Zinestack Roundup No.30
safety, clowns, stickers, process and exchange
A teaching tool for safety, for survival, for justice
While zines can’t compete with the reach of mass media, they are distributed for free or cheap and are difficult to censor.
“Zines let people cut and paste definitions of democracy. You’re crafting something original, through your own eyes.”
Baltimore artist and educator Jennifer White-Johnson
→ Read how Baltimore artists are using zines to organize
They had me at “clown hall” 😅
A Spokane artist co-op for artists, printmakers, zine-makers, and anyone into very serious clown business.
Read more →
Scissors plus glue equals love.
→ Buy the collage equation sticker
Make yours while he makes his…
Wesley Verhoeve is making a photo book in public and inviting you to make your own alongside him.
Instead of hiding away until it’s “done,” he’s sharing the process as it unfolds – the editing, sequencing, questions, decisions, and the messy middle too.
If you’ve been wanting to make a photo book, zine, or printed project of your own, this is a great nudge and and container to get started and follow along with.
Check out Wesley’s post for all the details →
Or you can start super simple…
Fold one sheet, fill it with photos, mail it to someone else, and get a little piece of their world back.
Join Cedric and FILM RICK in the photography zine exchange club. Get all the details here →
From the Makeist table
The humbling joy of realizing that being experienced doesn’t mean you’re done learning — especially when a familiar medium asks you to think in a completely new way.