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The Gothic Funk Nation Seeks Submissions

The Gothic Funk Nation (a movement advocating the transcendence of the deconstructive instability endemic to latter 20th century artistic criticism) has this week launched a new thrice-annual journal to publish and sustain conscious and unconscious advocates of its contemporary idiom. Submissions are now open in the categories of IMAGES (painting, drawing, photography, video, etc.), SOUNDS (music, sonic experimentation, spoken word, etc.), and WORDS (poetry, prose, theater, nonfiction, stories, etc.). We are flexible in accepting many different forms and functions, lengths and types, but we expect submissions to undertake a proactive, optimistic, and engaged attack on indeterminacy, even if they are uncertain of the outcome of this struggle.

The Gothic Funk movement was conceived in the November 2004 pre-election distress of Chicago's North and South Sides. Founding members included artists, scientists, and temp workers. Frustrated by the obfuscation and lack of rigor in current critical theory, they tried to posit solutions, beginning with a series of hootenannies that framed social interaction as the great mystery of cultural intimacy. Subsequent efforts have included public epistles, written projects, performance art, and more parties (because parties are fun).

Your creative work may be submitted at: http://gothicfunk.org/triannual

You may learn more about our project and its history (four years running) at: http://www.hereisnowhy.com/gothicfunk

For additional information, contact Connor Coyne at connor@hereisnowhy.com