Womens Work, Various Artists, 2019
Originally published in the mid-1970s, Womens Work was a magazine that sought to highlight the overlooked work of female artists working at the cusp of the visual arts, music, and performance. The magazine was designed by Alison Knowles, and edited by Alison Knowles and Annea Lockwood, featuring text-based and performance scores by the following 25 artists, composers, and choreographers:
Beth Anderon, Ruth Anderson, Jacki Apple, Barbara Benary, Sari Dienes, Nye Ffarrabas (participating as Bici Forbes), Simone Forti, Wendy Greenberg, Heidi Von Gunden, Françoise Janicot, Alison Knowles, Christina Kubisch, Carol Law, Annea Lockwood (also included as Anna Lockwood), Mary Lucier, Lisa Mikulchik, Ann Noël (included as Ann Williams), Pauline Oliveros, Takako Saito, Carolee Schneemann, Mieko Shiomi, Elaine Summers, Carole Weber, Julie Winter, and Marilyn Wood.
The editors were and remain adamant that the work should be performed; that they not remain static as an artifact.
“We wanted to publish work which other people could pick up and do: that aspect of it was really important…this was not anecdotal, this was not archival material, it was live material. You look at a score, you do it.” – Annea Lockwood
Two issues of Womens Work were originally published and both were produced as precise facsimiles, housed together in newly designed packaging. Produced with managing editors James Hoff and Irene Revell on behalf of Primary Information in New York.
Management of print production and design:
Analysis of the original print production, materials, inks, dimensions, caliper checks.
Sourcing of closest equivalent materials and processes.
Production specifications, quote production with print suppliers.
Masking of the original halftone and line art design elements, for separate treatments to avoid moiré while ensuring optimal image detail and text sharpness. Image processing, editing, density settings and retouching of source scans.
Updated colophon and titling designed to seamlessly follow the original font and design treatment.
Custom foldout packaging, prototyping and design.
Wet proofing, print-ready output, F&Gs.
Format: Softcover, saddle stitch binding, folded poster, custom foldout packaging, offset printed in spot colours
Dimensions: 8.5 x 9 inches
First printing edition: 1500