The Employee by joshua schwebel
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Invitation | Publication of works in Le Sabord magazine

Karine Bouchard <████████████████████@lesabord.qc.ca> To: Josh Schwebel <josh@joshuaschwebel.com>

Hi Joshua Schwebel, 

I am the artistic director of Le Sabord magazine, a hybrid journal of literature and visual arts based in Trois-Rivières that presents the work of Canadian visual artists. For our next issue entitled « cellules », we are pleased to invite you to publish your recent work The employee and be one of the visual artists represented. 

I would be very happy to discuss with you the possibility of presenting 4 to 8 images in the magazine, as a portfolio, that may present the project as well as possible. 

We offer up to 200$ artist's fee to publish the images. (I can send you the contract in a next email that explains it).

Please, feel free to write to me back at the email address -- -- or to call me at this number : ████████████ as soon as it is possible for you.

Thank you in advance !

All the best, 


Karine Bouchard
Codirectrice générale et artistique 
Le Sabord / Éditions d’art Le Sabord
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Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> To: Karine Bouchard <████████████████████@lesabord.qc.ca> Cc: Camille-Zoé Valcourt-Synnott <██████████████████ >

dear Karine,
thank you for writing to me and for your invitation to publish a presentation of my work. It's a huge honour as I know how many incredible artists there are working right now who you could choose from. 
I am really excited that The Employee will reach a wider audience through your publication, however I wonder how you envision this project (which is quite conceptual) communicating through images. Would it be possible to compose a combination of images and text? For example, in my presentation of the project on my website I have prefaced the work with a brief project writeup as a way to contextualize the videos. I suppose we could use some still images from the videos for the publication, but I would also like to include perhaps some scans of my employee, Camille Zoë's, hand-written notes to pair with still images of her working. I have cc'ed Camille on this to keep her in the loop on this. When would you like this material by?
I would be happy to speak with you over zoom, or to continue emailing. 
warm regards,
Josh

Karine Bouchard <████████████████████@lesabord.qc.ca> To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> Cc: Camille-Zoé Valcourt-Synnott <██████████████████ >

Dear Joshua, 

Thank you so much for accepting the invitation. That is exactly the question I was going to ask concerning the fact that this is a conceptual project. I was first thinking of presenting some stills from the video which, to me, describes the work well (as shown on your website), but adding hand-writing notes would certainly be interesting too and would complete the idea of the project. In any case, I am really open to discussing the best way to present your work in our magazine.
I will also write a short text to accompany the images, so if you have any information I couldn't find online on your project, please, feel free to send it to me. 

Also, here is some information on the ideal format for the image presented in the magazine : 

Horizontal (for a double-page) : 5475 x 3675 pixels (18,25 x 12,25 inches at 300 dpi)

Vertical (for a full page) : 2738 x 3675 pixels (9,125 x 12,25 inches at 300 dpi)

Saved under : tiff, psd, jpeg


The more the image is big, the more we can present it in a full page or double-page. For the video stills, of course, it might not be possible to reach that goal, but we have ways of presenting them to show the idea/intention of the work.

For the deadline, we have until Friday the 18th to give the high-resolution images to our graphist. 

We can certainly discuss this on zoom if you think it would be easier. I am available Thursday or Friday in any case. How does it sound?

Thank you so much and we are very happy about this collaboration!

All the best,

Karine


Karine Bouchard
Codirectrice générale et artistique 
Le Sabord / Éditions d’art Le Sabord
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Trois-Rivières (Québec) 
G9A 5M6
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Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> To: Karine Bouchard <████████████████████@lesabord.qc.ca> Cc: Camille-Zoé Valcourt-Synnott <██████████████████ >

Dear Karine,
Great that you are also open to thinking about solutions for how to visualize the project.
I will need to get back to you about Camille’s notes however, since I wasn’t expecting to have scans of them until after Feb. 28 at the earliest.
How flexible is your deadline? Otherwise, we will probably need to find other visual options.
In the meantime I will try to gather some video stills and send them to you according to your dimensions.
As for the written description, I think that the short text on the website should be adequate. However, would you be willing to send me the text you write before you publish it so I can check it over for accuracy?
My best,
Josh


Karine Bouchard <████████████████████@lesabord.qc.ca> To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>, Camille-Zoé Valcourt-Synnott <██████████████████ >

Dear Joshua, 

For the images of the notes, I think we can go until March 7 to receive them, but that would be the last deadline. Please, let me double check with our graphist first and I'll come back to you. Of course, in the meantime, if you gather some video stills, that sounds perfect. On my side, I will start writing the short text and send it to you after. Do you read French? 

We can surely speak over zoom soon, maybe when the selection of the images and the text will be more fixed?

Thank you again for your collaboration!

Best, 


Karine Bouchard
Codirectrice générale et artistique 
Le Sabord / Éditions d’art Le Sabord
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Trois-Rivières (Québec) 
G9A 5M6
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Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> To: Karine Bouchard <████████████████████@lesabord.qc.ca> Cc: Camille-Zoé Valcourt-Synnott <██████████████████ >

Dear Karine,
Thank you, this sounds great. I really appreciate the extension of the deadline, and I will also confirm with Camille whether or not this will be possible on her end.
I will definitely get some video stills organized. I do read French, so feel free to send me the text when it is composed.
I would definitely be happy to speak over zoom in the coming week. 
When would you have some availability? For me mornings are better.
My best,
Josh

Karine Bouchard <████████████████████@lesabord.qc.ca>

Dear Josh, 

Perfect for meeting in the mornings. What about Monday 21 or Tuesday 22 at 10:30? I also have some availability during the rest of the week if it is better for you. Meanwhile, I send you the document with information we will need for the publication and the production of the contract. 

Thank you and I am looking forward to meeting you next week !

Karine


Karine Bouchard
Codirectrice générale et artistique 
Le Sabord / Éditions d’art Le Sabord
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Trois-Rivières (Québec) 
G9A 5M6
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