Well I know we always say we will do a write up about excellent zines we find on our travels but somehow it never happens, kind of like when Tyra said she was going to have a successful singing career but then didn’t. Well we are one up on Tyra now (as if we weren’t already) because this post will be about zine trades.
*round of applause*
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Format Festival is an amazing D.I.Y lovefest put on every year in Adelaide. You really don’t know what you are missing out on until you go, as Amanda and I found out last year. We still think of the Academy of D.I.Y and the zine fair very fondly and rate it as one of the best festivals and zine fairs we’ve attended ever and we’ve decided we can’t keep away and are going to pop down for the zine fair! Ok, I’ll stop gushing and proposing marriage to Format Collective now and tell you the details.
Key Dates and Times:
Opening night: Sat Feb 27th from 6PM.
Street Dreams Festival: March 4th-7th
Renew Adelaide forum: Friday March 12th at 6:30
The Lisa Dempster Literature Experience: Saturday March 13th
Zine Fair: Sunday March 14th, 12 till 5
Check out their excellent website Format Collective which is updated regularly.
Facial Book Event
There is still time to book a table, although spaces are limited. E-mail the awesome Sam Rodgers at samwise27 [at] gmail [dot] com by the 27th of Feb.
Ciao!
Fetus
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Back in May 2009 we received a fantastic e-mail from Blacktown Arts Centre asking us if we’d like to be part of the zine fair for 2010. We never replied, not because we a giant jerks (I’ll leave that up to your own discretion) but because we were crazy busy starting a fashion label for J.Lo (Flannelette pj’s for evening wear). Well the fashion label failed, so I guess we should now tell you about the fantastically awesome Coded Zine Fair happening at Blacktown Arts Centre in March!
Blacktown Arts Centre (BAC) has been running a zine program over the last 12 months, featuring workshops by Leigh Rigozzi, and now they are putting on an excellent Zine fair on the 13th of March.
Details:
When: 10 am – 3 pm Saturday 13 March
Where: Blacktown Arts Centre, 78 Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown NSW
Map!
Come to BAC’s Zine Fair to see the latest in creative DIY publishing. Zines are typically low-cost and limited circulation publications that feature original writing and illustration. Buy or trade original zines, softies, badges and any creative thing your heart desires at Blacktown’s first ever Zine Fair.
If you haven’t already booked your stall then visit BAC’s website or call (02) 9839 6558.
So there you go, we’ll be there as well as many other excellent local zine makers and distros.
Catchya!
Fetus
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Miraculously, the first zine trip made by me and the fetus to Melbourne went remarkably well. Her artwork was installed without a hitch, despite some unexpected flooding in the Degraves St subway on Thursday, and is up til the 27th February if you’d like to have a gander.
The finished artwork!
A giant thanks to Melissa Reidy who organised the exhibition, everything looked amazing and the Friday night opening (or what we remember of it) was filled with good times.
Opening night
We may have also been a little bit overexcited following RZA’s signing at Wax Museum Records opposite Sticky earlier that afternoon and, personally, I thought the impromptu skateboarding challenge that followed lent an interesting flavour to the night. Keep an eye out for a series of zinemaker interviews conducted that evening for Channel 31 (of which Mary-Helen was one of the interviewees) – we’ll put up a link when we get more information.
Last minute photocopying, folding and stapling aside, the zine fair on Saturday was a bit excellent – made more excellent by deliveries of food and homemade ice-suckies to our table. I much prefer indoor zine fairs anyway, I often find the trade-off for non-zine people foot traffic when outside is unpredictable weather wreaking havoc with your zines.
And contrary to the photo above, the zine fair was still incredibly busy with lots of Melbourne and interstate zinemakers filling the subway.
Above is our table, you can just make out the felt doppelgängers made by Mary-Helen.
Look at all those zines! There’s nothing like fluorescent lighting to bring out the best in people. Thanks to everyone who bought off or traded with us, and once again massive kudos to the lovely people at Sticky for organising and setting up the fair, especially considering that they seemed to be constantly sandblasted by the forces of nature. Also, we don’t have a photo of the Melbourne Tramways Band but they were truly excellent.
I also left some of the new zine Sutures at Sticky at the end of the night, so it is now available from there and from Etsy.
Ok, that’s it!
x amanda
P.S. To the girl who indulged my rant about Pee-Wee, thank you, you made my night.
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SmARTarts is looking for artists, entertainers, performers, designers and more!
This years festival is held on Saturday 17th April 2010, as part of National Youth Week (10 – 18 April 2010). The event will feature:
- designART market – free stalls available to young designers & artists!
- live music – bands & perfomers wanted!
- art exhibition, film screening & outdoor installation – any mediums welcome (including object/jewellery design)!
- free workshops – learn new skills in our great studio spaces!
- fashion parade – Young designers welcome! We accept all original works, from wearable art to screen-printed t-shirts – anything that can be strutted down the catwalk!
Find application forms at their website: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/pinestreet/YouthProgram/smartArts.html
For more info please contact Christie Torrington, PH: 02 9245 1503, or email: ctorrington [at] cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au or Tamara Killick: tkillick [at] cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.
Amanda and I have both been involved in SmartArts events for the past two years and we have thoroughly enjoyed it, so get involved!
Spread the word!
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PIE is a new Sydney based zine and they want you. Check out the blurb below and get in contact with Maisie via e-mail to submit pie_zine [at] hotmail [dot] com. The theme of the first issue is WASTE, interpret as you will. Deadline is for the first issue is Feb 16th so get your creative juice… juicing?
PIE wants your:
stories – poems – recipes – articles – artworks – designs – photography – musings – riddles – questions – answers – reviews – lyrics!
PIE is a new Zine based in Sydney that will feature local and international contributors. PIE will be an independent, not for profit publication. It will feature art, photography, articles, reviews, illustrations and more from various people in the community. There will be a concept suggestion for each issue which contributors can take and interpret in any way as inspiration, however this is optional. It is intended simply as a jumping-off point for ideas. PIE supports sustainability and will be printed on recycled paper. There will be a limited number of copies printed and distributed each month. This is a personal project of passion for me. With your help, I hope to make it an intriguing and stimulating new collection of creative and intellectual debris, brought together between the pages of this modest, young Zine.
There will be segments including film, music, gig, exhibition reviews and Q&A, where you can ask any question that’s on your mind and answer other people’s queries. If you have an idea for your own personal segment in PIE contact me with the details, i’d be more than happy to have you as a regular contributor.
If you know about or are involved in upcoming events (music, art, performance) and want them advertised in PIE contact me with the information and attach an image or flier.
If you have something to sell or there’s something you need; furniture, a housemate, a room- anything! You can advertise it in PIE.
We are also initiating a community sharing forum, promoting recycling and re-using objects. If you have something to give away out of the goodness of your heart, tell us about it and hopefully it will be just what someone out there is looking for!
PIE # 1: WASTE
PIE #1 will be launched in March. Email me with contributions and be a part of the PIE.
Check them out on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pie_zine
Spread the word, re-blog, get involved
Fetus
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Take Care Zine Distro will be officially opening on the 1st of January 2010. You’ll be able to buy a wide variety of zines and comics etc from them online.
Check out their site on the 1st of January takecarezines.org
Filed under D.I.Y., distros, Stuff to do, Zines
Ok, so I intended to take all these photos and attend as many panels/workshops/launches as humanly possible and write this huge update about the annual This is Not Art festival in Newcastle but it didn’t quite work out like that. I camped at Tent City, and my tent collapsed every night because of my non-existent camping skills, my camera battery ran out on the second day and I got rained on repeatedly. BUT, I had an amazing time [most of the time].
A couple of the highlights included midnight swimming at the [absolutely freezing] Newcastle baths, the presentation by the Canberra and Sydney Dorkbots, the roundtable at Staple Manor about printing techniques and the Rizzeria, the Totoro’s Tea House Grand Opening on Friday night which featured an amazing lecture on disco called ‘You Can’t Stop the Musing’ by Craig Schuftan…
…and some beautiful musical sets by Maddy and Pip. If you stop by the Tea House I recommend a pot of Earl Grey and Red Flower tea or the fruity iced tea.
The Great Gatsby Ball on Saturday night contained some excellent party times and it was heartwarming to see so many people make the effort to dress up. The Spelling Bee at The View Factory was pretty fun and the Sunday zine fair was, as always, completely packed and non stop selling/trading all day.
Below are our amazing felt doppelgangers made by the fetus!
I always look forward to the fair, it’s wonderful to see so many regular zinemakers turn up and I finally put some faces to the names of people I know from interstate. And there were so many lovely people that I met throughout the festival who also stopped by the table, which was really nice. If you traded or bought our zines, thank you! We’d love to hear from you if you picked up our zines, please let us know what you thought by emailing tinypapermail [at] gmail [dot] com. Or, if you didn’t get to make it to the fair you can always trade by mailing your zine to the address on the right.
And that’s pretty much it. I’m really really really happy to be at home with a proper shower and a warm bed but at the same time incredibly inspired. Although I have to say I think the zinemaking may be on hiatus for a little bit while I recover. Did anyone else catch anything amazing at TiNA?
x amanda
Once again, weekends spent inside with nothing to do are always followed by weekends where there is far too much going on to handle. Coming up…
In Sydney!
Saturday is the Mad Hatter’s Zine Fair from 10am to 3pm hosted by the Nowra Tea Club. We will have to unfortunately miss out on this but our sources say they had an excellent time at the previous zine fair and it sounds like a lovely day out for those outside the main metropolis. See the Facebook page for more information.
Sunday features another zine making day hosted by Susy Pow of Bird in the Hand. Rock up with a plate of food and some not-quite-finished zines for happy fun DIY times. More info here.
Plus Radio Social is running every Sunday at World Bar in Kings Cross and they’ve expressed an interest in having some more zine stalls there amongst the records, vintage and handmade fashion, bbq, art, live music and all that jazz. 10% of the bar goes towards keeping FBI radio on the air so it’s for a good cause as well. If you’re interested you can email jenny [at] theworldbar [dot] com or, once again, contact them via Facebook.
In Melbourne!
You didn’t think we’d forget you kids south of border? Our lovely friend Kelly from Catacomb Creative has been busy organising the amazing-sounding Safety in Art workshop/panel/live art/creative extravaganza which will take place this Saturday the 19th from 10am to 5pm at the Guildford Lane Gallery. You’re encouraged to bring any craft, knitting or sewing projects to work on with other crafty people and more. Check out the website for the full details, suffice it to say that the fetus and I are devastated that school work and involuntary simplicity are keeping us from making the interstate trip.
x panda
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Hey there kids,
Just in case you didn’t get the email or have already heard about it from excited punters, the zine and craft stall registrations for the 2009 This Is Not Art festival Sunday Fair are now open!
It’s being held on the 4th of October from 12pm-5pm in the new ‘Ghetto Town’ [which is actually a new space on top of the King St carpark] and once again is free for zinemakers! They are also really interested in getting artists, crafters and designers involved as well and there’ll be live music and food on the day as well. The Sunday fair is always a fantastic part of the T.I.N.A. Festival so you should probably, definitely, get involved if you can! The fetus and I will be there with hopefully some new zines and we’re looking forward to some excellent trades.
For zine stalls contact Susy Pow at zines [at] thisisnotart [dot] org, for craft stalls contact Anna Scobie at sundayfair [at] thisisnotart [dot] org.
Details for your diary
Date: Sunday 4th October
Time: 12pm-5pm
Place: Ghetto Town, corner of King Street and Thorn Street, pedestrian access via Laing Street.
Price: Free for zinemakers, otherwise half tables are $20, full tables are$40, retailers are $50. $5 public liability insurance is also charged unless you have your own certificate.
x panda
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