Urgency Reader 2: Mutual Aid Publishing During Crisis (2020)

278-page book
Risograph printed
Loose sheets and folios
8.5 in. x 11 in.
Edition of 25

Urgency Reader 2: Mutual Aid Publishing During Crisis began with a 10-day open call that I announced on March 18, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The call for work was motivated by two desires: 1—to collectively document some of the extraordinary conditions, dynamics, and emotions being experienced while in quarantine, and 2—to provide some relief to artists and writers impacted by the crisis, in both creative and monetary forms. How might I use publishing as an artistic practice to embody communal care? More than 100 artists and writers submitted work, mostly generated during quarantine. Contributors were compensated a total of $2,295, using funds from a 2020 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts grant, plus an anonymous donation. 65 of the 110 contributors donated their share of the compensation back to the pool, resulting in 45 contributors each receiving a stipend of $51. An edition of 25 hand-numbered copies of Urgency Reader 2 was printed and assembled at Queer.Archive.Work during the first week of April 2020, and printed copies were sold to collectors in order to fund the first round of QAW riso residences. The final 278-page publication was a loose assemblage of 129 prints, folded sheets, and zines, wrapped with rubber bands and contained in a plastic bag.

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Contributors: AK/OK (Kate Jarboe + M. Wright), Adam Chuong, Alessandro Ghio, Nicholas McGuigan, Lisa Powell, Alexis Erickson, Andrew W. Smith, Anna Gardner, anobelisk, Anonymous, Anonymous, Anonymous Nurses, Ant M Lobo, Anthony Warnick, Anzia Anderson, arthur katrina, Athena Zeros, Azulae Northa, Bailey Steele, Be Oakley, bean drake, brook vann, Cade Diehm & Edward Anthony, The New Design Congress, Caiti Borruso, Carlos Kong, Carmen Ribaudo, Caroline Sorin, chariot wish, Chr. Winther, Christian Ortiz, Christopher Cole, claire m., Connor Frew, corinne ang, D Rosen, Danny Aldred, Dylan Tescher W., Edwige Charlot, Elaine Lopez, Elie Andersen, Elisabeth Nicula, ellen zahniser, Emma Kemp with May Hoover, Angel Barris, Brittany Carter, Adriene Im, Erik Freer, everett epstein, GOVERNANCE (Rebecca Uliasz and Quran Karriem), Gregory Ghilani Fawkes, Greta Huang Skagerlind, Gu, Hannah Azar Strauss, Hugo Gallo, Jake Dugard, Jennifer Tobias, Joe Potts, John-Francis Quiñonez, Joshua Duttweiler, Katherine Ye, kathy cho & rachel hrbek, Kelsey Sucena & Nessa Grasing, Kirslyn Schell-Smith, Kit, Kitt Peacock, L S, Laith A. Ayogu, laura lamb brown-lavoie, Lauren Stroh, Lermworm, Lisa J. Maione, Logan K. Young, Louise Drulhe, Louna Bou Ghanem, Luis Carlos López, Mae Eskenazi, Maggie Siebert, Marisa Fulper Estrada, Miriam Navarro Prieto, Molly Soda, Nafis M. White, nicole killian, Nina Muccia, Noa Mori, Norah Gunn, Olive B. Godlee, Oliver/Olivier, Pablo Lerma, Paul Maheke, Paul Soulellis, Pickle Partisans, Rachel Hrbek, Rebecca Gates, Rebecca Wilkinson, Rena Rong, robynn.xyz, Ruben Castillo, Ryan Skrabalak, Rylie LAWVER, Sabrena & Rose Ghostly, Sal Randolph, sam m-h, Sara Inacio, Shou Jie Eng, Sigrid Pauen, Sophia LaFraga, Sophie Seita and Naomi Woo, T. Deutch, Taehee Whang, tess brown-lavoie, The Making Public Collective (Miriam Rasch), Tiara Roxanne, Tiffany Patterson, wermo, Wil van Iersel, Zoë Pulley