The panel Publishing as a Site for Cultural Production will focus on the multiple uses of “printed matter” through each panelist’s approach to publishing, dissemination, and using the book as a curatorial platform. The panel will include Richmond-based artists Nicole Killian, Lauren Thorson and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. We will discuss the role of collaboration in each panelist ongoing projects including Killian’s publication Issues, Thorson’s project Margin and Mutiti’s independent digital archive Reading Zimbabwe. Each of these works are produced remotely, involving collaborators from across the United States and Abroad.