Zone Magazine - 5th Collective Book Open Call

Here we go again! Open Call for ZONE’s fifth collective book. By now you should already have an idea of how this works… If you don’t:

We’re interested in the dialogues that emerge when images from different contexts begin to act like parts of a larger organism. In what they reveal when they find one another. We start from the broadest field of images and, by listening closely, arrive at another layer of meaning for the whole. This is why we don’t have a specific theme.

Our collective books function more like artist books than curated magazine issues. Each edition differs in concept, size, materials, and approach, yet certain lines connect them all. In our first four books, we have published 498 artists from all around the world.

Selection is based solely on the images. We are not interested in previous accomplishments, status, or anything beyond the work itself. While we do try to give visibility to lesser known artists, we don’t favor anyone if the images don’t work within the flow of the book.

We are often drawn to work by people who are not confined by the expectations of their previous practice—people creating out of curiosity and a desire to challenge their own ways of seeing.