From GenderFail Press

Urgent Publishing After the Artist’s Book: Making Public in Movements Towards Liberation was a performative talk given by artist and designer Paul Soulellis during the the 2021 Contemporary Artist’s book Conference, hosted by the Center for Book Arts during the 2021 Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair.

In attending this livestreamed talk, Be Oakley of GenderFail Press was struck by the obvious intersections with their own work with GenderFail. While Paul was giving this lecture live, Oakley emailed him as they listened and responded in the moment about their hopes in being able to publish Urgent Publishing After the Artist’s Book: Making Public in Movements Towards Liberation as a printed book. For this information to be engaged with in such a personal fashion, and further to disseminate it as a physical object, felt important in their position as a publisher.