Tag: fair
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Head 2 Head Zine Fairs
Last year, I went to two zine fairs in one day. The Other Worlds Zine Fair was organised in protest against one of the sponsors (being Transfield [Services/Holdings] who also manage the Nauru and Manus Island detention centres) backing the MCA, and thus the zine fair. I had to see both, because it is pointless…
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Two Zine Fairs, One Day
It’s dark on the coach back. The most repeated question I’ve been asked today was “what was the turn out like?” This is what happens when there are two zine fairs on in one day. Once again the MCA was having a zine fair, where the indie publishing scene congregates and trades over plastic tables.…
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MCA Zine Fair
Yesterday, I spent the day at the MCA which were running a zine fair. It was pretty packed and it was good to see a couple of people that I hadn’t seen since the last big one I visited, and of course, meet a few new faces. Also was the debut of Jeremy and Elouise’s…
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Art, Not Apart
I had some apprehensions on going to Apart (that’s Art, Not Apart) on the weekend. My problem with art festivals, and a larger chunk of the arts world, is that it’s pretending to be more than it really is. People readily apply labels like post-modern, transgressive and zeitgeist to things that are getting more praise…
The Screaming Wall 