A ZINE IS NOT A D.I.Y. BOOKLET

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

preparations
you will be asked to make 4 pages (to be published on A5 format) in any medium u like (writing, photo,draw,collage etc.) based on the following:
1. [imagine]	2. to dig	3. (execute/print)	4. copy this!
zineculture often operates outside the mainstream, and therefore the call to 'imagine' on the first page suggests that to imagine a different world is a first crucial step towards actualizing it. It is a reference to a poem of Yoko Ono welcome (or not): the cover of the zine is the first thing you'll see, it is often a good indication of its content, some zines are inviting, others are hermetic or even sectarian, in many zines there is hardly a difference between the cover and the other pages, many zines do not have a clear beginning and end and appear to be parts of a larger interconnected system	how-to act (or not) steps towards: instruction: because zines are all about being active and self organizing and encouraging others to do so too, the second page contains some kind of description or representation of what steps to take (or not)	the outcome (or faillure): the drawing/text/artwork/pictures: the third page shows the result of the activity while or after it is executed or performed, it shows you that there is another world out there how marginal or unsuccesful it may be	connecting/ (or not) community building: zines are more than diy booklets, they organize their community by taking care of their own distribution; for example by sharing links to other zines, but there are also zines that are distributed (anonymous or not) randomly in public spaces, or use an algorithmic instruction like "copy this!" or like in mail art; "add & pass!" (ray johnson): the nature of the distribution is part of the identity of that specific (sub)culture

NOTE

REFERENCES INSTRUCTION BASED ART

ORIGINS OF ZINECULTURE

LINKS

Go to the Collection (under construction)

the Paradogmatic Wall of the Segregated Herd