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[magpiespress]

Magpies in Makati

Despite the uncomfortable commute due to the heavy traffic (and, well, technically being a region away) it takes for us to go to the metro (because yeah, we don’t have cars), your one and only struggling, anxious independent publishing collective from the boondocks of Makiling was able to participate in two art expos in Makati last November 2017. The experience we gained showcasing and selling our zines made all the effort worthwhile, not to mention all our time for bonding. *grouphug*

Komura; Book Fair An “intimate gathering of people & books,” Komura Book Fair invited individuals and groups specializing in varied forms of literature such as comic artists, specialty publishers, owners of indie bookstores and zinesters (us!) to gather on November 18, 2017 in Warehouse Eight, Makati to “explore the different ways to consume literature.” We were honored to have our zines carried by the Kwago table alongside zines by artists and writers such as Diklap, Andoyman, Rai Hamid, Gantala Press, and Marguerite Alcazaren de Leon.

The event that opened at 11 in the morning featured many interesting activities such as a talk on crowdfunding for independent publishing by The Sparks Project, an open theatre story telling project by Joachim Antonio, Bookworms Meetup by Kwago where book lovers can exchange books, and musical performances by Alyana Lea Carmela, Hoochie Coochie Mikkie and Gentle Universe.

Screenshot from InqPop’s photo article on Komura; Book Fair: our zine Los BaNews got featured!

It was a different experience for us to not man the table and sell the zines ourselves, but having our zines on the Kwago table not only meant that our zines get to be browsed alongside other cooler zines, but also that we have our hands free to (hold a beer instead and) check out other Komura stuff. What really seized our attention was the wide-ranging photobook library set up by Thousandfold, a space dedicated to contemporary photography in Manila.  Browsing the photobooks and zines by the Thousandfold artists (their photolibrary includes Magpies’ Mac Arboleda’s The Face of a Marcos Apologist! That was when we discovered Magpies’ Sam Pablo looked like the average face of a Marcos apologist) and the photobooks by international artists featured in their library reminded us to produce more quality photo zines (ha-ha) and of our work-in-progress zine library.

Vinyl on Vinyl Market Day One proof that zines are getting more and more popular these days is that art markets that previously feature only paintings, ceramics, photography prints, comics and other more familiar art forms are now inviting zinesters like us to participate. This also highlights how zines stand in the border between visual art forms and literary forms – they could be a hybrid of both!

Last November 25, 2017, Vinyl on Vinyl Art Gallery, a gallery that incorporates contemporary and underground culture elements in their exhibits and other activities, invited us and a few other zinesters in the art market they regularly hold. It was quite a long market day because it started from 1pm and ended by 9pm. Good thing is, as a collective, we can take turns watching over our table and gallivanting around the event.

We came there not really sure if people who will attend would be interested in our works because  we’re not sure if they suit the Makati-art-scene aesthetic. To our surprise, a lot of people really stayed in our booth, browsed through our works, and bought them. Some were nice to give comments of appreciation! Almost every work we brought was sold out, even Los BaNews which is a speculative community newspaper that looks at the headlines of news in Los Baños, Laguna in 2020.

Studio Soup’s literary zine archive also participated in the Market Day, and was set up just across our table! In the ample amount of time we had, we took the pleasure of perusing the zines on display. Artists Apol Sta. Maria, Josel Nicolas, Pancho Karambola, Garapata, Hulyen, and a whole lot more also put their works for sale.

We took turns manning our table, checking out the other VoV Market Day tables, and exploring the neighboring galleries. A bonus: we got lucky that the gallery next door had an exhibit opening and we not only got to see the artists’ paintings but we also got a snack from the gallery food and beer! Hard work (in making zines and commuting for zines) pays off! Now back to Mt. Makiling!

[joshuakirbyuca]

Zine Research Paper

Overview

A zine in sense is a smaller form of a magazine, hence the name “Zine”. They usually are self-published pieces full of original images and text and are produced in bulk with the help of a photocopier. Zines are either made with small teams or by an individual on their own. Due to needing a quick way to craft them in bulk, they came around roughly the same time the photocopier was invented and have always been used widely there.

They usually tackle a more obscure selection of topics, these can consist of topics like fanfiction, feminism, art and design, sexual content and social theory which of course wouldn’t be included in traditional media due to the provocative nature of most of these subjects.

Zines are made almost entirely for the self-expression of the author, of course they wish to make money from their creations however that is usually the last thing they are worried about. This is what the Barnard Zine Library says anyhow. The dictionary actually describes the term zine as a shortened form of fanzine.

History

The 18th century might be when the first ever Zine was created when Benjamin Franklin started a literary magazine for psychiatric patients down in Pennsylvania hospital and this was given to not only patients, but staff as well. This might be the first Zine to ever be recorded due to it capturing what a zine is without intending to. Zines do have an older concept in the form of the amateur press around in the late 19th and early 20th century which eventually would merge with the science fiction fandom. Author H. P. Lovecraft got very involved with this movement.

In the 1970’s, Zines took a very different turn. This was when the punk movement came to be, taking Zines with them and increasing the production of them almost tenfold, this was due to how everyone now had more accessibility to printing machines, be it at home or out in the town. Punk Zines cam to be in this time, beginning in the UK and united states before spreading to many other countries such as Ireland.

The internet came around in the mid 1990’s and this killed the Zine movement for a while, the sudden explosion of the internet’s popularity simply made the public forget that Zines even existed for a while. The ability to access private webpages added to the pop culture expiration of zines and in fact most of them were taken and transformed into websites. Zines are embraced however by a new generation, they drew inspiration from craft, graphic design and other books, sometimes for subcultural reasons. The popularity of zines has grown in England from the 2010’s.

In Libraries

Many academic libraries carry tons of zines and even other versions of small press publications, these however and only limited to usually one topic due to the smaller size of these publications. Barnard college library has quite the sizeable collection of zines, so does the indie photobook library which is an independent archive down in Washington dc and has a large collection of zines ranging from 2010 to the present.

Distribution and Circulation

Not only can webzines be found around the internet, being out there to download online. Etsy shops and social networking profiles are also used to circulate the number of zines people want and need.

Obviously, they aren’t only limited to online marketplaces. They are traded, sold and given away as free gifts at a vast number of retailers from record stores to media outlets, even concerts and of course, the zine stores.

Publishing

They are usually obtained through mail-order distributors and some of the most stable operators, including parcel press and corndog publishing. They even have distros in which you can place orders on when online. These are small scale DIY projects and just like the zine authors, are usually either one man projects or small teams yet most close after only a small time doing this.

[terraincogknita]

PLATFORM centre is pleased to announce Terra Incogknita, a solo exhibition featuring the work of Sarah Fuller (MB). This Gallery 2 exhibition runs from 01 May – 31 July, 2019. The show will open online on 01 May and in-gallery viewing hours will be determined as the Province updates health and safety procedures. A closing reception will be scheduled and announced at a later date. While the gallery is closed to the public, the work will be available online for viewing. Online video of the artist speaking to her work will be available soon as well. In Terra Incogknita, Fuller explores her relationship to place and habitat through a series of performative videos. The works use the presence of her body in the landscape as both a disruptive character and a camouflaged entity; at times it is obvious where she is in the environment and at other times, she becomes completely integrated. “At the base of everything I do is an interest in things that disappear and reappear. Photographic history and processes weave themselves into my art production along with an interest in theatre, antiquated technologies, materiality and the way an image is created. The title Terra (earth) + Incogknita (women in disguise) references both the idea of an unknown space in the landscape but also a women concealed. The insertion of the word ‘knit’ within Incognita points to my attempts to interlace myself into each ecosystem through the photographic object.” – Sarah Fuller ABOUT THE ARTIST Sarah Fuller is a Canadian artist who works across the mediums of photography, video and installation. She holds a MFA from the University of Ottawa and a BFA in Photography from Emily Carr University. Sarah has been an artist in residence at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Laughing Waters in Nillumbick Shire, Australia, the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Yukon, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Italy, and the Association of Visual Artists (SIM) in Reykjavik, Iceland. In 2015, she travelled to Australia supported by the Canada Council for the Arts International Residencies Program. Recent exhibitions include Refugio at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery curated by Josephine Mills and And perhaps in me someone very old still hears the living sound of wood at the Ottawa Art Gallery. In 2017 she was commissioned by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity to collaborate with Moment Factory on the site-specific installation Illuminations: Human/Nature. Sarah’s work is in public and private collections including the Canada Council for the Arts Art Bank (Ottawa), the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (Edmonton), the Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff), the Indie Photobook Library (Washington) and Global Affairs Canada (Ottawa).

[gabrieleharhoff]

Pelikan at Yale I am very happy that my first Book "Pelikan" has found a permanent home at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University as part of the Indie Photobook Library.

[daniel13-nc-blog]

Andy Gershon’s book, “Photourist”, was on displayed at the Philadelphia Art Book Fair thanks to the indie photo book library. 

[peterghoffman]

For anyone in Philly - my book Again and Again along with a great collection of other books brought in by Larissa at the Indie Photobook Library. Wish I could be there. 

“For the fifth year in a row, the Indie Photobook Library will be at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Book Fair presenting a selection of new photobooks to the archive with a nod to photobook makers in the Asia-Pacific and Mexico!Come get comfortable with a good photobook in the the West Elm sponsored Indie Photobook Library reading room.The Annex on Filbert 830 Filbert Street, Philadelphia Free and open to the public”

[zatarapress]

After Geography – Indie Photobook Library http://ift.tt/1GcaalI

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[sistersisterbooks]

Memory Full Volume 4: Summer 2014 is now part of the Indie Photobook Library. Yeah!

[sprinklessparklesandkankles]

Hey everyone! 

So excited to announce that my most recent photobooks ROME ALONE and sea are now part of The Indie Photobook Library!

Founded by Larissa Leclair in 2010 and featured in publications around the world including TIME and fototazo, The Indie Photobook Library is an archive of self-published and independently published photobooks. 

You can view the books in the online archive here (ROME ALONE) and here (sea).

The SSK Press stockist & collections page has also been updated here.

:)

[streithousespace]

Thanks to Indie Photobook Library for being so awesome! 

Half Year vol. 2 is now cataloged! 

[magaliduzant-blog]

Some Odd Suns is now part of the Indie Photobook Library.

Thanks Larissa LeClair! 

You can check it out here:

http://www.indiephotobooklibrary.org/2014/06/some-odd-suns/

[papersafezine]

We're very happy to have issue one be included in this important project founded by Larissa Leclair. We love the Indie Photobook Library!