Future Fantasteek! No.13 OUT NOW

Softback Zine printed in colour on cream and white papers.
A5 size with 20 printed pages, saddle-stitched.
Pink card cover with ‘googly-eyes’.
Brighton, July 2012, edition size of 40.

Guest Artist: Margaret Huber

Margaret's website and her blog showing all the tickets.

Lucky No.13 - How Super! So, the olympics are ready to GO GO GO, and the Euro is ready to DIVE DIVE DIVE. Care homes are 'failing the vunerable' and the Welfare State is causing trouble AGAIN. Same 'ol, same 'ol

Follow this link to see more...

http://futurefantasteek.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/future-fantasteek-no13.html

So far, this issue can now be found in the following collections:

• The British Library, London, UK 
• Duke University, Durham, USA 
• The Culture Archive, Brighton UK 
• Centre for Fine Print Research, Bristol, UK 
• Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London, UK 
• Abovegroundlibrary, Kenner LA, USA 
• Colorado College Special Collections, Colorado Springs, USA 
• London College of Communication, London, UK 
• {Disarmed}, Lisboa, Portugal 
• Toronto Zine Library, Canada 
• National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK 
• Biblioteca Municipal Josep Badia i Moret, Barcelona, SPAIN 
• Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Florida Atlantic University Library, Boca Raton USA 
• Reed College Library, Portland, OR, USA 
• Newark Public Library, USA 
• Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago USA 
• The Library, Hereford College of Arts, UK 
• Library and Archive, Tate Britain, London UK

Future Fantasteek! get's its own blog

I'm working on Issue No.13 of Future Fantasteek! now, so it seemed sensible to round-them-up and get them their own blog. I've added links to all back issues and I'll be posting exhibition info and work in progress here:

http://www.futurefantasteek.blogspot.co.uk/

You should be able to link backwards and forwards between here and there fairly easily using the top tabs.

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

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

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.

Future Fantasteek! on show in the Bingham Center Zine Collection.

The Future Fantasteek! Mini-tour has now opened at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Celebrating ten issues, Future Fantasteek! is on display along with the original sketchbooks in the Lilly Library foyer, Duke University East Campus, from June 20-October 7, 2011.

Click here for exhibition information and links...
http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/ffzine

On Duke University's Facebook Page...
https://www.facebook.com/#!/binghamcenter

On Duke University's FlickR Page, more to follow..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbcwhc/

Thanks for the pictures to Kelly Wooten - Curator and archivist at the Bingham Center.

Future Fantasteek! at Colorado College - Special Collections

1st April - 31st May
First leg of the American tour - Future Fantasteek! all ten issues, sketchbook pages and catalogue were shown in the Colorado College Special Collections.

Thank you to Jessy Randall, Curator and Archivist for the images.

Future Fantasteek! University of the West of England, Bristol, 27 April 2011 - 14 June 2011

The Future Fantasteek! Mini-Tour has now moved on to its next UK venue.

University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
Tom Trusky Exhibition Cases. Special Collections Room, Bower Ashton Library.
27 April 2011 - 14 June 2011
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/jbatey11.htm

Future Fantasteek! No.10 - Royal Wedding Souvenir

ISSUE TEN : FEBRUARY 2011
Royal Wedding Souvenir Issue

Softback Zine printed in colour on cream paper, saddle-stitched.
A5 size containing 16 printed pages. Silver metallic cover.
Issue Ten: Brighton 2011, edition size of fifty.

Who’d have thought it... ISSUE TEN, of this rambling nonsense.
The Damp Research team have been trotting out this stuff for FIVE years now.
At some point you might have thought someone would find something better to do
...but apparently not. Well, the walls of money have stuck to rich people again and University is now soooo expensive only the Queen can afford to send her eldest son, don’t even bother sending girls - they just need to be pretty these days, start saving up for a boob job and sod the degree...
(unless it’s in cosmetic surgery)
Damp Research - thinking for you, because you’re watching X-Factor...

Future Fantasteek! at LCC

Future Fantasteek! on tour at LCC
Date: 1 March – 6 April, 2011
Times: Mon – Thurs, 9.30am – 8.15pm; Fri 9.30am – 5.45pm; Sat 10am – 3.45pm
Venue: London College of Communication Library, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6SB

Contact: Leila Kassir, l.kassir@lcc.arts.ac.uk
Many thanks to Pascale Jordan for the photos of the show.

To celebrate its tenth edition, Jackie Batey’s serial zine Future Fantasteek! – a collection of humorous sketchbook drawings/doodles all done on the train – will be on show at the LCC Library from the 1 March to the 6 April. The exhibition forms part of a tour which takes the ten zines (along with a 78 page catalogue) across the UK and the US. http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1943328

Follow this link for more info and directions.
http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/event/future-fantasteek-at-lcc/

Future Fantasteek! Tour ready to go...

Future Fantasteek! will be celebrating the tenth issue in Feb 2011. 

I decided to arrange a small touring exhibition consisting of the ten zines but also showing the sketchbooks (done on the train) that feed them. I've decided to set of two exhibitions, one to the UK and one to the USA.

Future Fantasteek! by Jackie Batey | Make Your Own Book

The catalogue is now available to buy prior to the exhibition.
You can flick through it here, this book will also tour with the
zines. Thanks to everyone who's been involved, I'm looking
forward to the start of it all. There's a list below of the venues
so if you want to see Future Fantasteek! the first ten issues all
together you know where they'll be...

The U.K. Locations

1 March 2011 – 6 April 2011
University of the Arts London, LCC, London.

27 April 2011- 14 June 2011
Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol.

5 Sept 2011 – 28 Oct 2011
The Library, Hereford College of Arts, Hereford.

21 Nov 2011 - 13 Jan 2012
INVIA, Institute of International Visual Arts, London.

1 Feb 2012 - 1 March 2012
The Ministry of Books, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth.

The U.S.A. Locations

1 April – 31 May 2011
Colorado College Special Collections, Colorado Springs, CO.

27 June - 7 Oct 2011
The Sallie Bingham Center, Duke University, Durham, NC.

30 Oct – 20 Nov 2011
Joan Flasch Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Ultrabold No.8

Ultrabold is the journal of St Bride Library. Its editorial policy encompasses the full breadth of the Library’s collections; current design projects and expressive personal work rub shoulders with historical investigations and appreciations. Each issue is 40pp, illustrated in full colour throughout. Issue No.8 has an article by Teal Triggs, Fanzines: new directions for the DIY revolution (pp.10-18).

Link to the St.Bride website.

Fanzines Book

There's a great book about zines just been released,
Fanzines by Teal Triggs.
Thames and Hudson ISBN 9780500288917.

It's a lovely huge book weighing in at 33.8 x 24.2 x 2.6 cm and at 256 pages.
Lots of fabulous images and including Future Fantasteek! No. 6. on p220.

A couple more spreads, to show how wonderful the book is.

The Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Autumn Print Exchange

I've just mailed an edition of 12 lino-cuts off to The Printmaking Center of New Jersey for their 'Autumn Print Exchange'. Hand pulled printmaking techniques must be used, woodcuts, litho, intaglio, photography, lino, silkscreen etc. The Printmaking Council of New Jersey (PCNJ) is a non-profit fine arts center specializing in print and paper media.

Printmaking Center of New Jersey
http://www.printnj.org
440 River Road
Branchburg, NJ 08876
USA

Theme of exhibition: Sea-change: a poetic term referencing a gradual transformation in which the form is retained but the substance is replaced, as with petrification. PCNJ invites participants to address the visual interpretation of this theme as "see"-change. The prints will be exhibited in the PCNJ gallery space between November 24 - December 24, 2010

This lino cut started life as a print that was to pastiché the paper bags that British chip shops wrap fish n’ chips in. The print originally appeared in red and yellow in limited edition, printed on to food quality paper bags - it served as the packaging for the artist’s book within and also the title of the work.

I have been wanted to focus on my printmaking and this exhibition at the PCNJ seemed really positive. This print is about the British tradition of battering and frying fish, but with no consideration of how fish stocks have fallen and now even seemingly common species are being added to the Red List. The final print, 2 colour lino cut (orange and black) hand printed with a Japanese baren on Japanese archival paper. Limited edition of 12 prints numbered, signed, embossed with artist's logo and dated 2 November 2010.

Birmingham Zine Festival - 10th-12th September

Held over the 10th-12th September, the first Birmingham Zine Festival was a great success, bringing together a host of self-publishing, handmade zines and comics. To accompany the exhibition there was also an exhibition of artwork and a postcard project. I participated in the Mail-Art Postcard Project and Exhibition, which saw over 200 invited entries from the UK, USA, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany and Spain. 

This was my postcard. 

More pictures and interviews can be viewed here on the Birmingham Zine Festival website:

http://www.birminghamzinefestival.com/