I just put out an informal feeler on twitter and noticed it generated a bit of a buzz so it probably makes sense to write something a little more concrete. Vague Terrain is looking to add several blog contributors to our roster. We're looking for specialists in any and all new media fields: musicians, critics/curators, VJs, software artists - people with expertise in the various niches that relate to our broad interest in digital art. We have aspirations to build up the editorial content in our blog, it has always been pretty informational and link based. Interested? If so, this is a rough outline of our terms:
- Two posts a month. We'd rather have a simple low-stress obligation that contributors can meet without it impacting their other commitments.
- In terms of content we're looking for links to events/symposiums/workshops, references and resources, documentation of key projects, interviews, etc.
- We view our writers as "embedded reporters" so promoting your own projects is ok - in moderation.
- We are not a funded organization. We have no revenue. We can't offer any kind of compensation (aside from our undying gratitude). We may be adding some kind of simple ad system to the blog pages in the future - but this will just be to cover hosting expenses and the bandwidth associated with the file downloads from the journal.
We aren't necessarily searching for veteran arts writers, just people that are tuned into very specific fields who are interested in sharing information related to their practice with a wider audience. We're also open to arts students interested in contributing that want to document their research (into figuring out exactly what their practice is or might be). Writing style can range from (accessible) academic to short and informational.
If this is of interest to you (or might be of interest to you) please get in touch - I'll be happy to answer any and all questions.
Edit: We are also open to republishing short-medium length essays or project overviews on the blog. We've done this a few times in the past and are happy to help circulate new media research/criticism that is relevant to the blog/journal.
