No Subject, the subject is No Subject

No Subject, Issue #6 of The Metamer Quarterly, has been printed, slightly revised, and shipped.

Contributors included Dana Beck, Kate Blackwood, Elizabeth Gillett, Kevin Hamilton, Yeeseon Kwon, and Jana Laxa, among others.

For the first time in the brief history of TMQ, there are copies still available! The basic version (on the left) is available for $30 USD, plus shipping. The uniquely covered/wrapped version (on the right; it opens to something like the basic version) is available for $45 plus shipping. I have 3 copies of each available now.

For more information, or to request a copy, please write to me at The Metamer Quarterly, P.O. Box 725, Sherburne, NY 13460.

Or, send me an email. metamer@protonmail.com

No Subject

Issue #5, Time, has shipped.

Five issues complete, and three more to go. Whether The Metamer Quarterly will continue for a third year, I do not yet know.

I've been requesting submissions for Issue #6, No Subject. Anyone can send something in. I guarantee that I will put at least one of your works, whether a b&w drawing, or a piece of writing, in the issue. If you send more, I might include more, depending on the final portfolio of material.

Can you submit anonymously, in the event that you are worried about preserving your professional reputation in another area? Absolutely. Can you publish under your full name, because you would like to add to your publishing record? Again, yes!

Please send your submissions to the usual address (see below); handwritten is fine.

L Scott / The Metamer Quarterly
P.O. Box 725
Sherburne, NY, 13460

Please send by February 5th.

Need some prompts? See below:

1. Write an acrostic on any of the five previous subjects of The Metamer Quarterly. (Metamerism, Maps and Diagrams, the Book of Love, The Sea, or Time) An acrostic is a form "in which the first letter of each line makes a word or message that relates in some way to the poem's subject." (Michael Ann Courtney)

2. Three stanzas that can be sung to the tune of Amazing Grace. Or the theme to Gilligan's Island. Each stanza must contain one of the following words: fjord, platonic, tympanum, bower, telos, widdershins, buoy, loupe, quark, haver, soothe

3. A haiku containing at least two words from the list above.

4. Write a poem of 18 to 32 lines about a family member who meets a famous person. (this exercise stolen from MAC, who stole it from David Wojahn.)

5. An Then / Now poem. 4 to 8 lines, in pairs that begin:

"I used to......
But now I ....."

An alternate version:

"I used to be like....
But now I am...."

6. Draw a map of the dark side of the moon.

7. Diagram any sentence in this post.

8. Draw a picture illustrating or prompted by any three or more words from list above.

9. Submit a brief news report on anything that happened to you in 2017.

10. Draw a map of how to get from where you lived when you were seven, to where you live now.

11. Explain the theory of relativity.

12. List the five most important questions to ask when purchasing a mode of transport.

in process

starting work on the color wheels, I found one I'd made in grad school.

(and check out the indiegogo campaign here)

three pages, reverse, middle

Two prisms, one (left) refracting the light refracted through the other (top/center).









Metamerism ships with just one prism, but you can buy more at many scientific and education supply sites, such as eNasco.

The Metamer Quarterly is Live

The Metamer Quarterly & Analog Art Subscription is live.

The Metamer Quarterly & Analog Art Subscription is an experiment in making, form, material, and sustenance, and it is live.

Each quarter I will make an artist's book on a particular subject, exploring it visually and physically, and producing it in a small edition. The ampersand in the title joins the timing and the object that will arrive in the mail; The Quarterly is the Analog Art.

The first issue is on metamerism. Metamerism refers to the spectral variance between colors that appear to match in some lighting situations, but not in others. For example, the socks you paired in the dark of your room may match in daylight, but not in your office’s fluorescent lighting. This shift is due to differences in the spectral power distribution of each color. The colors with this relationship are called metamers. The phenomenon is fascinating in itself, and provides a jumping off point for exploring the voice and substance of color and perception.

I am looking for both subscribers and collaborators. I am looking for hand-drawn maps and diagrams to include in the next edition, and I’d also like to explore more direct and intentional collaborations down the line. The form below provides a way to respond to all these requests. (Please do note that prices for ordering future issues individually may increase. That is the potential advantage to a subscription.)

My commitment is to making a series of eight of these artist's books. After Metamerism, the planned subjects are:  Maps and Diagrams, The Book of Love, The Sea, Time, < no subject >, The Cabin and the Stone House, and Sound. I will post images of each completed artist’s book here on The Metamer Quarterly blog, and they will be available for order at that time as well.

If you would like to order The Metamer Quarterly & Analog Art Subscription in advance, please check out the post "The Movement of Small Green Pieces of Paper", and/or write to me at LScott, The Metamer Quarterly, PO Box 725, Sherburne, NY, 13460

the indiegogo campaign