Katy Deepwell
n.paradoxa is the only international feminist art journal in the world dedicated to exploring feminist theory and the work of women artists.
It's a paradox of the internet that the widespread global communication it fosters has not proved to be a a strong site for the publication and exchange of feminist knowledge about the visual arts.
n.paradoxa remains after 3 years the only site of its kind on the internet.
n = noun, para = beyond, doxa = taught or accepted opinion.
The name, n.paradoxa, is a play on Donna Haraway's discussion of a parasite which lives in the gut of a termite in South Australia called mixotricha paradoxa. This parasite has paradoxical and unexpected habits of survival and reproduction - like every good feminist !
As a paradigm for feminist research it seemed apt for three reasons: 1) it survives by attracting others to live on it; 2) it reproduces by division and 3) its discovery reveals the value in seemingly obscure forms of research and the time and effort needed for interesting discoveries.
n.paradoxa seeks to publish a truly international cross-section of women writers on contemporary women artists which offer a local, or trans-national perspectives.
Contributions are welcome from any woman writer or woman artist who would like to contribute their research to this local/global dialogue amongst women artists, curators, critics and art historians. The subject can be on any aspect of contemporary women's art practice in the visual arts and its relation to understandings of feminist theory. Anyone conducting research who is interested in publication in n.paradoxa should contact the editor directly by email. Please send an outline of the argument proposed and the subject covered.
n.paradoxa online offers a flexible platform for the publication and circulation of artists' manifestos, polemical statements, women artists' projects, conference and research papers, and PhD or MA research work on contemporary women artists' work.
To contact the Editor email k.deepwell@ukonline.co.uk
Copyright © : n.paradoxa, Oct, 1999
N.Paradoxa : Issue No. 11, 1999