BOSS WITCH PRODUCTIONS / AN EDITORIAL PROPOSAL
In print.
In voice.In circulation.
Publications that hold an artistic practice, confront an institution, or let a poem become sound. Small books with room for risk, intimacy, and trust.
Boss Witch
Publications.
A proposed publishing program for artist books, booklets, and editions. The starting point is work that already exists but has not yet found its form in print: documentation, correspondence, poems, and sound.
Developed from Carmina Escobar’s September 2025 proposal. Series names, editions, and collaborators below are provisional. Cover studies are typographic concepts, not reproductions of artists’ work.
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DEVOTION.ARCHIVE / DOCUMENT / RETURN
TYPOGRAPHIC COVER STUDY
Grimoire
of Devotion.
Return to visionary works through essays, archives, and documentation. A publication as an encounter with a practice, giving its images and ideas another life.
First seed:
Carole Kim.
The proposed starting point is a small book around Carole Kim’s hair interventions: a year of inviting artists to transform her head and hair into landscapes. Photographs and portraits would meet a foreword or essays reflecting on surrender and artistic trust.
EDITORIAL POSSIBILITY
Carmina proposed an essay on surrender in relation to Kim’s practice, with additional writing and design collaborators to be discussed. The publication’s scope and image selection would be developed with the artist.
FATIGUE.COUNTERSPELLS / CRITICAL WRITING
TYPOGRAPHIC COVER STUDY
Counterspells.
Writing that confronts institutions with wit, critique, and truth. The correspondence artists produce while navigating power becomes material for collective reflection.
First seed:
Minority Fatigue.
A proposed anthology of correspondence by POC and queer artists. The concept grew from conversations with Micaela Tobin, envisioned as a curatorial and contributing collaborator.
EDITORIAL POSSIBILITY
Letters and emails could be brought into conversation with reflections on the labor of addressing institutions. Contributors would choose their material; permissions and any anonymization would be agreed before publication.
Sacred Tongues
of Fire.
Poetry books paired with sound, digital or physical. Voice, text, and music meet across distinct geographies, lineages, and textures.
A first constellation
of voices.
The original proposal imagined Oliver Nicholson, Jimma Jamore, and Nadia López García. For Nadia’s edition, music might be developed with Maqueos or a collaborator of her choosing.
EDITORIAL POSSIBILITY
Each publication would find its own relationship between the page and listening. Mark Allen was proposed as a design and print collaborator. All participation, formats, and production arrangements remain to be confirmed.
A RELATED SERIES / PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
Ambag ni Láwû.
DIY zines and tools for making work with what we have. A series in Láwû’s memory, carrying their spirit of community and mutual aid into shared practical knowledge.
Explore the zines and read the first toolkits ↗Application toolkits, video production, natural inks, fabrication, and recording. A place for artists to share the methods that help others begin.
The application toolkits are available on the series page. Further editions are proposals.
HOW IT COULD WORK
Existing work.
New encounters.
The intention is to begin with existing, unpublished work. New work is welcome if an artist wants to make it, but is not the expectation.
Make the scale possible.
Develop each edition around available resources, fundraising, or grants. Agree on production costs, artist compensation, and responsibilities before moving forward.
Share the edition.
The original proposal considered honoraria, a share of printed copies, and presentation events with promotion. Arrangements would be specific to each artist and publication.
Build from a material history.
Boss Witch’s 2021 launch booklet provides an earlier point of departure. Correspondence with Mark Allen described risograph printing, saturated color, patterned paper, foil, and collective assembly.