Erotic Economies Journal
Erotic Economies is a multi-media journal that will be published in February 2010. T h e m i s s i o n o f t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n i s t o c r e a t e a d i a l o g u e b e t w e e n v a r i o u s media and art p i e c e s t h a t r e p r o d u c e , i n v e s t i g a t e a n d / o r r e p r e s e n t a n y k i n d o f e c o n o m y ( i n e x i s t e n c e o r o t h e r w i s e). T h e t i t l e i s i n s p i r e d b y a q u o t e f r o m L e w i s H y d e :
“As gift exchange is an erotic commerce, joining self and other, so the gifted state is an erotic state: in it we are sensible of, and participate in, the underlying unity of things.”
- Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
According to Hyde, in cultures that actively engage in gift economies, it is often believed that the receiver of the gift does not merely acquire an object (or an idea...), but a part of the giver as well. In this way, the gift has a transcendental quality, which mimetically binds the reciprocant to the giver. In some instances, it produces a necessity for reciprocity.
What we are looking for is artwork that can help us to envision the bonds and links created by exchanges that occur outside of commodity exchange. Or work that can present visionary schemes for escaping production/consumption cycles, portray invisible systems of value, and radical non-compliance with markets. Is anything outside the market? Can art resist capitalism the way it attempted to resist materiality? Is there anything beyond value?
Our keywords are: g i f t - economies , m o n e y , p r o p e r t y , o w n e r s h i p , t h e f t , reproduction, b o r r o w i n g , b a r t e r , c o l l a b o r a t i o n , consumption, labor, value counterfeits, black markets , c e n s o r s h i p , c a p i t a l , interaction. We are interested in any kind of media: project or performance documentation, short video, writing, sound art, images, online projects, graphs, maps, manifestos etc.
The print journal will be perfect bound in black and white with some color plates and an enclosed DVD containing audio and video contributions. There will be an accompanying website, and a release event and screening.
Contact the editors for specifications on video, image, and sound contribution format and quality. Please include a CV and short bio with your contribution.
The editors are Liz Flyntz and Anna Scime, both MFA students at SUNY Buffalo’s MFA Media Study program. This project was initiated in fall of 2009 as part of the Media Curating course, taught by Caroline Knoebel and Dorothea Braemer.
You can email us at ascime@gmail.com or liz.flyntz@gmail.com
Funding and in-kind support is provided by the SUNY Buffalo Graduate Student Association’s Scholarly Publication Grant, Squeaky Wheel, the Department of Media Study, and the SUNY Buffalo Sub Board Grant.
All copyright returns to the authors and artists under Creative Commons. All contributors will receive two copies of the journal.
“As gift exchange is an erotic commerce, joining self and other, so the gifted state is an erotic state: in it we are sensible of, and participate in, the underlying unity of things.”
- Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
According to Hyde, in cultures that actively engage in gift economies, it is often believed that the receiver of the gift does not merely acquire an object (or an idea...), but a part of the giver as well. In this way, the gift has a transcendental quality, which mimetically binds the reciprocant to the giver. In some instances, it produces a necessity for reciprocity.
What we are looking for is artwork that can help us to envision the bonds and links created by exchanges that occur outside of commodity exchange. Or work that can present visionary schemes for escaping production/consumption cycles, portray invisible systems of value, and radical non-compliance with markets. Is anything outside the market? Can art resist capitalism the way it attempted to resist materiality? Is there anything beyond value?
Our keywords are: g i f t - economies , m o n e y , p r o p e r t y , o w n e r s h i p , t h e f t , reproduction, b o r r o w i n g , b a r t e r , c o l l a b o r a t i o n , consumption, labor, value counterfeits, black markets , c e n s o r s h i p , c a p i t a l , interaction. We are interested in any kind of media: project or performance documentation, short video, writing, sound art, images, online projects, graphs, maps, manifestos etc.
The print journal will be perfect bound in black and white with some color plates and an enclosed DVD containing audio and video contributions. There will be an accompanying website, and a release event and screening.
Contact the editors for specifications on video, image, and sound contribution format and quality. Please include a CV and short bio with your contribution.
The editors are Liz Flyntz and Anna Scime, both MFA students at SUNY Buffalo’s MFA Media Study program. This project was initiated in fall of 2009 as part of the Media Curating course, taught by Caroline Knoebel and Dorothea Braemer.
You can email us at ascime@gmail.com or liz.flyntz@gmail.com
Funding and in-kind support is provided by the SUNY Buffalo Graduate Student Association’s Scholarly Publication Grant, Squeaky Wheel, the Department of Media Study, and the SUNY Buffalo Sub Board Grant.
All copyright returns to the authors and artists under Creative Commons. All contributors will receive two copies of the journal.