Assertion Art and Action Contemporary Avant Garde   Contact: assertion@aspectarts.com

MANIFESTO July 27, 2007 The illogical becomes reasonable. Reason goes to sleep and spectres of truth dominate. An online journal: a collective of thought and reaction. Assertion firmly places the artist back into the role of digestive critic. A response to the malaise and mass consumer culture saturation. Acconci and Breton. Ballard and Man Ray. De Sade and Atget. Brus and Crowley. Giacometti and Baudelaire. Aragon and De Mannis. In the style and intent of the art/politic pamphlet around and between The Wars. Our new world war is a summons for a new creative response. The artist is no longer the property of galleries, museums, corporations and promoters. Awareness and activity. Wolves and songbirds, not cattle or ants. Not the antipathetic brats of the youtube and video-revival generations. The more layers and textures, the better. Esthetics and appeal merge with concept and content. What it is: Surrealism Dada Media Montage Collage Atavism Alinear Aktionist Politics Religion Culture Erotic Repulsive Undercurrent Metacurrent Rustic City Analysis Foto Drawing Automatism Intentionality Irrational Modernity Folk Analog Poetic Abstract Romantic Destructive Desecration Sound Light Unconscious Primitive Symbolic Labor Documented Illustrated A mirror What It Is Not: Genre Post Modern Pop Culture Net Culture "Social" Networking Documentary Complacent Comfortable Suburbia Video Game Reviews Prurient Decoration Gallery Television Advertisement Acceptable Accessible Partisan Secular Fascist Futurist Nationalism Virtual Reality Casual Consumerist Soapbox Filters Special FX Illustrative A "Zine" A Store

Accepting Submissions See Manifesto and Submission Guidelines for details. Current: 1 Submission Deadline: September 1, 2007 Submission Format: EMAIL Publication Date: September 31, 2007 ISSUE TOPIC: communicate Format/Submission Guidelines: Bimonthly Multimedia Pamphlet for Artistic Action Issue Topic should be observed but not strictly adhered to. English language or English translation provided (original language text will also appear). Topics may be relevant to any current global culture, crisis, concern on an individual and mass level. ALL WORK MUST BE ORIGINAL All appropriations must be appropriate Immediately: Web: HTML: Bodies of work written (fiction, poetry, stream of consciousness, automatic writings (you can send .jpgs of the hand writing too), photographed, drawn, otherwise created. Any medium and style. Observe what it is, what it is not. Editor reflects upon each work. Sound and video works are accepted and will be compiled to a podcast format for download. Subscription Fee: None at this time. Submission Fee: None for bi-montly journal; curated exhibitions TBA GOAL: Print: eventually, with an A/V CD in the bundle Exhibition: physical exposure in tangible spaces Image Guidelines: All images including documentation of installation, performance or sculpture, photographs, scans of collage, montage, drawing and painting, etc... must be no larger than 800 x 600 pixels, 72 resolution. Baseline JPG compression at the highest possible setting. Style and content should be evident by the suggested guidelines and keywords. Sound/Media Guidelines:All sound files must be AAC or MP3 format, 256 bit rate. Experimental, abstractions, ambience, glitch and weird noises. If you are a "band" or a "DJ" looking specifically to promote without some deeper intent this *probably* isn't the venue for you. But you are welcome to send anyway. Video must be in mpg format and no larger than 20MB in size.  Both video art and documentation of installation and action will be considered.  Please email me with a proposal or preview link before sending large video or sound files. All Artists will be asked to submit 75-125 word statement upon acceptance. Text: Poetry, experimental or surrealist prose, critical documents, regurgitations.  Written documents must be Rich Text .rtf format - no longer than 1000 words, properly spell checked and edited. Extensive spelling and syntax error results in rejection.  Poems no longer than 80 lines. While not specifically a commercial gallery, work displayed can be considered saleable upon artist request. Please send all comments and submissions to assertion@aspectarts.com Please place all attached files in a zip (stuffit, winzip, etc...) compatible archive.