Zine Age Riot

Sea Cell and Teeluxe are proud to report that Zine Age Riot, was successfully held on Saturday 08 August 2009. Images from the event can be seen below.

Any zines not sold on the day will be available for sale online from Monday 10 August.

Exhibiting artists included: Joe Allen Shea (AUS), Craig Atkinson (GBR), Kimberly Amos (AUS), Jody Barton (GBR), Gareth Bayliss (GBR), Martin Bell (AUS), Amber B (AUS), Pete Brower (US), Shea Caplice (AUS), Jeff Canham (US), Tristan Ceddia (AUS), Tracy Churchward (AUS), Culture Vulture (GBR), Nick Chalmers (AUS), Ryan Heywood (AUS), Cathie Glassby (AUS), Jason Gormley (AUS), Hardland/Heartland (US), Ben Havenaar (AUS), Stephen Marshall (UK), Stefan Marx (DEU), Paul McNeil (AUS), Moustache Collective (AUS), Jim Newitt (UK), Jared O’sullivan/Nick Simpson (AUS), Craig Rochfort (AUS), Jordan Rochfort (AUS), Loren Victory (US), Matt Yeates (AUS) and more…

Thanks also to Chris Barton from  OWN Books who travelled from Melbourne and showcased his amazing range of books. Finally, thanks also to  Stephan Backes who displayed his amazing artwork and books (and skated hard at the end!).

Anyone interested about next year’s event should contact Craig Rochfort on craig@teeluxe.com.au

11am – 4pm
Saturday, 8 August 2009
Sea Cell
4/1 Acacia Street
Byron Bay Arts & Industry Estate

About the exhibition venue:

The Sea Cell is a contemporary art space providing a venue and opportunities for artists to exhibit in Byron Bay, Australia. Sea Cell has a regular exhibition schedule featuring established and emerging artists from around the globe.

What is a zine anyway (thanks Wikipedia…)

A zine (an abbreviation of the word fanzine, or magazine; pronounced / ”zeen”) is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier on a variety of colored paper stock.

A popular definition includes that circulation must be 5,000 or less, although in practice the significant majority are produced in editions of less than 100, and profit is not the primary intent of publication.

Zines are written in a variety of formats, from computer-printed text to comics to handwritten text (an example being Cometbus). Print remains the most popular zine format, usually photo-copied with a small circulation. Topics covered are broad, including fanfiction, politics, art and design, ephemera, personal journals, social theory, single topic obsession, or sexual content far enough outside of the mainstream to be prohibitive of inclusion in more traditional media. The time and materials necessary to create a zine are seldom matched by revenue from sale of zines. Small circulation zines are often not explicitly copyrighted and there is a strong belief among many zine creators that the material within should be freely distributed. In recent years a number of photocopied zines have risen to prominence or professional status and have found wide bookstore and online distribution. Highly notable among these are Giant Robot, Dazed & Confused, Bust, Bitch (magazine) and Maximum RocknRoll.