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zine, [zeen] noun. 1. abbr. of fanzine; 2. any amateurly-published periodical. Oxford Reference
The Henderson Collection is a collection of zines acquired from Nick Henderson who has spent the better part of a decade collecting over 1500 zines. We refer to this as a formed collection. Formed collections are something collected by an individual or organisation and then aquired by the library as a package. The material will usually be linked by a common theme or genre. The zines Nick collected are mostly Australian and represent his interest in the form as a whole i.e. the zines vary widely in style and content. The value to the National Library of the Henderson Collection is that it provides a good representation of the zine sub-culture selected by someone with expertise in the area, and provides us with an “instant” sample of what has been happening over the past 10 years – enhancing our holdings of a form that to date has been under represented in the National Library’s collection.
Cataloguing the Henderson collection is a big and often head scratching task. Zines with their very flexible and non-commercial publishing values can be hard to pin down in a catalogue record. The cataloguing tools that we work by seem suddenly vague and not quite what I want to describe a comic strip zine that was once submitted to a now defunct comics website and is about a cow that ends up in a gay pride parade before jumping of the Sydney Harbour Bridge! Although I enjoyed reading it very much.
Anyway, cataloguing the Henderson Collection is a task a small team of us are chipping away at in addition to our other duties. We still have to process the everyday material, so it may take quite some time for us to reach the end. Currently over 300 zines in the Henderson Collection have been catalogued and you can see the catalogue records for them here
On my desk right now is a zine called “Audrey & Audrey” by Ayano Takeuchi that needs a new call number as it is so small (10 cm high) that is was feared it might get lost in the pamphlet run. I’m actually, really happy to see it again as it is a beautifully crafted zine with wonderful illustrations. Not surprisingly, the zine was a finalist, in a design competition held annually in New York by Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. to highlight the use of their papers.
The contrast between the zine’s beauty and storyline also adds to the slight chill I feel when I read it. On the surface it appears to be about a train trip taken by a little girl with her doll and the beautiful paper and illustrations bring to mind treasured childhood classics like Winnie the Pooh. However, when the little girl looses her doll she is suddenly confronted with what seems to be an image of herself as an old woman. It plays on all those associations with innocence and childhood toys and the eventual loss of both with ageing.
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House arrest is used in the kanadian (in)justice system often as a punitive bail condition. It's very isolating and used by the state as an attempt to destroy our communities. Recently, we have seen many members of our various communities forced to sign house arrest and other bail conditions in order to be released from jail following political actions and arrests.
House arrest is used in the kanadian (in)justice system often as a punitive bail condition. It's very isolating and used by the state as an attempt to destroy our communities. Recently, we have seen many members of our various communities forced to sign house arrest and other bail conditions in order to be released from jail following political actions and arrests.
We would like to compile a zine about individuals experiences and the things you did to pass the time.
In the spirit of busting boredom, submit anything from a list of activities, drawings, photos, poetry, an article, whatever floats your boat!
Please submit anonymously
Deadline--August 1st 2011
To submit email radical.alt.media@gmail.com
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The handmade second edition publication to accompany the "Presents: Three Months of Mail Art for Hyperallergic HQ" exhibition. The first edition featured covers and insert by co-curator Hrag Vartanian and the inside pages were created by co-curator Kate Wadkins. For the second edition, the co-curators have swapped rolls and Wadkins will be designing the covers and insert, while Vartanian creates the inside pages.
Over 119 artists took part in the show, which continues until June 29, 2011 at Hyperallergic HQ (181 N11th Street, Suite 302, Williamsburg, Brooklyn).
A complete checklist of artists inside.
Inlcuding:
Abe's Penny, Gail Anderson, Patrick Anderson-McQuoid, Larry Angelo, Lynn Aquaheart, Bo Bartlett, Amy Bassin, Samantha Beverly, Kyle Blauw, Jonathan Bohm, bread crumb, Peter Brock, Jamie Burmeister, Dave Byrd, Nick Canterucci, Celso, Tiberiu Chelcea, Nathalie Chikhi, Laura Cohen, Vincent Como, Fred Cray, Carla Cryptic, Curly, Daniel DeCulla, Dewi, Han Dogan, Brian DuPont, Jeff Evans, William Evertson, Luc Fierens, Tiffany Ford, Valerie Fuchs, V.L. Fuller, Mira Gerard, Shana Goetsch, Jessica Gowling, Jonny Gray, Jeff Haas, J.D. Hastings, Jennifer Pei Huang, Laura Isaac, JRD, Adamandia Kapsalis, Dimitri Karakostas, Bernard Klevickas, Diedra Krieger, KURV, Dave LaMorte, Luis Vasquez LaRoche, Liz Layton, Rejin Leys, liketelevisionsnow, Cristina Maldonado, Russell Manning, Steve Martinez, Gregory Maxim, T. Mayo, Tim McCool, Timm Mettler, Marina Miletic, Alicia Milne, R.E. Mingst, Leah Needham, Theo Nelson, New Mediator, Michael Orr, Clemente Padin, Stephen Perkins, Brenda Petays, Brian Piana, Cole Pierce, Peri Lee Pipkin, James Prez, Allison Putnam, Sheree Rensel, Allan Revich, Kate Rhoades, Mary Rork-Watson, Maritza Ruiz-Kim, Frocc. Santiago, James Schickler, Julia Schwartz, Andrew Scott, LaVona Sherarts, Joe Singleton, Louise Sloane, sneezestar, M. Stolte, Harry Swartz-Turfle, Austin Thomas, Seon Thompson, Lynda Jo Thornbrugh, Ann Tracy, Amy-EllenTrefsger, Ben Valentine, Guido Vermeulen, Don Voisine, Joshua Weibley, William Wilson, Michele Witchipoo, Ben Wolf, Audra Wolowiec, Wreck & Salvage, Tamara Wyndham, Joseph Young, Rainer Zamojre and some anonymous artists.