Open Call for new ebooks from KT press
for feminist writers on feminist art

KT press, publishers of n.paradoxa, is publishing a new book series on
feminist art theory and the work of contemporary women artists (visual
arts only, post-1970) – into 2013. View the existing series as it
develops here: http://www.ktpress.co.uk/ebooks.asp This new series
could be characterised as a return to the 18th century tradition of
pamphleteering – with a modern digital twist and an ISBN!
The first series will contain 5-10 books. It is intended that each book
in the series will be an e-book, sold and circulated at low cost in
.epub format.
Each book will contain text and images, and where necessary, audio and
video files.
The size is c. 40-60 display pages: (c. 8,000-40,000 words).

KT press holds the view that feminism in relation to the visual arts is
a contentious subject but it is also an open question about the
relationship between art, aesthetics and politics which needs to be
debated, especially with regard to the work of women artists. Authors
must specify which feminist ideas they are engaging with and where
their views of feminism originate. New perspectives and a critical
consideration of the legacy of feminism and feminist art histories will
be valued in selecting this series.

The aim of the series is to publish books containing:

a) collected conference papers or panel discussions on or about
feminist art
b) translations of writings about feminist art from any language into
English for the first time (with commentaries).
c) discussions of a single woman artist’s work by one or several
authors including documentation of their projects (where no monograph
exists)
d) collected writings / performance scripts / art notes by a woman
artist on art and her practice (Poems will not be considered).
e) new polemics about feminist-art-theory and feminist art criticism
arising from a single author or a discussion between feminists.
f) essays engaging in future thinking about feminism in the visual arts
or written as new manifestos for the future.
g) extended discussions of curation or exhibitions as forms of feminist
reading or praxis or essays written bringing together works to form
virtual exhibitions “of our wishes”.

Ideas developed from theses (MA to PhD) will be considered but authors
are asked not to send the thesis itself, only a summary of the key
arguments and a description of the subject. Women who have not
published a book before are encouraged to apply, if they are prepared
to develop their ideas in co-operation with the publisher.

Ideas based in post-structuralist approaches to language,
psychoanalysis and social critique of art and politics, cyberfeminist
thinking, exploring new art forms, feminist post-colonial critiques,
feminisms of the North and South/ East and West, approaches to global
diasporas in contemporary art, issue-based political thinking about
questions of social justice in relation to contemporary art are all
welcome.

KT press operates as a not-for-profit company. Fees to authors will be
paid and a royalty on copies sold. KT press is the publisher of
n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal.
Website: http://www.ktpress.co.uk
This project is supported by a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts in New York.

Potential authors should write to Katy Deepwell at KT press, sending an
outline of their idea for an e-book. katyktpress.co.uk