Audio index
Stop VIII - Second Nature
Stand at the Sutro Baths/Merrie Way Parking Lot, facing the sea
Stop 2 - Coincidences
Stand at the First Overlook, approached from the south
Stop 3 - Migrations
Stand at the Willow Marsh, where you can see water under the brush
Stop 4 - Passage
Stand at the Labyrinth, on Lands End Promontory, down Mile Rock Beach stairs
Fastigium
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Stop 6 - Panorama
Stand at the bottom of the stairs, near sign for "Dangerous Cliffs"
2. Publishing When it's not Publishing
Publishing When it’s Not Publishing 11:00 am -12:15 pm
Online forums capitalize on the Internet’s capacity for offering multimedia content, wide channels of distribution, and up-to-the-minute information. Live forums grant writers the opportunity to have immediate responses from their audiences. What are the economic, logistical, and technological challenges they face, and how do they answer the assertion that they are nailing the coffin for traditional print publications?
Panelists: Gwen Allen, Art Historian and Author; Brian Andrews, Bad at Sports; Anne Colvin, Skank bloc Bologna; Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan, The Thing; Tania Ketenjian, The [Un]Observed; Respondant: Steven Barich, Artopic
Stop 7 - Gaps
Stand at the wooden post in the middle of the trail, facing the Golden Gate
3. The New Fetish Object: Desire and Significance of Physical Publishing
The New Fetish Object: Desire and Significance of Physical Publishing
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
With more and more print publications turning to the web, what happens to those who remain? What is the future of the physical publication?
Panelists: Noah Lang, Electric Works; Kelly Lynn Jones, Little Paper Planes; Brian McMullen, McSweeney's; Blake Riley, Arion Press; Eleanor Hanson Wise, The Present Group; Respondent: Laura Sydell, National Public Radio
4. Publish and Perish
Publish and Perish 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
How to create a sustainable publishing model (or alternatively) how to create a great limited run.
Panelists: Amy Berk, Stretcher; Derek Fagerstrom, Pop-Up Magazine; Mathew Honan, Longshot Magazine; Andrew Leland, The Believer; Griff Williams, Gallery 16 & Urban Digital Color; Respondent: Suzanne Stein, SFMOMA
Stop II - The Picturesque
Stand at the wooden post in the middle of the trail, facing the forest
5. West Coast Critical?
West Coast Critical? 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
How does a writer establish value judgments and an individual voice? Are there prevailing characteristics that could be considered to define a regional West Coast critical perspective, whether in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, or Vancouver?
Panelists: Melissa Feldman, Matthew Post, Anne Walsh, Steven Wolf, Mark Van Proyen; Respondent: Renny Pritikin
Stop III - Erosion
Stand at the bottom of the stairs, near sign for "Dangerous Cliffs"
6. All Ships Rise Together
All Ships Rise Together 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Many publications in the Bay Area utilize a collaborative model to make things happen, relying on effort and investment from their fellow publishers, editors, writers, and artists. Is this model sustainable? How does it further the interests of the individual participants?
Panelists: Jamie Alexander, Park Life; Christina Amini, Chronicle Books; Patricia Maloney, Art Practical; Brett MacFadden, MacFadden and Thorpe; Valerie Wade, Crown Point Press; Respondent: Joseph Del Pesco
Stop VII - Siren's Song
Stand at the First Overlook, approached from the north