Post Digital Publications / Web to Print / Print on Demand

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print process book on newsprint… related to “backpage ads” that may be lost in new laws

see about “self publications” / print on demand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_on_demand

http://soulellis.com/2013/05/search-compile-publish/

http://soulellis.com/about/
http://libraryoftheprintedweb.tumblr.com/
“Library of the Printed Web is a collection of works by artists who use screen capture, image grab, site scrape and search query to create printed matter from content found on the web. LotPW includes self-published artists’ books, photo books, texts and other print works gathered around the casual concept of “search, compile and publish.”

Artists featured in LotPW use vast landscapes of data to collect and transform digital information, visual and otherwise, into analog experience; every work in the collection is a printed expression of search engine pattern discovery. Many of the works in LotPW share common production and publishing techniques (e.g., print-on-demand), even as the content itself varies widely.

Founded in 2013 by artist Paul Soulellis, Library of the Printed Web presents evidence of a strong, emerging web-to-print-based artistic practice based on the search engine and other algorithmic operations; as this view matures, the collection will grow to reflect new concepts and methodologies.

Rather than draw boundaries or define a new aesthetic, the collection is presented as a reference tool for studying shifting relationships between the web (as culture), the artist (as archivist) and print publishing (as a new/old self-serve schema for expressing the archive).

By experimenting with the physical circulation of found images and texts from the web, and with the print-on-demand book form itself, we acknowledge that all books are digital products. All artists’ publishing straddles material/digital realms.”

http://www.newspaperclub.com/products
News Paper Club

Digital Broadsheet -

Width 375 mm
Height 520 mm
Minimum 4 pages
Maximum 40 pages
Multiples of 4 pages
No bleed
81.85 Canadian Dollar

How to Conduct a Good Interview Tips / etc

http://matadornetwork.com/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews/
13 SIMPLE JOURNALIST TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECTIVE INTERVIEWS

1. Find a good location.
- something in “their territory”

2. Prepare your goals ahead of time.
- what are you looking for? (colourful renactment, on the record opinion, general background)

3. Write down your questions.
- go to an interview w/ twice as many questions as you expect to ask.

4. Work on your flow.
- natural conversation vs effective information
- segues, transitions

5. Think about the medium.
- audio / video - two part questions, longer blocks of time
- print - broken up questions, shorter more concise answers
- nod + smile rather than “yeah” + “uh huh”

7. Avoid obsessing.
- take notes do discern gems from chatter

8. Be a little annoying.
- relentlessly revisit a question that hasn’t been properly addressed, reword the question later

9. Be a little sneaky.
- take notes on things discussed even when not actively interviewing

10. Empower your subject.
- “What is your ideal solution/resolution?”
- clarify person’s pov / opinion

11. Work them up.
- “Why do you care about this issue?”

12. Endure awkward silences.
- allow for rehearsed / generic answer … see what comes next

13. Ask for what you need.
- tell them about your process,
“Listen, I really need a quote from you encapsulating your feelings on this issue,”
 “I really need you to walk me through the chronology of this,”
“I really need you to take me to a location that is relevant to this issue so I can set a scene.”

- is there anything else you would like to add
- is there anything else that would help the audience understand the situation?

“Share a bag of cookies or chips, or take them for coffee or a beer,” he says.


“Pay attention to the person also – is their office messy or neat? Are they talkative and effervescent when explaining their work, or low-key and laid back? How do they compose themselves when speaking? Focus your mind’s eye on every detail.”

 a little “small talk” upfront or to throw out a few “softballs” to begin the interview. A “softball” question is simply a non-challenging question that often gives the person license to brag about themselves or their work.

“You don’t really care about the answer, you just try to get the person loose and comfortable with you,” said Jones.


Prior to the interview, Bill Roth, Founder of Earth 2017 will ask his subjects, “What are the three key points you want to get across in this interview?”

He then discusses those points with the subject and asks, “Are those really the key points and if so, what are key facts or insights that support their point of view?”

skeletal list of questions s

 I let them know what I want out of the interview, how long it’s going to be, and where it’s going to be published.

TIP 9: Mimic body language

TIP 9: Mimic body language

TIP 10: Ask to spell and pronounce their name and title


TIP 12: Record the interview

It’s the ethical thing to do – Your notes are never going to be 100 percent accurate nor is your memory. When you don’t record the interview, you will get the quotes wrong.
You can actually have a conversation – If the subject is constantly waiting for you to finish scribbling/typing your notes, it won’t be a natural conversation, and you’ll have a hard time pulling out natural responses.
You can focus on the subject – You need to be looking at the subject when you’re interviewing them. If you’re constantly looking at your notepad or computer, you can’t do that.
You reduce the fear of being misquoted – “Fear of being misquoted is a key resistance people have to being interviewed,” said Susanne M. Alexander, Relationship & Marriage Coach at Marriage Transformation. “To help people relax and talk to me, I run a tape recorder and I assure the person that I’m taping to be able to quote him or her accurately.”

TIP 14: Test your equipment

“What were some of the unexpected hurdles” and “What were some of the unexpected benefits?”

“Looking back at where you were when you started this journey, where did you think it was going to lead you?”

“If you want your interviewee to be expressive, ask about feelings,” said Andy Wasley, Editor of So So Gay magazine. “How do you feel about x? What was it like to do y?”

“Always remember to ask why. Why do you do what you do? What motivates you,

TIP 22: For revealing interviews, share your story first

“Married Women Who Love Women.” She found that by sharing her own story, the women were more comfortable to share their story which resulted in excellent interviews.

 I’ll pause the interview and say, “Let me repeat back to you what you just said to me, to make sure I understand.”

http://www.sparkminute.com/2011/11/07/30-tips-on-how-to-interview-like-a-journalist/

Be a lab rat.

Record your interviews. Transcribe the questions as well as the answers. Do you ask more conversation stoppers than starters? Do you step on your subject’s words just as they’re beginning to open up? Do you sound like a caring, interested human being, or a badgering prosecutor? To be the best interviewer you can be, study yourself and let your failures and victories lead you to rich conversations and richer stories.

First off, record yourself having a regular conversation, just on the phone with someone or speaking with a friend in person. Then listen to it. Chances are, you will be very surprised with what you hear. We are used to hearing our voice in our own head, so having our actual voice played back is a strange phenomenon.

Once that’s done, try recording yourself reading some news copy (don’t just read an article online—go ahead and actually write yourself some news copy. Remember, the shorter the sentences, the easier they are  to say). Now record yourself, with headphones in your ears to hear the resonance, reading the copy. Try to make your voice sound powerful, use pauses and try to alter the speaking tone and insert emotional flourish when appropriate—no newscast should be read with a monotone drone. Practice and repeat.

You know you have found your broadcasting voice when you can listen to yourself without feeling embarrassed or self-conscious. You should be able to listen to the piece and hear your story instead of your performance. Then you’ve got it.\\

1.      Identify himself or herself at the outset of the interview.
2.      State the purpose of the interview.
3.      Make clear to those unaccustomed to being interviewed that the material will be used.
4.      Tell the source how much time the interview will take.
5.      Keep the interview as short as possible.
6.      Ask specific questions that the source is competent to answer.
7.      Give the source ample time to reply.
8.      Ask the source to clarify complex or vague answers.
9.      Read back answers if requested or when in doubt about the phrasing of crucial material.
10.  Insist on answers if the public has a right to know them.
11.  Avoid lecturing the source, arguing or debating.
12.  Abide by requests for nonattribution, background only or off‑the-record should the source make this a condition of the interview or of a statement.

Watch the clock. Try not to go over thirty minutes. You should be able to capture everything you need in fifteen minutes or less.


“Never ask, ‘What keeps you up at night?’ Ask ‘What’s going to keep you up tonight after this interview?’” says Porter.


1. Ask about the person’s actions.

2. Ask “forward” questions.

7. For more advanced tape recorder users…

“Writing down time codes as you go is smart,” says Porter. For example, “’Talks about Empire State Building at 3:01.’ You’ll be able to get back to that quote quickly.”

“Bottom line: Do for your interviewee what you’d like done for you if your roles were reversed.”

The Cumshow (Final)

cumshow makemoremoney final from josephine norman on Vimeo.

To Maggies

Hi Maggies,

To preface this email, I am a sex worker -- I have contacted Maggies before under a few different emails (and via phone) and appreciate the help I have received greatly.

I am also a graphic design student at OCADU doing my fourth year thesis on the sex industry -- in my thesis I am aiming to talk about the nature of work by talking about sex work, from an anti-capitalist/political standpoint. At this point the pieces meander and are not explicitly activist/advocacy in nature -- my graphic design practice is more in creating work that asks questions rather than solving problems. 

To give a sense of the kind of work I have been doing so far, “The Cumshow” (https://vimeo.com/110849832 - 6 minutes long) is a video I have just completed about my personal experience of being a camgirl.  The tone is not a feature I intend to carry through all my pieces, but hopefully it shows my personal investment and the level of care I put into my work. I have also created a quick poster critical of the monologue/dialogue nature of the reformation of Canada’s sex work laws.

I am contacting you about a several of possibilities in ways Maggies can help me with my project.  I understand the organization has limited resources, and appreciate any aid you can offer.  The three possibilities are interviews, participatory research, and/or advice.

The first possibility would be to help me find subjects for one on one interviews -- not for “gritty life stories” or on whether or not sex work is “exploitation or empowerment” -- but on their opinions of the nature of work in general, experiences with other jobs, as well as specific questions such as “what upsets you the most about the conversations happening about sex work (ex. in the media, between individuals)”, “what do you think is missing in conversations about sex work”, “what questions should we be asking”, and “who do you think the people who need to hear this the most are”.  I intend to use the material gathered in pieces (as direct quotes or storytelling), and to inform the overall direction of my project.  The final work will be shown in an end of year student exhibition at OCADU (in May), and will likely be published online.  I am not certain of what the mediums will be, but print, video and audio are all likely possibilities.

A second possibility is participatory research.  One of my professors, Sheila Sampath, has worked with Maggies before, and suggested this.  I will admit this is a methodology I am interested in but not familiar with -- however I have ample resources to guide me.  This would take up more of the organization’s time than the one on one interviews, but would ensure the outcomes aligns in a way that meets the needs of the organization.  It would also ensure that my research conducted with the help of Maggies is more of a give and take scenario, with regular check ins and benefits on both sides, than extracting information from individuals (although even that case I would like to keep everyone “in the loop”, if desired).  In this case we would meet and discuss needs Maggies as an organization has, and identify ways I can help.

If the above possibilities are not within the scope of what Maggies can offer, if someone could look over questions I have prepared for interviews (I know several sex workers who are interested), and advise me on questions/ideas I have regarding the safety and support of individuals participating (before, during and after), that would be very helpful as well. (And also, I guess, advice on safety for myself, as I am outing myself as a sex worker at a pretty pivotal point of my creative career).

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and again I appreciate anything you can do to help.

Cheers,

Josephine

Vocal Lessons

vocal lessons -- $40 / hr - $80 / hr.
call teachers + let them know what i am interested in, see if it is possible in one lesson or two lessons.
ask if i can audio record the lesson for my process document.
practice walking in the park.

sex work / glitching / stuff quicklinks

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Version 3 + 4, with audio glitching

link to video (version 3)

link to video (version 4)

final audio glitch (scratching)

test audio glitch (scratching)