Semantikon.com is an independent arts journal established in 2003 by a collective of artists, designers, IT professionals and educators. A new edition of the website launches the first Sunday of each month and features contemporary literature, visual art, film, audio and performance art, and commentary. In addition to our monthly features, semantikon’s publishing house, Three Fools Press, publishes broadside posters for each site feature, as well original e-books available for free under the creative commons license.

The Operation: Semantikon.com + Three Fools Press
In addition to our regular offering of literature, art and film, semantikon also features free e-books, broadside posters and publishes the semantikon annual review—a fundraiser. Wait a minute…

• Why publish a book as a fundraiser?
• semantikon + Three Fool Press are independent
• semantikon + Three Fools Press are not-for-profit
• semantikon + Three Fools Press do not buy or sell ad space
• semantikon + Three Fools Press does not hold copyright (the artists do, and should)

A Community Based Arts Journal…
semantikon.com (and three fools press) works because people come to visit the site, people offer feedback about the site, people submit works to the site, and artists talk about their experiences on the site with others. This is all done by word-of-mouth bringing 7-10K visitors each month.

In addition to people helping the semantikon space—there are some other things we do to make sure that semantikon stays fresh—we invite former features back to guest edit an edition of the site. We also invite them to keep us in the loop about artists in their communities via our community news program.