Ninth International Conference on the Book

Ninth International Conference of the Book- University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 14-16 October 2011.

I delivered the paper, “Art-Zines – The Self-Publishing Revolution: The Zineopolis Art-Zine Collection”. 

As the curator of Zineopolis - Art-Zine collection at the University of Portsmouth, I set the aim of the collection to archive and reflect the diversity of thought and talent that exists outside the traditional publishing arena. The collection focuses on Art-Zines – examining the tactility and aesthetic of self-published materials. This paper introduces the Zineopolis collection and explores what constitutes an Art-Zine.

This paper is due to be published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Book, by the end of the year.

HOME - collaborative bookwork

These are the first sample pages from HOME - an Artists' Book, where 50 illustrators were selected to
produce a diecut house with opening flaps, in response to the theme of 'Home'. The page is about 30cm high. More images to follow when the final book is compiled and finished. Book created by Making Spaces, UK.

Future Fantasteek! No.12 - Aisles of Chunder

Open publication - Free publishing - More comic

NEW OUT - almost...
Future Fantasteek! No.12 - Aisles of Chunder
The Olympics, the Diamond Jubliee and Dickens, what's not to like?
As usual, the first 30 copies go to libraries and collections, want one?
email me, bateyjackie@googlemail.com

http://issuu.com/futurefantasteek/docs/ff12

Future Fantasteek! on show in the University of Portsmouth, Eldon Building

The last location of the Mini-Tour!
Now in the University of Portsmouth, UK.
Also showing some Art-Zines from the Zineopolis Collection.

http://www.zineopolis.blogspot.com

Caravan Gallery Publication - Other People's Pictures

This book is the product of a competition run by The Caravan Gallery - a mobile photography project based in Portsmouth. The Caravan travels the UK, documenting the way we live today. Other People's Pictures is a selection of images sent in by Caravan fans.

To preview the book follow this link:http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2759159
I was lucky enough to get two photos selected. Havant station and Xmas in Brighton.

For more information about The Caravan Gallery, visit: www.thecaravangallery.co.uk

The competition was managed by Daniel O'Neill, find him on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mrdanieloneill

Future Fantasteek! on show in the Stuart Hall Library, Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) Rivington Place London

Future Fantasteek! Mini-Tour has just opened at the Stuart Hall Library, INIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts) Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA
Here are some photos of the show kindly taken by Sonia Hope - Library Manager.

Link to INVIA's blog here...

INVIA are also looking to expand their zine collection...
Click here for information about how to donate your zine.

Future Fantasteek! on show in the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago

Here are some great photos of the Future Fantasteek! installation at the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
30th October - 20th November 2012

Many thanks to Paige K. Johnston, Manager of Special Collections, John M. Flaxman Library, for the photographs. The show contains the Future Fantasteek! Mini-Tour and some examples of serial zines from the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection.

http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm4/about_jfabc.php?CISOROOT=/jfabc

Artist's Book Yearbook : 2012-2013

Over 600 artist’s book listings from 207 national and international artists. Reference listings of: collections, libraries, archives, bookshops, galleries, centres, design print and bind, publishers, dealers, presses, studios, competitions, fairs, festivals and exhibitions, journals, reference books, organisations, societies, websites, academic projects, touring programmes and courses.There's also a double-page spread all about the Future Fantasteek! Mini-Tour. http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/abyb11.htm

Future Fantasteek! No.11 - Sunbeams From Cucumbers

Future Fantasteek! Issue No.11 - Sunbeams From Cucumbers is out now.
Softback Zine printed in colour on cream, yellow and tinted papers, saddle-stitched.
A5 size containing 16 printed pages. Blue card cover with small dye-cut and free saint card insert. Brighton 2011, edition size of fifty.

This issue features two guest artists.

Joe Kolessides - http://www.flickr.com/photos/happyhateful

Gregory Reuben Levitt - http://www.gregoryreubenlevitt.com

So far, issue 11 has found itself a home at these locations...

• Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol, School of Creative Arts, U.K. 
• Printed Historical Sources, 1914-present, The British Library, London, U.K. 
• Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), Rivington Place, London, U.K. 
• Library and Archive, Tate, Millbank, London, U.K. 
• National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, U.K. 
• Library, London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London, U.K. 
• Zineopolis, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, U.K. 
• University of Brighton, St Peter's House Library, Brighton, U.K. 
• University of Iowa, University Libraries, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A. 
• Reed College Library, Portland, OR, U.S.A. 
• Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ, U.S.A. 
• Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Florida Atlantic University Library, Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A. 
• Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 
• Aboveground Zine Library, Kenner, LA, U.S.A. 
• Duke University, Durham NC, U.S.A. 
• Colorado College Special collections, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A. 
• Toronto Zine Library, Toronto, ON, Canada. 
• {Disarmed}, Bedeteca de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

Printmaking Today Vol 20 No2

There's an article about Future Fantasteek! zines in the current issue of Printmaking Today Vol 20 No2 Summer 2011. The feature's written by Sarah Bodman - Senior Research Fellow for Artists' Books at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR), where she runs projects investigating and promoting contemporary book arts.