GUTMAG is a collaborative art magazine that transforms publishing into a collective experiment. Conceived by Sullivan Sweet and produced with a team of editors and contributors, the project approaches each issue as both publication and event. It is grounded in improvisation, exchange, and shared design.
Each issue follows a unique structure while keeping the same framework: to foreground process as much as product and to create collectively in real time. The inaugural issue, Guts (2023), transformed an empty room into a temporary editorial studio where blank spreads became shared sites of authorship. The second issue, Seeing Double (2024), expanded this model through an open call and a one-day making session exploring pairs, reflections, and repetition.
Across its editions, GUTMAG foregrounds voices too often pushed to the margins of print culture. By centering queer and trans artists, the project continues New York’s lineage of independent, community-driven publishing, where ephemera serves as a form of resistance, visibility, and connection.