1. Find out what the topic of the publication is. I was asked by Constant to make a text following the seminar the Lining of Forgetting for a publication about VJ7.
2. Choose the material that you would like to work with. I decided to work with the discussion recorded on the second day of the seminar. This material was on minidisk, so I used a minidisk recorder and headphones to listen to it.
3. Find a format that suits your material. I made a scenario, which means that I transcribed the discussion and then selected parts of it to make into scenes. I introduced the scenario by writing a brief text about Constant, their archives, and the Lining of Forgetting seminar. Then I wrote a brief introduction to each of the 'player's the scenario. I used the Lotus Word Pro for this.
4. Ask someone to collaborate with you for the illustrations and layout. I asked Arnaud Dejeammes if he would do some illustrations based on both the scenario and on my research project. Arnaud used Microsoft Paint for the illustrations and Photoshop 6 for the layout.
5. Cover your finished text and illustrations with a creative commons license. We used a share-alike license, but you can choose your own at http://www.creativecommons.org
6. Give the finished text and illustrations to the designer of the publication. The VJ7 publication was designed by Harrison, so Arnaud and I worked with him to make sure that our text ( the font and the spacing) fit with the rest of the publication.
7. Wait for the publication to be printed.
8. When you receive copies of the printed publication, distribute them.
Posted by valerie at May 19, 2004 01:18 PM