Aidan Koch's Trophy Room opened at Skylab Gallery on June 29th, 2012. Find documentation photos after the jump.
Trophy Room was made possible through support from the Greater Columbus Arts Council.
Showing posts with label Zines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zines. Show all posts
7/1/12
Anthony Poynter Zine
I wrote down my personal impressions of Anthony for a remembrance zine organized by Dawn Zilla. I think my piece is included in the print version, but I'm not sure. Either way, it's after the jump. You can buy a copy of the zine here; all of the proceeds go to Anthony's family.
4/6/12
Cyberpunk Apocalypse Writer-In-Residence
I'm currently the writer-in-residence at the Cyberpunk Apocalypse house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Cyberpunk Apocalypse is a collective of writers - Artnoose, who writes the long-running letterpress zine Ker-bloom!, writer/illustrator Daniel McCloskey, and Nate McDonough, who recently published his first graphic novel Don't Come Back - who host visiting writers for a month, giving them the time and space to finish projects and then share them with the people of Pittsburgh. Right now, I'm in the process of editing my next chapbook of poetry, which might be called The Best of All Possible Worlds - and might not.
The Greater Columbus Arts Council provided invaluable support that allowed me to pursue this residency. I'm consistently impressed by the service GCAC provides to artists, musicians, writers, and institutions in Columbus.
The video above is a reading of my poem "Why the Police Lieutenant Makes More Than the Assistant Professor (For Nathan Brown)" that I recorded on the roof of the Cyberpunk Apocalypse house. That poem will be included in my chapbook. It's a sneak-peek.
Other News:
* I featured Skylab's first artist-in-residence Jessica Langley's artwork on Beautiful/Decay.
* Nap published this great inside the inside of Alt Lit portrait by Peterbd.
* Zach Bodish, who I used to work with at the Wexner Center, found a Picasso print at a thrift store in Columbus.
* An interview with Spoonboy.
2/6/12
Bookstore Exhibition at Drift Station
Austerity Pleasures, the first two volumes of Jack Ramunni's One Hour Publications series, and the first issue of Slave Labia's zine will be available for free at Drift Station, a gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska, during its exhibition Bookstore, which opens March 2nd.
Re: Bookstore: "For the duration of the exhibition, Drift Station will become a bookstore/reading library where the public can look through, peruse, and purchase artworks."
Other News:
* I featured AJ Fusco's artwork on Beautiful/Decay.
* Elijah Funk redid his artist's site.
* A review of El Jesus de Magico's new album on Columbus Discount Records.
* The Max Caldwell and Mike Shouldis episode of Safe Passages is up.
12/30/11
2011's Reading & Viewing
Yikes, this year was the worst. After the jump is what I read and watched during it.
Other News:
* On Beautiful/Decay I profiled Elijah Funk and Mei Yan Jane Lee's artwork.
* You can pre-order Delay's Rushing Ceremony here.
11/21/11
One Hour Publication
One Hour Publications is a zine series exploring collaborative situations, artist publications, and self-publishing. Each book's content is made within one hour by Jack Ramunni and one collaborator in Heat Space at the Columbus College of Art and Design.
For the first One Hour Publication, I extemporaneously wrote a suite of twelve poems about the city of Columbus, memory, and decay. Jack then drew a companion illustration for each poem as it came off the typewriter.
The next One Hour Publication features Alex Ross and it is funny.
The One Hour Publication on Goodreads.
Other News:
* Ben Bennett, Patrick Elkins, Ryan Jewell, Justin Clifford Rhody, and Hannah Stephenson will be performing at Skylab on November 27th.
* New art history blog for lonelies, fun.
* I "signed" this letter in support of the Occupy movement.
* Peterbd sent me another email. This site collects emails that Peterbd has sent to internet literature types. Reminds me of Ray Johnson. Here it is:
all the leaves are brown and the lit is bleakthis lit is just so bad, very ununiquei'd be very blessed if all lit was by payne. james payne prose i'm dreamin, there's not much else to saywalked into a store because i love to read. well the books were just so bad, i got down on my knees. and prayed to god to stop this prose, so i'll see brighter daysjames payne prose i'm dreamin, cause every book is lame
all the kids are sad and so down on luckthey just want something good to read. somethings that doesn't suckour savior is in payne, he must write everything. james payne prose i'm dreamin, on his every word we cling
- Peterbd
6/1/11
Austerity Pleasures, Now in Very Select Stores
My poetry chapbook Austerity Pleasures is now available for purchase here:
Quimby's in Chicago, Illinois
Boxcar Books in Bloomington, Indiana
Inquiring Minds Bookstore in New Paltz, New York
Mac's Backs in Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Used Kids Records in Columbus, Ohio
Wexner Center for the Arts Store in Columbus, Ohio
Wholly Craft in Columbus, Ohio
Powell's Bookstore in Portland, Oregon
Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Woodland Pattern in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Modern Art Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom
Would your store care to carry Austerity Pleasures? If so, please email Richard@monsterhousepress.com.
After the jump is a blurb Edie Fake wrote for Quimby's website regarding Austerity Pleasures, and a few other tidbits of feedback.
5/26/11
4/15/11
New Snippets
I have been making art. Dear god. That means I've been looking in my scrap books and Xeroxing things. Some of these things appear in a new zine edited by NYC phenom John Malta called Universal Slime. The first issue includes work by Dustin Click, Michael DeForge, Dan(g) Olsen, J. Penry, Cassie Ramone, Matthew Volz, and many other real people that I am excited to be paginated up close to.
I also may have a show in May in Bloomington, Indiana, at The Owlery, a new restaurant instigated by Toby Foster and Ryan Woods. I believe it opens May 6th.
There are two more snippets after the jump.
3/3/11
At The Library
The Ohio State University Libraries' catalogue record for Arty Party.
And their record for This is a Comic Book.
The Chicago Underground Library's catalogue record for the CSBYS March 2010 issue.
And their record for This is a Comic Book.
The Chicago Underground Library's catalogue record for the CSBYS March 2010 issue.
2/19/11
Poem at Haggard & Halloo
See below for a dummy of the Austerity Pleasures wraparound cover.
2/5/11
Wasteface Reviews Arty Party
Wasteface reviews/blurbs Arty Party after picking it up at the Richmond Zine Fest and correctly points out our Joseph Beuys-sized debt to Dorothy Gambrell.
1/31/11
Unicorn Whores Zine
We Are Friends collaborative zine Unicorn Whores
I recently received my contributor copies of Unicorn Whores, a screen-printed zine produced by a collective of friends in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It follows the zine Dragon Slutz, and the third in this fantasy series will be Robot Boners. Unicorn Whores is basically a series of poems and stories about unicorns and sex, accompanied by black and white illustrations.
Michelle Chrzanowski and Ben Larson, who are the figureheads of We Are Friends, routinely make high-quality zines, including one entitled Oscillation with gorgeous 3-color interior screen prints and a zine entitled Mind Reader that isn't about Madonna.
Unicorn Whores and Dragon Slutz are currently in stock at Quimby's in Chicago, IL. One could also order a copy by emailing wearefriendsart@gmail.com.
I don't know who else contributed to Unicorn Whores since a listing isn't included, however, I can spot a John Malta drawing when I see one. See his illustration and my poem, 'Exchange Program,' after the jump.
1/16/11
Chicago Zine Fest 2011
Poster by Edie Fake
The Chicago Zine Fest is making its triumphant return to Columbia College's Conway Center on March 25th and 26th. Several Chicago zinesters (including pals Ramsey Beyer, Neil Brideau, Leslie Perrine, Matt Whispers) organized the inaugural edition of the Chicago Zine Fest (CZF?) last year and it was a bona fide hit. There was a reading at Quimby's, an art show at Johalla Projects and an after show at Ball Hall. But I think they upped the ante this year as exhibitor tables have already sold out. Don't let that frightening flexing of print culture's popularity discourage you from attending, look at this instead:
Noteworthy Facts About the 2011 Chicago Zine Fest:
* Real life zinebrities Al Burian and Aaron Cometbus will speak from 2 - 4 p.m. at the Conway Center on the 25th. Will they mention coffee? Or Jawbreaker or something?
* Mickey Zachilli (who was a part of This is a Comic Book) is tabling, which is exciting.
* Other people I like who are tabling: Jeffrey Brown, Lilli Carre (both Carre and Brown are part of a comics exhibition at the MCA with Anders Nilsen and Paul Hornschemeier), Cindy Crabb (another zinebrity/legend, author of Doris), Chelsea Dirck (with a new book in tow?), Sara Drake (with her new comic Small Advices), Emil Ferris (superb cartoonist/writer), Lyra Hill, Microcosm Publishing, John Porcellino (the best!), Liz Prince, Dave Roche (author of On Subbing), and, most importantly, Monster House Press purveyor Richard Wehrenberg Jr.
* I'm also tabling. (I'll have Arty Party, Assuming Size, Austerity Pleasures, Buttons, Prints, etc)
* There's a youth reading and an exhibitor's reading at the Chicago branch of Dave Egger's 826 project, 826CHI, on March 25th at 5 p.m.
* Zinester Karaoke at Quimby's on March 25th at 9 p.m. As uncomfortable as it sounds?
* Eric Ayotte will be there, so I think Gadabout Film Festival will too.
* More lectures and workshops TBA!
The full list of this year's tablers.
A CZF T-Shirt for sale featuring Edie Fake's artwork.
If you come, you can stay in my apartment. Plan ahead!
After the jump are tabling/after show action shots from last year.
12/9/10
Candace Corbin: Selected Poems
Candace Corbin is a poet and artist who studies painting at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts. She recently released her first zine of drawings and poetry at the Richmond Zine Fest. It includes some of the poems that follow. Contact Corbin at candacelcorbin@gmail.com.
RED SHEETS
I don’t have red
Bed sheets
Neither do you
Yours are green
Bed sheets
Neither do you
Yours are green
Last night
I slept in red sheets
it was
cold out
I slept in red sheets
it was
cold out
I did not
wake up alone in
red sheets
I was warm
wake up alone in
red sheets
I was warm
12/6/10
Bitch: Winter 2010 Issue
The Winter 2010 issue of Bitch Magazine is out and about. It has an article I assisted Anne Elizabeth Moore and Esther Pearl Watson with called, "Gender and Comics Potluck: A graphic survey of where women and trans people are - and aren't - in the comics industry."
It's something of a companion piece to Women's Comics Anthology, a zine I co-edited with Moore earlier this year. Both pieces are part of a larger project interrogating the gender inequality in comics that Moore has been exploring with her Lady Drawers class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
You can find Bitch Magazine, like, anywhere. It's even in real life places like Barnes and Noble, but, really, you should just subscribe.
11/6/10
Richmond Zine Fest 2010
A few weeks ago I tabled this event with Chelsea Dirck and Candace Corbin in Richmond, Virginia. We don't seem to be in this video. Dirck sold prints like hot cakes. I made buttons and periodically someone would buy an Arty Party or Assuming Size. C.L. Corbin made her very first zine, a collection of poems, drawings and collages.
9/9/10
Richmond Zine Fest W/ Chelsea Dirck
On October 16th, Chelsea Dirck and I will be tabling during the Richmond Zine Festival at The Gay Community Center in Richmond, Virginia. Chelsea is an inveterate diarist and pen and ink specialist from Boston, Massachusetts. Look at this drawing of hers:
If you have any zines you would like me to take to the festival to sell or distribute, email me at james.david.payne.1@gmail.com or find me in person. And please come to Richmond to hang out.
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