Launch of Pleasure Dome’s First E-Book: Imagining Futures of Experimental Media

Pleasure Dome is pleased to announce the launch of its first e-book and accompanying audiobook, Imagining Futures of Experimental Media (2023), published in collaboration with the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition and OddSide Arts. Edited by Aaditya Aggarwal, Elida Schogt, and Fan Wu and featuring contributions by artists and writers, this digital publication was made possible through the Canada Council of the Arts Strategic Funds & Initiatives: Digital Now Grant.

 

 


Pleasure Dome is pleased to announce the launch of its very first e-book and accompanying audiobook, Imagining Futures of Experimental Media (2023). Edited by Aaditya Aggarwal, Elida Schogt, and Fan Wu, and designed by Rupali Morzaria, this digital publication was made possible through the generosity of the Canada Council of the Arts’s Strategic Funds & Initiatives: Digital Now Grant.

Contributions by Aaditya Aggarwal, Angel Callander, Lena Chen, Eli Hirtle, Gladys Lou, Renata Azevedo Moreira, Divine Ndemeye, Dhvani Ramanujam, Darian Razdar, Cody Rooney, Elida Schogt, and Fan Wu, and many more!

This book is published by Pleasure Dome in collaboration with the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition whose priority is to support, promote, and advocate for Indigenous media artists and arts organizations, and OddSide Arts, a cultural arts not-for-profit that fosters a space for Afro-descendants, especially women, gender-expansive and LGTBQ+ folks, to theorize, create, and contribute to the development of the equitable future.

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts. This publication was made possible through their Strategic Funds & Initiatives: Digital Now grant.

Special thanks to Theresa Slater, Queen Zakiyyah Kukoyi, Nico Taylor, Jennifer Smith, Lauren Fournier, Sylvia Nowak, Jennifer Laiwint, and Katherine Connell for their support on this project.

Cover image by Taylor Ableman

ISBN: 978-1-7387467-0-5

The e-book is available to purchase for $10.00 CDN through the Kobo Bookstore. There, you will also find the audiobook, available for purchase for $5.00 CDN. All proceeds go directly back into Pleasure Dome, to support the work of experimental artists and filmmakers.

Launch event, free and open to the public:

Wednesday, March 8 at 6pm-7pm (online via zoom)

Tune in to the zoom meeting here.

The launch will be one hour and feature readings of short excerpts from the text by our writers.