This past weekend I attended the NYC Zine Fest 2009 held at the Brooklyn Lyceum. I hadn't been to a zine gathering like this in years. It was fantastic to see self-publishing still going strong and I was struck by the intimacy and personal connection that each booth held. It was hard for me to make quick progress through the Fest because at every table I got into conversation with a zine or print maker about their work or where and how they print. (I loved the prints from Just Seeds.)
Next to the the Printed Matter table hosted was a collection of art zines commissioned by The Holster, an art collective publishing group based in Brooklyn, NY and made up of Gary Fogelson, Phil Lubliner and Soner Ön.
They had set up a print-on-demand service for the zines (see above diagram), which straddled the gap between intimacy and automation. Each artist submitted a PDF that was then selected by a visitor and printed in real time.
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