2. craft in zines
Choose a zine, report back on one or more of
these questions:
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Why did the artist/writer choose this medium?
How does its communication style differ from
online media?
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How do the visual elements or style support or
contradict the text?
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What does the zine reveal--whether directly or
indirectly--about its maker's life and the world
and times she lives in?
5. library stuff
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Zines website
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Using CLIO to find zines
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Be our friend on
Facebook, Flickr,
LiveJournal, or MySpace.
Follow the library on
Twitter.
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Contact Jenna Freedman
zines@barnard.edu,
212.854.4615, IM:
BarnardLibJenna
Notes de l'éditeur
Artists and writers have always used their work to document experiences. Writers document with stories, letters, poetry, travelogues, ‘zines, and journals. A visual artist may document with drawings, scrapbooks, etc. In this course we will explore memory. We will look at the works of visual artists, talk about book making, read fiction and memoir. Students will be immersed in daily writing exercises. We will visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the ‘zine archive at Barnard. Students will make a book for their final project. 15 students
ART Additional means of communication Collage chaos Cut & paste free Juxtoposition, contrast FICTION VS. AUTOBIOG No one has to know what's true ( I Hear You Like Stories )
DEFINITION Self-published and the publisher doesn’t answer to anyone Small, self-distributed print run Motivated by desire to express oneself rather than to make money Outside the mainstream Low budget No need for any special equipment or knowledge Portable An expression of Do It Yourself (DIY) culture Foster a community among their creators and readers No ISSN, no barcode, no paid ads HISTORY 17 th century pamphlets in England: Women and the pamphlet culture of revolutionary England, 1640-1660 18 th century revolutionary US—Common Sense 20 th century science fiction and soviet dissidents, beat poets and punk rockers, riot grrrl, art books TYPES DISCUSS EXAMPLES , or show from catalog Personal, political, fanzine, literary zine, mamazine, art zine, comix, DIY zine, compilation zine, split zine
WHO—question and answer Young people: majority teens & early twenties Mothers of young children librarians! Writers and artists, bookmakers WHY—question and answer Proof I exist Communicate/share Create/contribute E.g. Kelly Shortandqueer—feels an obligation to his community (FTM transgender people) to document his experience FROM The Long Tail, Self-publishers are Differently motivated, not differently skilled Amateur does not equal amateurish Low selling does not equal low quality WHY Control Only choice
CLIO Show how to search for zines Zine? (bind? OR bound?) Zine? (biograph? OR diar? OR journal?) Look by title, browse by call #
