Last night was friggin awesome. My endless gratitude goes out to Gavin and everyone at Studio-X who helped put together the show, including the C-Lab interns; the panelists: Felix, Stephen, Luke, and Mark; our moderator, Kazys; and finally, to all the friends, colleagues, and publishing enthusiasts who showed up. The discussion ranged from the democratic nature of the historic zine subculture to the role of self-publishing in the online mainstream and what this means for architecture, place, and community. The turn out was great and I couldn't have asked for more. Thank you.
Also, Interview magazine just published an online piece about the show, a typically loopy interview with me.
The opening of A Few Zines coincided with the release of a new loud paper broadsheet designed by Chris Grimley at over,under. One side is loud paper, one side is the catalog of the show. In the next few days I'll figure out a Paypal method for sending out the issue to people. I'm also working to get a podcast of the panel pulled together. I'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, here's a PDF of the broadsheet.
Download Broadsheet_final_44
Yay, would love to hear a podcast!
Posted by: liberty bell | January 10, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Hi Mimi, the opening of the zine show was terrific. So glad I heard about it at last minute. I didn't get to meet you b/c I had a horrible cold and bolted as soon as the discussion was over and before the social part commenced. I'm writing a paper about art & design zines for _Art Documentation_ fall 09. I'm a librarian and the journal is for art librarians. I'd love to interview you! sthomas@bmcc.cuny.edu
Susan Thomas
Posted by: susan thomas | January 11, 2009 at 04:27 PM