - focused on zines and DIY publishing. E17: Zines artists include: Ayana Zaire Cotton, Jennifer Lillis, Athena Naylor, Late Comeback Press (Rachna Soun and Caroline Kim), Evyan Roberts, and Julie Sheah. Intended to both advance artists' careers and build peer support, Transformer’s Exercises consists of comprehensive bi-weekly peer critique and mentorship sessions spanning several months to stimulate and encourage the participating artists as they create new work. Facilitated by Transformer staff, the participating artists receive mentorship and feedback from a series of mentors comprised of more established artists, curators, and other arts leaders. In response to COVD-19, all E17: Zines peer critique & mentorship sessions were conducted via Zoom calls this spring. As the traditional, in person, culminating summer exhibition of works created through the program is not feasible this year, this poster highlights the artworks each artist created through E17: Zines. Each artists’ zine artworks are available for purchase through Transformer’s online store: https://flatfile.transformerdc.org/collections/e17-zines --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

E17: Ayana Zaire Cotton and Jennifer Lillis

Guest: Anna Bugbee Hosts:  Christopher Kardambikis and Jennifer Lillis Recorded on April 6th, 2020 Anna Bugbee is the founder of Goldbrain Press, a collaborative publishing project producing interactive hand-made book and print works using a variety of media. After graduating with a degree in printmaking she worked for three years at a fine-art screenprinting studio in Brooklyn that is now known as Powerhouse Arts. In 2018 she left NYC in search of nature and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her current work draws inspiration from the mountains and botanical world. www.goldbrainpress.com @goldbrainpress --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Anna Bugbee

**This episode originally aired on Clocktower Radio in 2016** ROAD, READ, BLOG, FEST, PROMOTE, DISTRIBUTE Guest:  Sonel Breslav Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded in Brooklyn, NY Blond Art Books: Established by Sonel Breslav in 2012, Blonde Art Books is a Brooklyn based organization dedicated to promoting self-published art and poetry books through exhibitions, publications, book fairs, talks, and online exposure. Most recently, Blonde Art Books has organized exhibitions and events at Baxter Street / Camera Club of NY; SIGNAL, Brooklyn; MoMA, PS1, Queens, NY; and Printed Matter, New York. Past venues include ICA, Philadelphia, PA; Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH; Nudashank, Baltimore, MD; Hyde Part Center, Chicago, IL; Schema Projects, Brooklyn; Present Company, Brooklyn; and Interstate Projects, Brooklyn. The first book published under the Blonde Art Books imprint, Kitsch Encyclopedia by Sara Cwynar, was launched in April 2014. This year will mark the fourth annual Bushwick Art Book and Zine Fair, organized by Blonde Art Books and hosted by SIGNAL. Breslav received her MA from UCL, London in 2010 and her BFA from University of Buffalo - State University of New York in 2005. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

ROAD, READ, BLOG, FEST, PROMOTE, DISTRIBUTE

Guest: Paige Landesberg Host:  Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on March 11th, 2020 in Brooklyn Paige Landesberg is a Brooklyn based artist who creates interdisciplinary artworks and curates public programming. She is committed to the idea of multiples and making work that is portable, accessible, multi-use and therefore pragmatic. In addition to her object practice, as an art-worker, Paige acts as the Curator of Books and Public Programming at Miriam, a new artist-run gallery and artist bookshop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She is committed to supporting and collaborating with artist publishers through independent projects as well, most recently with Brooklyn Art Book Fair and historically with institutions such as Printed Matter, Hauser & Wirth Publishers and Artbook @ MoMA PS1. Miriam is a new, artist-run contemporary gallery dedicated to working collaboratively with artists to support their practices and foster inclusive art experiences. Housed in a 1,250 squarefoot former matzah factory in South Williamsburg, the gallery opened its doors in December 2019 with Books at Miriam, an exhibition interrogating art books as a creative medium across a variety of perspectives and practices, with over 50 diverse artist publishers’ works. Miriam Gallery Brooklyn Art Book Fair --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Page Landesberg @ Miriam

Guest: Leslie Diuguid Host:  Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on March 10th, 2020. Du-Good Press was established in spring 2017 to offer a collaborative and fresh approach to screen printing across the arts.  Focusing on a new wave of rising contemporary artists across multiple platforms, Du-Good Press offers hand screen-printed fine art editions of emerging and mid-career artists.  Artists are selected by Du-Good Press’ intimate team of advisors, curators and founder and master-printer, Leslie Diuguid. du-goodpress.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Du-Good Press

Guests: Matt Davis and George Wietor Host:  Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on November 16th, 2019 at at the Chicago Art Book Fair. Matt Davis is the founder and director of Perfectly Acceptable Press, a Risograph print studio and publishing house in Chicago. Besides doing contract printing for artists all over North America, Perfectly Acceptable publishes 8-10 titles per year spanning the genres of comics, artist books, and essay with an emphasis on narrative and craft. Matt is the co-organizer of NARC along with George Wietor. Perfectly Acceptable Press (Chicago, IL) publishes short-run narrative artist books with an emphasis on synergy between content, craft, and form. Our aim is to create an object that pushes the boundaries of a zine without sacrificing accessibility or content. In addition to our publishing practice, we also offer contract Risograph print services for artists across North America. We also host the North American Risograph Conference alongside Issue Press. ——— Issue Press is an independent publisher of artist publications, multiples, and other printed matter based in Grand Rapids, MI and run by George Wietor. All of their work is produced with Risograph digital duplicators. It is run in Wietor's spare time and operates with an elastic publishing mandate, primarily concerned with works that trade in humor, history, and exploration of place. In addition to Issue Press, George runs stencil.wiki, an open platform for sharing information about Risograph printing and is, along with Matt Davis, the co-organizer of NARC. ——- The North American Risograph Conference (NARC) NARC is a day of talks, panels, and workshops dedicated to strengthening the North American Risograph community. The event is biennial, held in tandem with Chicago Art Book Fair. It is organized by Issue Press and Perfectly Acceptable Press. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Perfectly Acceptable Press + Issue Press + NARC

Paper Cuts is an exploration of the contemporary world of zines and DIY publishing. Through a series of Podcasts and live events, Paper Cuts features writers, performers, and artists who have shared their work in print, on paper, and in small editions. Zines are truly dynamic publications that have built and supported engaged communities around ideals, experiences, genres, music, politics, poetry…anything that can be printed, shared, and/or mailed. Listen to voices that would normally live in your hands and demand your eyeballs. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

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