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Zine & Art Fair
Oct. 1st, 2006 07:05 pmWent to the Zine and Art Fair run by This is Not Art (T.I.N.A.) today.
This is about the only TINA event I'm going to this year. More than half of TINA has already gone by and: this year around uni didn't finish a week earlier (so going to Thursday and Friday's events just wasn't on); When the Octapod got a new server I dropped off all the mailing lists; and quite frankly, this year I just couldn't be bothered.
Last year my experience wasn't all that good, including a huge panic attack. Anyway, this year I decided to just take money, not try and sell or trade anything, and go home when done. As turned out, I almost achieved that end.
The first annoyance was my car not starting, despite an eight hour charge last night. Rather than call the NRMA, I caught a bus/train instead. the train was 20 minutes late, but that was OK. I tried to find a local ATM to Civic but the nearest was in the Hunter St Mall. I got insulted by a check out person in the Go-Lo there and that put me in a bad mood.
Rather than go straight to the Fair, I had something to eat in Civic Park and visited the Newcastle Region Art Gallery first. That was a good move, as I got to check out the Experimenta Vanishing Point exhibition, which took up the whole 1st floor. There's some cool stuff at this, including Train No. 8, Shy Painting and Pedestrians. I could sit down in a dark air-conditioned room and enjoy myself - normally a good thing!
Anyway, after that I checked out the Fair. I bought $70 worth of stuff including a $30 copy of Rebel Visions : the underground comix revolution : 1963-1975. Nice book but a heavy tome. I did trade a couple of zines, but only once. Otherwise, despite feeling generally tired, and having my back and right knee hurting, it was OK. Bumped into two or three uni students I know, and some guy who remembered me (but not my name) from 2002. Went home about 3pm via train/bus with a little bit of food and shopping at Glendale.
I think I did the right thing by limiting my involvement this year. Despite initially feeling stressed out, I didn't have any panic attacks and got home at a decent hour. Who knows, next year I might even have something new to sell.
Slightly Cheered Up
Sep. 28th, 2005 03:32 pmNothing cheers me up more than reprinting my comics, which I've just done.
I reprinted 20 copies of Hypergarphia #1 and #3. There's not much in #1 (16 pages) but #3 was a "watershed" issue for me, and one which I'm known for in queer student collectives (well, at least in two).![[Front covers of #1 (rear) and #3]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/8afed9c3cae8/524223-16331/www.geocities.com/laura_seabrook/pics/LJCommunity/hypergraphia1and3.gif)
We'll see...
I reprinted 20 copies of Hypergarphia #1 and #3. There's not much in #1 (16 pages) but #3 was a "watershed" issue for me, and one which I'm known for in queer student collectives (well, at least in two).
We'll see...
Hypergraphia #4
Sep. 15th, 2005 04:38 pmYeah, something else to cheer me up - reprinting Hypergraphia # 4. I printed 20 copies of this years ago in A4 format (this version's in A5) but that cost the earth and never got any distribution. Also, this is part 1 of a story. Part 2 is issue five, and now I have them both printed, it'll make more sense.
T.I.N.A. is less than a fortnight away, and for once I have something to sell / trade. Should I print # 3 as well (the "Sex & Gender" issue)?
T.I.N.A. is less than a fortnight away, and for once I have something to sell / trade. Should I print # 3 as well (the "Sex & Gender" issue)?
Hypergraphia # 5
Sep. 5th, 2005 04:11 pmIn a weird system, whereby I print (or reprint) Hypergraphias in reverse order, I've just run off 25 copies of number 5. This issue has never been printed before - it was part 2 to Hypergraphia #4's Part 1. Next on the reprint sweep is issue 4, which will be in a fortnight's time, and just before This Is Not Art and the Zine Fair.
Issue 5 was a "double header" in which it had two covers - One Pagan, and the other SubGenius. It is also formatted landscape instead of portrait, though in practice printing and collating this via a photocopier is a pain in the bum. I have heaps of collage in this one, and at 44 pages was really happy to finally get the bugger printed.
It's a funny thing too. Issue 4 is a photo-comic (or "fumetti") which has my "ba" go on an allegorical journey through my soulscape, while my "ka" remains sleeping in real time. At the end of issue 4, my ba is waiting in the "land of forms", not yet reunited with my ka. At the time, I was glad to get the issue done, and it was the project for my final unit of my Bachelor's in Visual Arts. However, thereafter I had a certain degree of restlessness, that stayed with me until (almost a year later) I drew Part 2, where both are finally reunited.
Sounds superstitious doesn't it, though I guess the allegorical journey was real enough for me at the time. Just one more self-examination in my life.
Down at NUSA today I did a test run on my masters for Hypergraphia #4 and 5, to see if I could print them in A5 format. Issue #4 is portrait, and #5 (actually part two of #4) is in landscape. It took a bit of juggling (especially with #4 because of the extensive use of photos) but it can be done!
At the very least, I can reprint 25 copies of #4, and print (for the first time) the same amount of #5. Yahoo -- I'm actually going to have something to take to the Zine Fair this year.
At the very least, I can reprint 25 copies of #4, and print (for the first time) the same amount of #5. Yahoo -- I'm actually going to have something to take to the Zine Fair this year.
Hypergraphia 6
Aug. 15th, 2005 03:46 pm
It's 3 years over due, but I finally printed Hypergraphia #6 down at NUSA. By printing to A5 size, it cost a lot less than what I expected. Only 50 copies, but that's enough.I've been feeling that ol' black dog nipping at me since the weekend, so I thought that it would be a good time to print it now. It'll be ready for the Zine Fair in October at This is Not Art.
Now maybe, I might thing about number Seven!
