Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox: 1989-2017 (2017)
Filed under catalogue | Tags: · art, artists book, magazine, publishing
“What is the role of art publishing today? How have artists adapted modes of publishing as a tool for their practice? How has the notion of artists’ publishing activity changed, given the ever-increasing amount of fairs and an ever-evolving number of book-related collections in contemporary art museums? The multi-part exhibition project Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox: 1989-2017 explores the potentials of publishing – in the form of books, magazines, journals, artistic interventions, websites – as a particular medium and context both to circulate information, knowledge – and to produce art. The exhibition highlights how a recent generation of artists use publishing as a productive tool for their practice.”
Publisher Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2017
[28] pages
Stephen Duncombe: Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture (1997)
Filed under book | Tags: · alternative culture, alternative media, anarchism, counterculture, diy, magazine, publishing, zine culture
“In this comprehensive study of zine publishing, Stephen Duncombe explores the history and theory of subterranean cultural production. From their origins in early 20th century science fiction fandom, their more proximate roots in ‘60s counter-culture and their rapid proliferation in the wake of punk rock, Notes from Underground pays full due to the political importance of zines as a vital network of participatory culture, and analyzes how zines measure up to their utopian outlook in achieving fundamental social change. Packed with extracts and illustrations, Duncombe provides a critical overview of the contemporary underground in all its love and rage.”
Publisher Verso, London, 1997
Reprinted by Microcosm Publishing, Bloomington, IN, 2008
ISBN 9781934620373, 1934620378
256 pages
Reviews: Susan Larson (Arizona J Hispanic Cult Stud, 1998), Jason Kuscma (Other Voices, 1998), st (Social Anarchism, 1998).
Publisher (2017 edition)
WorldCat
Bob Black: Beneath the Underground (1994)
Filed under book | Tags: · anarchism, artists book, magazine, publishing, zine culture
“Beneath the Underground is an in-depth exploration, from within, of a cultural phenomenon named by Bob Black as the ‘marginals milieu.’ You could also call it the do-it-yourself subculture. It consists of self-publishers of micro-circulation ‘zines’ and other self-produced art, music, pamphlets, and posters.”
Publisher Feral House, Portland, OR, 1994
ISBN 9780922915217, 0922915210
x+190 pages
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