ETC Press: Two Decades of Transatlantic Collaboration

Abstract

ETC Press is an international collaboration between two women: Daniela Deeg (Germany) and Cynthia Lollis (USA). We make prints and artists’ books, often travelling together to gather images and absorb the character of countries other than our own, where we are outsiders together. Our books combine text with drawings and photographs made from our travels to places like Venice, Rome, New York, Copenhagen, Vienna, and London. We have also created pieces comparing our two countries, languages, and backgrounds. Our paper will recount a variety of themes, challenges, and methods of production that we have embraced while working together for two decades as ETC Press.