Hello netbehaviour audience, I hope this email finds you well and that you are piqued by our forthcoming free and participatory Zoom event.
'To the Rotundas' Mycelia #4 Launch Event Mycelia magazine invites you to participate in a free and live programme curated by authors and artists of Issue 4 TO THE ROTUNDAS Launch Event: Part One for Mycelia, Issue 4 INTRODUCTION Mycelia is a magazine for literature and art that engage with the weird and the eerie. Inspired by weird fiction and the late Mark Fisher’s conceptualisation of the weird and the eerie in contemporary culture, Mycelia publishes new work on those themes by authors and artists from around the world, reserving a minimum number of places for Scotland-based creative practitioners. Mycelia is the first magazine in Scotland dedicated to weird fiction, and we want to help Scottish writers and artists who work in that genre to connect with the international scene. Issue 4 was published in December 2020 and features short stories in the weird, speculative and science fiction traditions, poetry, photography, interdisciplinary and experimental prose, and book reviews. The subject matter includes climate disaster dystopias, a metaphysical erotic horror on embodied identity, future wars playing a role in contemporary art, a meta-narrative on the hero archetype in space-bound science fiction, a landscape documentary on the VOR stations around the world, sardonic illustrations inspired by Aubrey Beardsley and the H. P. Lovecraft cthulhu mythos, and poetry on consumption and internet culture. The magazine is published by Hedera Felix, an independent non-profit press in Glasgow, Scotland, whose non-profit commitment is to enrich Scottish people on low incomes by providing free opportunities to learn or develop publishing skills. PROGRAMME The following authors and artists have collaboratively curated the evening's programme: - Conor Baird, visual artist in Glasgow, Scotland, UK - William Joys, visual artist in London, UK - Amanda Minkkinen, writer in Copenhagen, Denmark - Ema Pina, visual artist in London, UK - Ryan J Smith, writer and musician in Margate, UK Together, the Part One panel will present live and pre-recorded *performances*, original new *video work,* *readings*, *critical discussions*, and *an interview with special guest, Stephen Toman, author of the three weird fiction novels known as **The Badwater Trilogy (*Malki Press, Edinburgh: 2019 to 2020). (Full details of the programme are on the Eventbrite page – see link below!) JOIN OUR CONVERSATION At the end of each segment, we'll open the floor on Zoom to the audience to send us questions for the authors and artists, and the editors of Mycelia. We want to share our knowledge and insights — and be stimulated by what you ask! We love our audience! WIN BOOKS AND MAGAZINES There will be prizes. Mysteriously, on the night our panel will entreat you the audience to take part in the competitions. Prizes include books, magazines, and quite possibly, more. (More info about the comps is available on the Eventbrite page, see link below…) ❥︎ EVENTBRITE Join us at 7 pm (GMT) on Friday, 26 March 2021, on Zoom (it's free) Register via Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/to-the-rotundas-mycelia-issue-4-launch-part-one-tickets-144750874763 ❥︎ NEXT MONTH This event is the first of a series of online events to present and expand on Issue 4 of Mycelia. Part Two will take place on Friday, 23 April 2021, and will feature: - Annie Schoonover, a poet living in Minnesota, USA - Ignacio Evangelista, a photographer and researcher in Madrid, Spain - Mauricio Montiel Figueiras, a writer, poet and scholar in Mexico City, Mexico - Klara Kofen, theatre director, artist and writer, in London, UK - Stephen O'Donnell, writer, in Dublin, Ireland ❥︎ NEWSLETTER Sign up to our newsletter via our website to keep abreast: www.hederafelix.com ❥︎ THANK YOU! Simone Simone Hutchinson Director & Managing Editor *s.hutchin...@hederafelix.com <s.hutchin...@hederafelix.com>* Hedera Felix C.I.C. 18 Orkney Street Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom G51 2BX *www.hederafelix.com <http://www.hederafelix.com/>* /// Publishing & Events /// Weird Fiction * Experimental Literature * Art
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