52nd City

Mags on the Move

The most-recent edition of the St. Louis Journalism Review - labeled for February, but coming out now - is eye-opening for two reasons. One, it's the last one run under the auspices of Webster University, a story that's been playing out over the past year-and-change. More notably, the publication's gotten a facelift, with (for SJR, certainly) a radical redesign, the first for the venerable publication in nearly a decade.

And Boots Contemporary Art - which I finally visited this past weekend; a quirky stop, at that - is launching its "Boot Print" mag, both online and in print. Here's the story, direct from the source:

Boot Print Volume 1 | Issue 1 Available On-line Now

Early in 2006, Boots Contemporary Art Space launched the idea of Boot Print, a publication dedicated to contemporary art and published by artists, that would serve as a non-commercial publication of cogitations, initiatives and information. Boots Contemporary Art Space is now proud to present the inaugural Issue of Boot Print. Volume 1, Issue 1 covers Boots exhibitions and happenings; looks at five different models of artist-run spaces in Mexico, Iceland, Turkey, and the United States; discusses forms of arts publishing and distribution; features Adelheid Mers insightful diagrammatic chronicle alongside Vilem Flusser's Crisis of Linearity (1988), the first translation into English; and last, speaks with established curatorial voices about their practice, the local and international art scene, as well as the debutant Destroy Athens Biennial.

Boot Print will reach 2000 art professionals in print form via postal mail in the United States and abroad; 3000 via email in its electronic form. It will be available at Boots Contemporary Art Space and can be downloaded here and from the Boots Contemporary Art Space website, www.bootsart.com.