{"id":6537,"date":"2013-05-01T11:34:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T10:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookleteer.com\/blog\/?p=6537"},"modified":"2013-05-01T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T10:34:07","slug":"subscriptions-success-new-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/2013\/05\/subscriptions-success-new-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Subscriptions Success + New Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April was a fantastic month for <a href=\"http:\/\/bookleteer.com\/periodical.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Periodical<\/a> \u2013 we&#8217;re very happy to report that we exceeded our goal of reaching 60 subscriptions (we actually reached 61) and are delighted to welcome 23 new subscribers into this growing community.<\/p>\n<p>Our new goal for May is to reach at least 80 subscribers and we have a very exciting special extra to give to new annual subscribers. As you may know, Proboscis is leaving its studio space in a couple of months and we are undertaking a major review of our archive and back catalogue of projects built up over 19 years. We frequently make things as part of our creative process that don&#8217;t come to light for a while, or are never made public. In opening one of the archive boxes I came across some special things which had been planned to form part of a larger special edition artists publication which didn&#8217;t in the end come to pass. However, they make a fabulous set on their own and we are pleased to offer them as this month&#8217;s special extra inducement to take out an <a href=\"http:\/\/bookleteer.com\/blog\/the-periodical-subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\">annual subscription to the Periodical<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2008-2011 I commissioned a series of eBooks and StoryCubes by a diverse range of writers, artists, performers, thinkers and makers to respond to two questions from different perspectives, &#8220;Why are we who we are?&#8221; and, &#8220;What do we want to become?&#8221; \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/?cat=191\" target=\"_blank\">Diffusion Transformations<\/a>. I had hoped from the beginning to publish a limited edition containing all the books and cubes, but funds weren&#8217;t available to do so, however I did manage to print several of the contributor&#8217;s pieces.<\/p>\n<p>We have a small number (around 20 or so) which will be sent out on a &#8216;first come-first served&#8217; basis to any new annual subscribers. <a href=\"http:\/\/bookleteer.com\/blog\/the-periodical-subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe now<\/a> for your chance to have this rare set.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/kgoldsmith_celexa-150x127.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/kgoldsmith_effexor-150x127.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/kgoldsmith_praxil-150x127.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/kgoldsmith_prozac-150x127.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/kgoldsmith_welbutrin-150x127.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/kgoldsmith_zoloft-150x127.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/?p=472\" target=\"_blank\">Pharmaceutical Cubes by Kenneth Goldsmith<\/a><br \/>\nLegendary concrete poet and founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">UbuWeb<\/a>, Kenneth Goldsmith created these 6 StoryCubes as a form of writing as texture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/raqs_storycube_1.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/raqs_storycube_2.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/raqs_storycube_3.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/?p=898\" target=\"_blank\">3 Cubic Conundrums by Raqs Media Collective<\/a><br \/>\nDelhi-based Raqs Media Collective (Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula &#038; Shuddhabrata Sengupta), co-founders of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarai.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sarai<\/a>, created these 3 StoryCubes for the series : &#8220;The Curse of Invariable Good Fortune&#8221;, &#8220;Door to Door to Door&#8221; and &#8220;The Fugitive Never Escapes Himself&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/BW_Octuplets_Story_cube1.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"128\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/BW_Octuplets_Story_cube2.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"128\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/BW_Octuplets_Story_cube3.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"128\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/?p=1245\" target=\"_blank\">The Octuplet: Story of Our Lives by Babette Wagenvoort<\/a><br \/>\nBabbette Wagenvoort&#8217;s beautifully illuutrated cubes tell &#8220;tells the strange story of eight human-beings living inside their mother, while they prepare for their future. One of the octuplets seems better equipped for life than the others\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_1_of_10_cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_2_of_10_cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_3_of_10_cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_4_of_10_cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_5_of_10_cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_6_of_10_cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_7_of_10_cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_8_of_10cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_9_of_10_cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/A_Sort_of_Autobiography_10_of_10_cover-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/?p=1977\" target=\"_blank\">A Sort of Autobiography by Warren Craghead<\/a><br \/>\nDescribed by comics reviewer, <a href=\"http:\/\/warren-peace.blogspot.co.uk\/2010\/08\/sort-of-autobiography-cool-comics-ideas.html\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Brady<\/a>, as &#8220;three-dimensional comic strips&#8221;, veteran comic artist, Warren Craghead created a set of 10 StoryCubes as a &#8220;possible autobiography&#8221;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April was a fantastic month for the Periodical \u2013 we&#8217;re very happy to report that we exceeded our goal of reaching 60 subscriptions (we actually reached 61) and are delighted to welcome 23 new subscribers into this growing community. 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