NOTCH
Interweaving artistic genres, inviting unfamiliar encounters
a literary and arts magazine
Issue One
Potential Energy
While meditating on this shift from absence to presence–potential to kinetic–we discovered an inflection point that each artist has felt. It exists at the neck of an hourglass when ideas transform from the vague realm of the imaginary into something that can be shared in this world. The delightful metamorphosis that is invisible to all but the creator.
For this first issue, we ask our artists to meditate on the top half of the hourglass–the infinitude that potential energy holds before its whittling into reality.
(buried depth = 120m)
interactive
Literary
Previously unpublished fiction exploring the state of motionless vertigo, poetry from the precipice, essays that rescue excellent works from obscurity, comparative criticism stitching together unexpected forms, screenplays that capture the seismic potential between two souls...
Currentness is overrated. A thoughtful connection to the theme is not.
Pieces up to 1500 words are preferred. Longer work is considered on occasion.
Works in translation are welcome.
Visual
Film negatives that show what light can invert, drawings with perspective that tumbles the viewer into the frame, sculptures that call upon the sediment from which they came, paintings that defamiliarize their objects, textiles that center the stitch...
Or something completely different.
Please send a high resolution image of your art. Artist statement optional.
Other
Tattoo flash sheets that spark momentum, mathematical equations that illustrate the potential between two planets, set lists that build and build, nail art that activates a multiplicity of identity, a puppet show whose pacing defies the insistent pull of gravity...
Please send a link or a high resolution image or audio file. Artist statement optional.
Submissions close July 31, 2024
Contributors will be compensated
To submit, email submissions@notch.ink
Contributors will be compensated
To submit, email submissions@notch.ink
About
Notch is a magazine founded with the goal of de-siloing the creative arts. We consider all genres with an equal level of seriousness: fiction, painting, tattoo art, essays, techno, poetry, nail art, animation, photography... Each issue has a unique theme, acting as a critical connective tissue between art forms. An imaginative discourse arises between the works, underscoring a shared root system.
We hope to demonstrate the intrinsic value of unfamiliar encounters– delivering a transformative experience that will serve our reader's lives beyond our pages.
Notch publishes in print and online with an emphasis on developing artists who have yet to see center stage.
The Notch community values curiosity over expertise. We bring the academic and experiential arts to the same plane without isolating either group; providing sufficient context for meaningful engagement across mediums.
Us
Based in Paris and New York
ANGELA BLACK
Founding Editor, Visual Arts
SASHA LANDAUER
Founding Editor, Literature
ARTHUR GREENE
Art Director
ALEXA ROZARIO
Events
ARINA ZHURAVLEVA
Designer
HANNAH BERNSTEIN
Intern
For inquiries: editors@notch.inkTypeface: Dinamo's Gravity and Arizona