NEST magazine

During the summer NEST had an open invitation to all students of the college to publish work relating to the zine's theme, Form. I took this opportunity and entered a submission of my own. 

This was my submission. The rationale was to question our perspective in how a particular way in which a thing exists or appears. Since we typically imagine the sky being one shade of blue, I wanted to show that there's a whole spectrum of blues, even in a small area. The compositions are thus fragmented images of the sky, giving a new perspective to how we see it. 

From the point of submission to the launch of the zine, there was no acknowledge of whether i made it in. Where I did find out was at the actual launch of the zine at Village Bookstore. There we were able to have a conversation with the editor in-chief of the zine, Josiah Craven. 

Talking about NEST, it was great to find out how widely distributed the publication is. Having the zine being displayed in bookshops such as Village Bookstore, design studios and the college allows for my name to be at least be exposed to an international audience. A big factor in its wide distribution is the fact that its free to purchase. This extends the opportunities for the zine to be displayed anywhere and offers no hassle to the stockists. 

This is the first time I've had a submission be published in a publication as professionally received as NEST. This comes as a surprise as I did not spend a lot of time in formulating the idea and composition of the submission idea. This highlights how the act of taking the opportunity is beneficial regardless of being selected and it encourages me to try out more open submissions in the future.