The Papercut Arcade

In less than 24 hours, our Posthuman Romantics exhibition goes live. We'll see you there at 6 PM! https://thepapercutarcade.ca/2021/posthuman-romantics/

Submissions should be posted before midnight tonight. Let's see what you've got!

Hello artists! We'd just like to remind everyone that submissions for the Posthuman Romantics exhibit are due by midnight this coming Saturday, January 23rd. Don't worry, though! You can keep working on your project after you submit; we just need what you'll be bringing to the show. You can find submission guidelines on the event page of our website: https://thepapercutarcade.ca/2020/posthuman-romantics/ We look forward to seeing the awesome stuff you bring to the salon!

ART SUBMISSIONS OPEN EVENT PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/events/1684632111706894/ Imagine yourself beyond human. What would it mean to be a romantic? What kind of art would a posthuman (cyborg? another kind of evolution?) make?... We'll be showing YOUR work, whether it be visual art, music, performance, or anything else creatively inspired by the theme "Posthuman Romantics". Examples: A reading of romance-era poetry by a robot (see Kay Slater's video contribution here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvZtzaw2igc) A posthuman portrait A zine from far in the future The show will be held on February 6th. Submissions open until January 24th, 12 AM. For more detailed information: https://thepapercutarcade.ca/2020/posthuman-romantics/ Submit your work to [email protected] Include the following information: - Your name - Project Title - A 1-2 sentence summary of your project (how it relates to the theme of Posthuman Romantics) - Your artist statement (if you have one) - Any content warnings** (with our community and your audience in mind please read below). Your project does not need to be complete before you submit your project for consideration to the salon contact us! Location: Online Facilitated by: Jon Dawes Featuring: Jon Dawes, Louise Chow, Christopher Alan Slater, Kay Slater, Edwin Kumar, Vaysha Hirsch Todorovich, and YOU!

We're going to talk about your entry in the Posthuman Romantics Exhibition!

Let’s make something together! We tried a prompt list in May and while some of our collective members and associates stuck with it (well done ), we were a little lax in our own posting! But this time - #inktober has us stoked and ready to make another go of it. We have a few members ready to make a go of it and we’ll be sharing and posting in our stories throughout the month. If you’re participating in an Inktober/artober (like @kalixarules)prompt list or you want to follow @kdotca ‘s daily art-making challenge that you see shared here, tag us so we can signal boost your efforts! Whatever you call it, let’s make something cool this fall.

[Image description]: Scrabble letters form the event title: Jabble (horizontally) and Scram (vertically) connected by the common A in both words. The letters are atop a grey wool background. To the right is the following information: Facilitated by Lisa Smedman Hosted by The Papercut Arcade June 5 - July 4th... support our creators at our digital salon https://thepapercutarcade.ca/2020/jabblescram

It's time to Jabblescram!

Today is the day!! At 6 PM, we’re all gathering on discord to play, experience, share, give feedback, relax, and congratulate each other on a job well done!! Come join us - experience the projects on itch.io/jam/CYOW-3, or check out the project details on our website. #interactiveFiction #apocalypse #cyow3 #cyow2020 #gameJam #creative

It's the second day of #meroticMay, our The NSFW #MerMay adjacent, adult, online celebration of creativity, erotica, and the sea! Today's prompt is EDGE. The way you respond is up to you; we welcome writing submissions, drawings, painting, photographs, whatever you need to do to get sea saucy. . TAG US at @thepapercutaracde if you post your stuff on Facebook or Instagram #meroticMay #meroticMay2020 - or send us your work at submissions@thepapercutarcade and we'll host your work uncensored on our website! . @thepapercutarcade #meroticMay #meroticMay2020 #erotica #saltystories #dailyCreativity #nsfw #naughtyNauticals #meroticMayday2 #meroticMayEDGE

It's the first day of #meroticMay, our The NSFW #MerMay adjacent, adult, online celebration of creativity, erotica, and the sea! Today's prompt is BOW. The way you respond is up to you; we welcome writing submissions, drawings, painting, photographs, whatever you need to do to get sea saucy. . TAG US at @thepapercutaracde if you post your stuff on Facebook or Instagram #meroticMay #meroticMay2020 - or send us your work at submissions@thepapercutarcade and we'll host your work... uncensored on our website! . @thepapercutarcade #meroticMay #meroticMay2020 #erotica #saltystories #dailyCreativity #nsfw #naughtyNauticals #meroticMayday1 #meroticMayBOW

It's May 1st - just 2 days to go and for some of us, this marks one month since we dug in to this project! For those who have completed (or are scrambling in these final days to get one done), visit our website for directions on how to submit your piece for the salon this Sunday. If you're interested in live-streaming your experience trying any of our projects, we'd love to hear from you. It's crrrruuuuunch time! - we're almost there! . ================ For creators: ========...======== . Be sure to take a moment to read the event page information before posting your project: https://thepapercutarcade.ca/2020/cyow-3/. The Papercut Arcade collective is committed to being an inclusive and safe group for people of all races, identities, and levels of education. If your project has gone in a direction that you feel could be distressing to a member of the community, we ask that you provide a content warning/subject matter advisory note when you submit the project. If, (and we have welcomed folks to try, learn, and make in a small amount of time - the process is very important even if something isn't finished or ready to publish) in reviewing your project, you feel that you may have objectified, appropriated, or strayed down a path that could cause someone harm when interacting with your project, we ask that you do not submit the final project but rather share process notes, project information, and any learnings from the work you did. We welcome process pictures and writing on the subject of your experience. Remember - we are an artist and creators collective, simply trying a project is as important as finishing something. ================ . #cyow3 #cyow2020 #digitalsalon #chooseyourownway #adventure #games #interactivity #creativity #onlineevents #gamejam See more

We know it’s a little PREMATURE but we want to get your CREATIVE JUICES flowing. #meroticmay As promised, here are the daily prompts some of us will be using during the month of May (full version in text at bottom of post). If none of these are speaking to you, go off script! The only thing we want to see is you* being creative and expressing yourself within the theme of Mer(Ocean) Erotica. *Submissions from folks aged 18+ only please - BIPOC, queer, disabled, crip, feminist..., and radical submissions welcome and encouraged!! . . meroticMAY: An adjacent, adult, online celebration of creativity, erotica, and the sea. Dates: May 1-30th 2020 * For more information, check out thepapercutaracde.ca/meroticmay . . Text list of the prompt image: 1. Bow 2. Edge 3. Plunge 4. Whirl 5. Lighting 6. Abandon 7. Surrender 8. Reeve 9. Manrope 10. Whirl 11. Frap 12. Stern 13. Wet 14. Surge 15. Sink 16. Spill 17. Fury 18. Cocket 19. Race 20. Wild 21. Coil 22. Lanyard 23. Signal 24. Rake 25. Shiver 26. Fluke 27. Swell 28. Watching 29. Signal 30. Bottle 31. Figurehead . . #saltyerotica #meroticmay2020 #meroticmay #onlineprompts #creativeprompts #photographychallenge #writingchallenge #drawingchallenger #eroticchallenge #boudoir #saltysailors #scrimshaws #mermaids #nautical #naughty #erotica #nsfw See more

COMING SOON (it’s a scrimshaw... ;) ...)! Our next creative challenge will run the month of May and be aimed at artists and creators 18+. Don’t panic! We’re all still working on our #CYOW2020 projects (with our online salon looming for May 3rd - you can do it!!) but we’ve been holding back on announcing this next creative project so long we’re about to burst! Don’t get us wrong we love #MerMay, but we be craving something with a bit more salt. . From the entwined history ...of the mermaids and the sirens, to erotic scrimshaw art, there is so much to explore during a month of nautical-themed creativity. For the past few months as we practice physical distance we have, in a way, been consigned aboard vessels of our own, unable to disembark, our gazes continuously watching the horizon for the next storm. Many of us feel bottled up. We count the days until we can set ashore and can gather at the nearest watering hole to let loose all our passions and anxieties all at once. The untameable, indomitable seductress that is the ocean cannot be celebrated with a mere mermaid party; she demands an orgy. For the month of May, as the internet is otherwise flooded with images of pretty little mermaids, we want to see/share your nautical erotica. This creative challenge celebrates creativity, the unattainable, sexual-starvation, cabin-fever, the scrimshaw, masturbation, idolatry, and the sea. Try creating something DAILY, but no shame if you only produce a few (or a single) piece(s)*. We’ll release our prompt list here tomorrow but if you want to get a head-start, go to thepapercutarcade.ca/meroticmay for more details. #meroticmay2020 #meroticmay #onlineprompts #creativeprompts #photographychallenge #writingchallenge #drawingchallenger #eroticchallenge #boudoir #saltysailors #scrimshaws #mermaids #nautical #naughty #erotica #nsfw See more