Works cited, [out of nothing] #8, “its about does not abound in only’s subject”

Cartwright, Steve. Seaquest. Activision: 1983. Chapman, Matt, and Mike Chapman. Trogdor. Videlextrix: 2003. Egging, Keith, John Morgan, Mark Blazczyk, Rex Battenberg, Tom Fosha, Phil Raba, Rich Pagnusat, and Charlie Schultz. Zoo Keeper. Taito: 1982. Fenton, Jamie Faye. The Adventures of Robby Roto. Bally / Midway: 1981. Jarvis, Eugene. Defender. Williams: 1981. Jarvis, Eugene. Robotron: 2084. […]

Founding documents #9: Mock-ups are just mazes without walls (level up!)

Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 5:46 PM From: Joe Milazzo To: eric lindley Superb! Thanks so much! I will continue tweaking and such. My eyeballs feel all crossed up, still, but maybe if I go read some Francis Ponge and then come back to the code… These sprites are all sourced from vintage arcade games. […]

Founding documents #8: Comments that may not have existed hitherto

In the spring of 2011, while I was a student at CalArts, I enrolled in a course, led by Jen Hofer, called “Literary Citizenship: Tiny Press Practices.” The class’s culminating project was for each student to produce a handmade, semi-reproducible book object. The remainder of the course was a wide-ranging survey/seminar on the methods and […]

Founding documents #7: The glassy taste of clichés

[Definitions] Janice Lee Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:32 AM To: eric lindley Cc: Joe Milazzo , “[out of nothing]” <[email protected]> let’s do it! On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:31 AM, eric lindley wrote: Yes! I like the idea of us each generating definitions-perhaps OED style, where we can play with the origin, etc, […]

Founding documents #6: In themes begin responsibilities

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:45 PM, eric lindley wrote: yeah, I’m really enjoying the idea of overabundance or hemorrhage to impropriety. let’s make it a large metaphorical note card. On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Janice Lee wrote: > yes yes, very nice. > if we had an oon bulletin board, […]

a new frame of nothing

out of nothing our souls burst forth like shelling peanuts

Founding Documents #1: Towards a journal aesthetics statement

[ex nihilo] some thoughts for future rotating titles / and or our aesthetics statement From: Joe Milazzo Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 5:42 PM To: Eric Lindley, Janice Lee Language I would be willing to sacrifice / adapt from APHORISMS BECOME ANECDOTES: How we long these days for those long-since elapsed days when nothing truly […]