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E/X Journal: Issue 01
The inaugural issue is centered around the theoretical underpinnings behind the title: E/X. E/X is a prefix but it is also a state of being. E/X here refers both semiotically and ontologically to a desire to move outward, to EX-press, to EX-tend beyond the thresholds of our self-contained perimeters. For some time now, the dominant discourse around Self-making has focused on inward movement, on a belief in some kernel of authentic Self located as a pit in our human centers. But while introspection has its time in place, with regard to the female subject, specifically that of the female artist, there is something equally as stifling. A journey to the center of ourselves leaves us rather alone, rather shaded, and rather separated from what is really going on around us—and what is inevitably a part of us. The female subject has been keeping it inside for eternity.
For issue one we wanted to explore: EX-ness in the context of female art, whatever that means to you. This issue will seek to explore what different modes of female EX-pression mean in a culture where, to be an EX-pressive woman—to take what is inside and move it outside—is still difficult and often frustrating.