BRAIN WAVES

"Basically, I think y’all are doing awesome work and I am honored to be able to support the project..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:38 -0400

“Basically, I think y’all are doing awesome work and I am honored to be able to support the project in whatever way I can. - Sarah McCarry, Guillotine creator & POCZP fundraiser”

- COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Much love and many thanks to Sarah McCarry, who is donating all proceeds from the Guillotine #4 special edition presale to the 2013 Race Riot! Tour fund. Woo! xo

Announcement from Sarah:

I cannot even TELL YOU in the LANGUAGE OF WORDS how excited I am to be publishing Mimi Thi Nguyen and Golnar Nikpour’s conversation on punk. No lie, friends, this chapbook is going to melt the fuck right off your face. You can preorder it now; it’ll ship in mid-June. Use the discount code PUNKSNOTDEAD for $2 off your order between now and May 31. All the proceeds from the special edition will benefit the POC Zine Project’s Race Riot! 2013 tour.

This collaboration is beautiful to us on multiple levels: Mimi was instrumental in making the first Race Riot! tour a success last year and will be joining us again this year. Golnar is an inspiration to POCZP and she performed at the first Race Riot! tour event in Brooklyn with her band In School.

MORE INFO

Guillotine is an ongoing series of handbound chapbooks with letterpress-printed covers, and each chapbook is a single essay.

“Punk is a moving target”: Punk is an unwieldy object of study—because of fictions that circulate as truth, absences in archives and the questionable subject of recovery, and the passage of “minor” details into fields of knowledge. A conversation about the politics of methodology, and historiography, of subculture. 32 pp., 4.5 x 6.5”. ***SHIPS IN JUNE 2013, 243 IN STOCK***

MIMI THI NGUYEN is an Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the author of The Gift of Freedom. She has made zines since 1991, including Slander and the compilation zine Race Riot. Nguyen is a former Punk Planet columnist and a Maximum Rocknrollshitworker; she is also a frequent collaborator with Daniela Capistrano for the POC Zine Project.

GOLNAR NIKPOUR served as co-coordinator of Maximum Rocknrollbetween 2004 and 2007. She is also a founding editor of B|ta’arof, a magazine featuring art, literature, historiography, and cultural critique related to Iran and its diaspora. She was born in Tehran, Iran, and lives in New York City.

SUPPORT POC ZINE PROJECT

If everyone in our community gave $1, we would more than meet our fundraising goal for 2013. If you have it to spare, we appreciate your support. All funds go to our 2013 tour, the Legacy Series and the poverty zine series.

DONATE link via PayPal: http://bit.ly/SHdmyh

(via poczineproject)

modraucous: thewiremagazine: kim gordon:...

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:50:44 -0400

modraucous:

thewiremagazine:

kim gordon: dissonatine
mono:kultur (#33 Spring 2013)

loose leaf A5 magazine on various colours of paper, held together with elastic band. more details here (and in the wire bookshop here).

Troublemakers #1 tonight, Sheffield Zine Fest...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:53:36 -0400

Troublemakers #1 tonight, Sheffield Zine Fest tomorrow!

katewadkins:

This weekend I’m headed to Durham and Sheffield, respectively, to do some talks on zines.

Click here —-> http://bit.ly/XhXQ0T for more info!

this will be an introduction to who we are + the things we...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:00:37 -0500

this will be an introduction to who we are + the things we are inspired by— with new subjects covered daily

girlsgetbusyzine:

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BLOG TAKEOVER ON GIRLS GET BUSY BY THE BLACK SALT COLLECTIVE!

BRAIN WAVES moves out of Recession Art CultureFix

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:51:00 -0500

A little news from me: the #BRAINWAVES #zine + print collection will no longer be located at @recessionart as they move out of @culturefix
— kate wadkins (@kwadkins) January 23, 2013

So I am thinking about what #BRAINWAVES will be in 2013. I’m open to ideas & collaborations! #zines bit.ly/WmPAWR
— kate wadkins (@kwadkins) January 23, 2013

Send me ideas + collaboration pitches at mskatherinewadkins[at]gmail[dot]com! Or use the ask box.

POC ZINE PROJECT: RELEASE: The Mimi Thi Nguyen Collection in Collaboration with the POC Zine Project

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:41:21 -0500

POC ZINE PROJECT: RELEASE: The Mimi Thi Nguyen Collection in Collaboration with the POC Zine Project:

poczineproject:

In the summer of 2012, POC Zine Project partnered with Mimi Thi Nguyen to facilitate her donation of over 60 poc zines created in the 1990s to NYU’s Fales Library.

Here is the donation statement in its entirety, along with a list of the zines that were donated.

TOMORROW NIGHT! We’ve added two more readers:James Aviaz...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:32:29 -0500

TOMORROW NIGHT!

We’ve added two more readers:

James Aviaz (Everything is Fucked, Everything is OK)
& Dre Grigoropol (Dee’s Dream, Dee’s Drunken Rage)

plus a RAFFLE, from the fine folks at Stranger Danger Distro (including a gift certificate)! and tons of additional zine donors, including:

James Aviaz, Dre Grigoropol, Caroline Paquita (Pegacorn Press, Womanimal), and more…

See you there!

katewadkins:

The Way the Lights Went Out: A Hurricane Sandy Zine Benefit

RSVP: http://bit.ly/sandyzinebenefit

This event will be both a zine reading and zine sale to benefit The Ali Forney Center, a Manhattan-based organization which provides housing to homeless LGBT youth. Part of the Center’s facility is located near the Hudson River and was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The event will include readings by zinesters as well as the sale of zines generously donated by many zinesters. 100% of proceeds will go to this important community resource.

We are aware of recent critiques of the Ali Forney Center*, and we concur with TransRadical blog** that it is crucial to rebuild AFC in order to continue creating safe and welcoming communities for LGBTQ youth everywhere.

READERS:

Kate Angell (My Feminist Friends, A Thousand Times Yes)
Jamie Varriale Vélez (Sinvergüenza)
Jenna Freedman (Lower East Side Librarian, Barnard Zine Library)
+ more!

ZINE DONORS:

Stranger Danger Zine Distro, Kathleen McIntyre (The Worst), Lauren Denitzio (Get it Together), Kate Wadkins (International Girl Gang Underground), For the Birds Collective, Kate Angell, Amber Dearest (Fight Boredom Distro, The Triumph of our Tired Eyes), Maranda Elizabeth (Telegram), PonyBoy Press, Aimee Lusty (Booklyn, Pen15 Press), Amanda Stefanski, Jami Sailor (Your Secretary), Jordan Alam (The Cowation), Alycia Sellie (Brooklyn College Zine Library), Cindy Crabb (Doris), Natty Koper & Sivan Sabach (Bangarang This), Chella Quint (Adventures in Menstruating), Shawn Smith (Black Lesbians in the 70s Zine), Elvis Bakaitis (Homos in Herstory), Sarah Rose (Tazewell’s Favorite Eccentric, Once Upon a Distro), Maud Pryor (Marmalade Umlaut), Jenna Freedman

Zinesters are welcome to contact us with zines to donate! 100% of event proceeds will be donated to hurricane relief.

CONTACT
Kate Angell at myfeministfriends@gmail.com
Kate Wadkins at mskatherinewadkins@gmail.com

* http://transradical.tumblr.com/post/20347951835/i-meeting-with-the-deputy-executive-director-of
** http://lizvseverything.tumblr.com/post/35113227079/please-reblog-ali-forney-drop-in-center-of-homeless

(more info to be updated on the Facebook event page)

sculpture-center: Justin Lieberman, Super Supplemental #19,...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:08:56 -0500

sculpture-center:

Justin Lieberman, Super Supplemental #19, 2012. Collage mounted on canvas. 85 x 62”. Courtesy the artist.

Lieberman’s S. A. C. (Student Art Collective) currently participates in SculptureCenter’s 2012-2013 In Practice program, culminating in an exhibition of new work. Double Life opens at SculptureCenter on January 13, 5-7PM and runs through March 25.

Photo

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:54:20 -0500

katewadkins: This evening I’ll be presenting in NYU’s “Gender...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:35:57 -0500

katewadkins:

This evening I’ll be presenting in NYU’s “Gender and Performance” class on zines, and specifically, my zine International Girl Gang Underground. The class has been instructed to author a zine as their final project, so I’ll be speaking about my motivations for creating IGGU (with co-editor Stacy Konkiel) as well as leading a zine how-to segment and leaving plenty of time for questions.

I broke out these “Frankenstein” zine pages to show the students—you know the ones, made up of layers of glue, ink, and cut-up paper. The ones you eventually xerox to become your first set of flats. It’s interesting to see these pages as objects unto themselves.

It’s exciting for me to have the chance to discuss my zine—and zines in general—in an academic context. That said, contact me if you are looking for someone to lead a workshop / presentation / event at your university on these topics!

katewadkins: GEEKED INDEED. creativetime: In the “Things We’re...

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:17:53 -0500

katewadkins:

GEEKED INDEED.

creativetime:

In the “Things We’re Geeked About” department, Creative Time family member*, artist and sign-painter extraordinaire Steve “ESPO” Powers has a new storefront on 4th Ave. & Bergen Street in Brooklyn.

*ESPO’s sign-painting fundraiser project occurred last year, but it’s that time of year again so please donate to support Creative Time anyway!

PRINTER RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT ART PUBLISHERS

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:12:38 -0500

PRINTER RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT ART PUBLISHERS:

Thanks to OOGA BOOGA for compiling this awesome resource!

HELP PRINTED MATTER! walkerartcenter: newlevant: Printed...

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:27:00 -0500

HELP PRINTED MATTER!

walkerartcenter:

newlevant:

Printed Matter are cool nonprofit dudes. This would be a good time to support them by buying some of their beautiful artist’s books!

Help out our friends at Printed Matter. Read more about their situation over at Hyperallergic and then help. Or the other way around.

ZINES Facebook list

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:17:37 -0400

ZINES Facebook list:

katewadkins:

I began curating a list of zines for people to subscribe to on Facebook. Feel free to enter your URL in my “ask” box to be added!

weird world open call

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:08:37 -0400

weird world open call:

make-space:

Literally got back from this show and it’s awesome. Submit to be part of the zine!

beachorbust:

SHOW US YOUR WEIRD WORLD!

ATTN. OPEN CALL for artists:

We invite you to submit drawings and photography to be considered for a forthcoming full-color zine “Weird World,” coinciding with and of the same theme as our upcoming exhibition at Booklyn Art Gallery, including artwork by…

Super proud to see my friend, long-time collaborator, and BRAIN...

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:29:59 -0400

Super proud to see my friend, long-time collaborator, and BRAIN WAVES artist Aimee Lusty’s next show featured on the TIME photo blog today.

timelightbox:

Photo by Mike Spears.

This week in Brooklyn: Weird World curated by Aimee Lusty at Booklyn Art Gallery.

Weird World is an exhibition of artists’ books, photography and drawings exploring anthropological portraiture through an artistic lens, with an emphasis on the unseen, the occult, the weird, the wild, and the subversive. These artists present rare observational studies of various subcultures, ranging from punks and teenage ravers, members of the Westboro Baptist Church, to minority tribes of the Yunnan Province in China. These portraits provide an intimate yet omnipresent view of these seemingly exclusive unapproachable communities in their “natural habitats.” Reporting through an artist’s eye offers more than photojournalism, allowing their creativity to guide their observations, incorporate digital manipulation, and present their findings in unique sculptural formats.

Coinciding with this exhibition we are hosting open-call for the exhibition zine. The artists in exhibition will curate a selection of photographs, drawings and text to be published in a full-color publication alongside their own artwork, to be released at a closing party for the exhibition. For information on the open call please visit here.

The show opens October 6th and closes November 18th.

katewadkins: POC ZINE PROJECT’S “RACE RIOT” TOUR STARTS TODAY!

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:49:53 -0400

katewadkins:

POC ZINE PROJECT’S “RACE RIOT” TOUR STARTS TODAY!

Photo

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:21:44 -0400

POC ZINE PROJECT: ZINE SPOTLIGHT: 'Fix My Head Issue 3' by Anna Vo

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:39:22 -0400

POC ZINE PROJECT: ZINE SPOTLIGHT: 'Fix My Head Issue 3' by Anna Vo:

poczineproject:

ZINE SPOTLIGHT: Fix My Head Issue 3

Author: Anna Vo (POC Zine Project’s Race! Riot tour member)

Publish Date: Sept 2012

Description: Featuring interviews with RAD POCs

Format: Not A3 - they are in US paper sizes

FMH interview excerpts with some of the POC Zine Project…

SO EXCITED! mendmydresspress: Shotgun Seamstress Zine Anthology...

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:29:13 -0400

SO EXCITED!

mendmydresspress:

Shotgun Seamstress Zine Anthology will be available to order in late September, and can also be picked up at the POC Zine Project tour.

Shotgun Seamstress Zine Collection (six zines by & for Black punks) will include all the issues of Osa Atoe’s zine, which includes a ton of interviews, reviews, and so much more! We are extremely proud to help put out this book, and we hope you are equally as excited to read it.