Subject Not Object

Just a reminder that we take submissions on a rolling basis, and we are always looking for new artists and new content to spread. If you would like to have your work considered for both our digital and physical publications, please drop us an email at [email protected]. 

Specifically, we're looking for some folks to write pieces about the Queercore movement, race and gender intersectionality, art reviews, and similarly themed pieces. We are also very much open to whatever YOU would like to write about. No need for formal proposals, just hit us up and we'll chat. 

Bjork - Vulnicura. Obviously.

Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez 

Queer tales from the Chicano Punk movement set in Los Angeles and fictional barrio towns. Collected in omnibus paperback trades available here. 

Girlhood directed by Céline Sciamma

This looks ace. From a review of the film by Anupa Mistry :

Girlhood is a film about young women who raise each other, and bear the brunt of their gender in the household and streets while parents are shadows, either constantly working or emotionally untethered. Marieme, Lady, Fily and Adiatou spend their days tough-talking and getting into fights, caring for their younger siblings, laughing boisterously except when passing boys on the block. Which also makes this a film about not staying hidden, andstaying afloat the suffocating waters of patriarchy and respectability politics.

Rat Queens Special: Braga #1

Here's a blurb about this special issue by Panels.Net's Ali Colluccio 

This comic does representation so very well. Everyone we’re introduced to is a fully realized character, full of flaws and strengths and quirks. On top of that, the creators have made an effort to keep the cast of this bawdy fantasy epic diverse. This month’s issue is no exception. A one-shot character piece, Rat Queens: Braga #1 focuses on orc warrior Braga, who we learn is transgender. And the story we get from her past isn’t about her transition, it’s personal story about how she came to leave her orc clan. A fierce warrior and first-born son of the Chieftain, then-Broog wants not nothing more than to bring prosperity and peace to the clan; to make the clan better, to be a better person. But her father and power-hungry brother are more interested in raiding and pillaging, as the clan has always done. The story is framed as Braga talking to her lover in between sexy times. Which is another thing I love about Rat Queens; those ladies can get it! And they’re not shamed or exploited for their sexuality, but rather empowered by it. This comic is nothing but awesome.

HAY Hannah Clark, 

Hay, our first book is now available for sale at http://subjnotobj.bigcartel.com/ ! Pick yourself up one today. 

Full Color - 26 pages - $5.00 - We Ship Internationally! 

Featuring work from:  Arvida Byström  Jessica Buie  Georgia Gibson  Taylor Goldstein  Berivan Sayici  Hannah Myall  Hannah Clark  Robyn Nichol  Demian DinéYazhi’

Death Grips - Fashion Week (Instrumentals) 

ASSATA by Assata Shakur

Especially relevant after the recent lifting of the Cuba embargo by the United States, ASSATA is a momentous contribution to literature about growing up Black in america. Assata weaves beguiling tales from her adolescence with the horrifying attempts by J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI, and other government organizations to defame and criminalize her and other Black revolutionary leaders. Currently, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is attempting to have Assata Shakur extradited back to america in order to have her tried for the death of a New Jersey state trooper in 1973. 

The Wicked + Divine Vol. 1: The Faust Act

"Every 90 years, twelve gods incarnate in the bodies of ordinary people. For two years, they are loved. They are hated. They are stars. And then they are dead. The Image Comics series THE WICKED + THE DIVINE is the stunning new work from the critically acclaimed and reader-beloved Young Avengers team, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie."

Featuring a number of queer, trans*, and people of color, the Wicked + Divine marks a dramatic change in the social climate within and surrounding the comics industry. 

UPCOMING: L.A Zine Fest 

Sunday, February 15th, Subject Not Object will be visiting the L.A Zine Fest. We won't be tabling, but we'll be hanging out with plenty of physical copies on hand. Come and find us! 

~**CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS**~ EXHIBITION 2222222

A collective group of non-normative creators. 

Subject Not Object is a curatorial and conceptual attempt at promoting and preserving creations with interests in queer identity, disrupting institutionalized patriarchy, networked action against any systematic prejudice found in the digital landscape, and creation of safe spaces online. 

Subject Not Object produces small press publications, as well as both online and offline public exhibitions. 

Works of art, curatorial proposals, and other things you would like to have considered for publication both online and in print may be sent to 

[email protected] 

Georgia Gibson is an artist working out of Durham. Her work can be seen in the most recent Subject Not Object exhibit, as well as at her online portfolio. 

Your combined interest in ceramics and performance art is something that is not often seen as two intersecting mediums. What is your experience in performance art and how has your work with ceramics informed or enhanced that work? 

Well, I'd say ceramics and sculpture was mostly the main medium I'm interested in at the moment. However, that has made me focus quite often on the significance of objects, and how I can photograph objects in ways which make sense with my art- this was what originally lead me to performance art. I feel like in photography we're often missing the full potential of a piece, and I really want to take that further. I really love performance art as whole, I love the whole scene it has and it's major influences (I'm a huge Marina Abramovic fan), but a largely want to change it's typical style to be more relevant to my own practice- I want to make performance art that reflects my ceramics in terms of being pink and feminine, instead of shooting films in grainy black and white. I really hope to use more of my own sculpture work in my performances in the future. 

Your work is quite popular with the zine community, specifically feminism focused, was this something you made a conscious effort to have happen, or was it more organic? As in, you published work in Grrrl Asylum which then got the attention of Girls Don't Do that, which then led you to ... and so on and so on. 

I think it was a bit of both. I've been putting my work online for about a year now, and within that process I've met a lot of artists who think similarly, who also know other artists, who also know other artist, who know other artists... and I think it just kinda snowballs. Sometimes I submit to zines that I love the look of, and sometimes I specifically get emails/messages asking me if I'd be interested in contributing to publications they have in the works. I think the latter largely stems from being involved in networks such as The Pulp Zine and Cherry Mag, they've helped get my name out there quite a lot as they have quite a solid following. 

You've got quite an impressive twitter following. Do you attribute that to your presence in the tumblr/zine scene or the endless self promoting that artists and designers and creatives in general have to do to be seen? Did publishing "Beyoncé on her Period" online have a significant effect on the attention your work was getting online?

I think the twitter following is largely just from being part of the 'tumblr scene'. I've had tumblr for around 4 years, only posting art for the last of those years, so I've gained quite a few followers before I began creating. Funnily enough, the glitter piece (which was originally called 'I don't only have glitter in my veins') got me very little recognition, even though it's my most well known piece. It was used constantly on twitter with no credit, and even when I was posting it myself on instagram and such I was having friends comment saying 'is this yours?'- it was really really amusing, I was almost treated as if I'd stole the work because so many people had already seen in on parody Beyonce twitter accounts. I'd hate to be the type of person to care too much about recognition, I mean of course I would like to be a recognised artist but realistically I'm just happy that the work is out there and people are seeing it. 

What initially drew you towards studying art? As a student have you ever questioned the work that you're making, or rather gone through a sudden and dramatic change in medium and subject matter? 

A collective group of non-normative creators. 

Subject Not Object is a curatorial and conceptual attempt at promoting and preserving creations with interests in queer identity, disrupting institutionalized patriarchy, networked action against any systematic prejudice found in the digital landscape, and creation of safe spaces online. 

Subject Not Object produces small press publications, as well as both online and offline public exhibitions. 

Works of art, curatorial proposals, and other things you would like to have considered for publication both online and in print may be sent to 

[email protected] 

A collective group of non-normative creators. 

Subject Not Object is a curatorial and conceptual attempt at promoting and preserving creations with interests in queer identity, disrupting institutionalized patriarchy, networked action against any systematic prejudice found in the digital landscape, and creation of safe spaces online. 

Subject Not Object produces small press publications, as well as both online and offline public exhibitions. 

Works of art, curatorial proposals, and other things you would like to have considered for publication both online and in print may be sent to 

[email protected]