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Friday, 25 June 2010

Publicaciones Independientes en ARTEBA 2010

 
 
El Espacio de Publicaciones Independientes en arteBA 2010 tendrá lugar todos los días durante la feria. Pabellón verde, P1.
Participan:
/ yasonlasdoce / canopus / morgue/ sede / malos pensamientos /
/ fanzines de melina dorfman / 2 obras / ed. de la f.d.a.c.m.a. /
/ arta / poesía manuscrita / proveedora de droga / color pastel /
/ ed. tocadesata / aura poesía visual / número a / wilde horses /
/ camalote / fanzines de geraldine lanteri / script / ur / arromo /
/ relatos al vacío / ed. belleza y felicidad / no-retornable / 
/ teatrito rioplatense de entidades / ramona / tyrannus / ruby mag /
/ musgo / circulación / cardozo / vat / me quedé largo rato / noi /
/ visualmensual /  ahora zine / puente / lagañas / datos s/t / otso /
/ árbol de diana / para los ciegos los papagallos parecen personas /

Public Library - Publishing Entity



Public Library is an independent publishing house based in Santiago, Chile, that publishes the work of artists, photographers and designers (friends and foes alike).
Founded in 2008 by Emilio Marin and Diego Córdova, Cristobal Palma joined the team in 2010.

Industrial Society and Its Future: The Unabomber Manifesto



Ted Kaczynski's magnum opus, Industrial Society and Its Future, also titled The Unabomber's Manifesto. Discusses the failure of industrial civilization, rejects orthodox leftism, and provides a background for Kaczynski's bombing campaign. Download from zine library.

Zine Advice

 
 
Fanzine Tips and Tricks; Links and resources to create fanzine.

How the Fanzine refuse to die - Article



Blogs are the cheapest, fastest and easiest way to get your music writing out there – but that hasn't stopped a new generation of writers picking up the stapler and putting out a fanzine... continue reading

Sunday, 13 June 2010

MOTTO DISTRIBUTION

MOTTO DISTRIBUTION

Zine workshop in England

 
 
Zines Zwap will be today Sunday in Peckham for the opening of a new
gallery, Peckham Space. They'll be running a workshop on how to create zines.

Saturday, 12 June 2010

Pictures from; Thanks for Sharing! zine exhibition in Leipzig



HERE

Queer Zines



Extensive list of Queer Zines by printed matter.

''Olga Perevalova'' by Olga Perevalova - Zine



New Zine from My Dance the Skull, ''Olga Perevalova'' by Olga Perevalova.
 
About the artist: Lives and works in Russia.

About the zine: Oh, I get bored and I smile when everything retreats

and the numbers become answers of love

and I feel like murdering the moon

the one that dissolves amongst greasy hair and burns wild.

Mental Children #1 - Zine



Download  from Essential Ephemera Blog.

Manystuff - Blog



Every morning I check manystuff. Graphic design blog.

Thursday, 27 May 2010

Massimiliano Bomba´s - Zines



Look at all his good looking zines here.

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Preston is my Paris - Publishing Entity



New releases from PPP.

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

JJ Villard - Mole-Skinnn



Take a look at JJ Villard´s notebook.

Suspect Device - Zine 1975


 
Download issue n# 5 via Essential Ephemera blog.

'Welcome to the greatest issue of any fanzine ever in the history of this or any other world, there is no way of escaping it, this issue Number 5 is just brilliant.'
John O'Reilly, 1979

Larrys - Zine and Publishing Entity



Good zines that you can download here.

Solo soy una foto N.10

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Elk - Gallery and Zines



Elk is from Brooklyn,New York and produces good zines featuring the work of many artists as their own publication Elk zine. The photo belongs to  the catalogue for the comprehensive exhibition "La Perruqueière" (The Female Wigmaker) at the Elk Gallery on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, May-June 2007.

Kaugummi and Friends - Zine Exhibition



Kaugummi is proud to announce a new exhibition curated by theirselves, held in rennes in may and june 2010.  100+ artists books and zines made by publishers and artists are exhibit for 6 weeks in Galerie de l'iufm, 153 rue de st malo, 35000 Rennes, France.

Sunday, 9 May 2010

Fanzine Preservation Society - Blog








Zine Army

Publicando zines desde / Publishing zines from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

"la zine army es primero: una actitud, y luego un centro de publicaciones independientes; [...]este nuevo proyecto esta dispuesto a publicar lo mas sincero del underground elaborado a través de imágenes, textos, fotografías, collages, escritos, etc. no dudes en alistarte a la armada del fanzine."

"the zine army is first of all: an attitude, and then a center of independent publications; [...] this new project is willing to publish the most sincere of the underground ellaborated through images, texts, photographs, collages, writings, etc. don't hesitate to join the army of zine." (
http://www.elfeder.com.ar/home.htm)


THE FANZINE ARMY WANTS YOU!

zinearmy@gmail.com


#01_ el feder (alguien tenía que correr ese riesgo) /(someone had to run the risk)

#02_ florax (solo fotografías) / (photos only)

Friday, 7 May 2010

THANKS FOR SHARING! - Zine Exhibition



What is an art zine? How does it differ from an editorial art magazine or a blog? And why do more and more artists internationally seem to be interested in this particular publishing format? For the opening weekend of THANKS FOR SHARING! we have invited artists, collectors, distributors and curators from all over Germany and Switzerland to discuss this rising interest in zines, their popularity among contemporary artists, the revival of DIY-culture with its appealingly easy implementation of ideas and potential for stylistic experimentation. Leipzig, Germany. More information here.

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Dripy Bone Books - Publishing Entity



Drippy Bone Books is a publishing project run by artists Kristy Foom, Mario Zoots, and Keenan Marshall Keller out of Amsterdam, Denver and Los Angeles. They release underground art and comic books, and promote the distribution of art multiples. The photo is from the upcoming Grawlix Comix 1

101 CASSETTE LABELS



Via Rhizome and written by Ceci Moss you can read this article about the meaning on publishing cassettes nowadays and meet 101 cassette labels. The photo is from Cheatahs - 'Magic Weapons' EP fromParadise Vendors Inc. label

Forest Studio



Forest is the multi-purpose studio of Joel Speasmaker, located in Brooklyn, New York. Check  their small books section where you´ll find some good lookin zines

Cantab - Publishing Entity



Nice posters, nice zines and a good blog section in Cantab.

Save as ... - Publishing Entity



Save As... Publications is a publisher based in Barcelona. It was founded in 2008 by Irene Minovas and ferranElOtro. It aims at producing, diffusing and promoting artistic projects in diverse formats (books, CD-R, DVD, vinyl, etc.).
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD EACH BOOK!

Publish and be Damned fairs


 
Publish and be Damned is an ongoing series of projects related to artists’ publishing, particularly outside established presses.
Established in 2004 by Kit Hammonds and Emily Pethick Publish and be Damned’s core activity is an annual self publishing fair in London. Over the past 6 years these have taken place on Sunday afternoons at St James, Clerkenwell; Rochelle School, Shoreditch and Oxford House, Bethnal Green.

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Solo soy una foto N.9

Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Free Shit Zine by Charles Burns



Comic Legend Charles Burns has this zine Free Shit, take a look at  #13 here or #17 here.

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

International Times Archive - Newspaper



International Times (also known as IT) was a countercultural newspaper published in London, England, primarily in the 1960s and 1970s.
Contributors included feminist critic Germaine Greer, poet Jeff Nuttall, occultist Kenneth Grant, and writers Alexander Trocchi; William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. Read it online.

Saturday, 24 April 2010

Printfetish - Website



Printfetish has News, information, reviews and history on the subjects of beautiful magazines, self-published 'zines, handmade books, small press, comics, art books and miscellaneous printed ephemera.

Government, religious & educational pamphlets on hallucinogens



Website on Psychedelic Literature and Art.

Friday, 23 April 2010

Anarky in the U.K Zine - The Sex Pistols


Anarchy In The UK, 1976, issue number one, designed by Jamie Reid, Sophie Richmond and Vivienne Westwood, published by Glitterbest Ltd, printed by Zigzag, the front cover illustrated with a photograph of Sue Catwoman. 17x12in.

Thursday, 22 April 2010

The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin by William S. Burroughs



In the summer of 1959 Brion Gysin painter and writer cut newspaper articles into sections and rearranged the sections at random... The cut-up method brings to writers the collage, which has been used by painters for fifty years. 
continue reading 

La Noche de los Libros Mutantes - Book and Independent Publishers Fair



La Noche de los Libros Mutantes se presenta por primera vez en Madrid el 23 de abril de 2010. Haciendo coincidir su programación con La Noche de los Libros, esta iniciativa presenta un programa de actividades en torno a las publicaciones autogestionadas, fanzines, y proyectos editoriales independientes. Las actividades se desarrollarán a lo largo del viernes día 23 y hasta la madrugada del sábado 24. Será una oportunidad única tanto para participantes como para asistentes para conocer el contexto editorial emergente de la ciudad de Madrid.

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

The Holster - Distribution



The Holster is an archive and point of distribution for publishing-related projects initiated by Gary Fogelson, Phil Lubliner and Soner Ön.

J.D.s #1 by G. B. Jones and Bruce LaBruce



Toronto´s J.D.s #1 from 1985 includes comics, pictures of naked guys, and everyones favourite story ¨ What would you do if a juvenile delinquent came to your wedding?¨. Download via Queer Zine Archive Project.

Sunday, 18 April 2010

White Fungus - Zine




White Fungus is an experimental arts magazine based in Taichung City, Taiwan. Featuring writing on art, music, history and politics, plus original artworks, poetry, fiction and comics. 
I came across this review in Printfetish and i mostly agree, so here is a quote: ¨Genuine interest in the subjects and art works presented is what makes White Fungus an interesting read. It really balances the slightly punk enthusiasm of its look and voice with superb editing.¨continue reading.

ZINE’S MATE SHOP 2nd Quarter now open!



ZINE’S MATE SHOP’s 2nd quarter shows more than 100 books from all around the world are on display at the shop, which is located inside Vacant, 3-20-13 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo.

Aooleu - Zine




Aooleu is a monthly newspaper with artists, designers and illustrators from Romania. Free distribution.

Printed Matter



Printed Matter is the world''s largest non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of publications made by artists. Founded as a for-profit alternative arts space in 1976 by artists and artworkers, Printed Matter reincorporated in 1978 to become the independent non-profit organization that it is today. Recognized for years as an essential voice in the increasingly diversified art world conversations and debates, Printed Matter is dedicated to the examination and interrogation of the changing role of artists’ publications in the landscape of contemporary art. 95 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 USA

Impossible Dream # 3 - Zine


Published in 1983 by XNTRIX, London. Inside 2 poems titled; Tension between and I ve done it all before but not with you), collages, a comic and two short testimonials about love?Download from essential ephemera blog.

contributors:

  • viktoryranma.com - Victoria Gondra
  • wildehorses.com.ar - hola@wildehorses.com.ar
  • sualtezareal.org - Clara Gondra