Artist Andrew Thompson and environmental scientist Kim Landsbergen invite you to submit your written and visual documents for inclusion in INVASIVE ZINE - our first issue of Antioch Zine**.
The editorial theme for the first issue is INVASIVE SPECIES and their impact on the landscape, ecological health, and the human psyche. The zine is intended to be interdisciplinary and include diverse perspectives and methods of inquiry into the subject matter. Due to our short time to publication, we ask that you look through the materials you already have and share your works for inclusion in INVASIVE ZINE. Possible materials to be accepted: Science essays (300-500 words) Infographics Journalism interviews and oral histories (300-500 words) Poetry (300 word max) Drawings: scientific illustrations and personal expressions Photography Printmaking Comics and Sequential Art Our guest editor will be Laura Beyer of the Michigan-based zine, Hearty Greetings,. Laura will also be conducting an alternative zine-binding workshop on April 25th, at the Antioch College campus in Yellow Springs, OH. This workshop is free and open to the public, but RSVP is required to ensure time, space, and materials can be made available for interested participants. All active zinesters in the area are encouraged to participate and share in the discussion about how to generate content, arrive at binding designs, and disseminate their zines. In addition, INVASIVE ZINE will also feature handmade paper created from Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera mackii) fibers created by Detroit-based artist Megan Heeres. RSVPs, questions, and submissions = [email protected] Entries due April 10th Zine workshop = April 25th Antioch College is a 164 year-old startup, determined to use its reopening to build and scale a model for what the liberal arts experience can be for all students in the 21st century not a 4- year retreat from the world, but a deeper engagement with it. http://antiochcollege.org Partial support for this workshop was provided by the Puffin West Foundation http://www.puffinwest.org ** New to Zines? The following is a quote from zines.barnard.edu: "Definitions of the word zine vary tremendously, but they do tend to have these common characteristics: - Self-published and the publisher doesnt answer to anyone - Small, self-distributed print run - Motivated by desire to express oneself rather than to make money - Outside the mainstream - Low budget For the sake of this discussion, I will add: - No need for any special equipment or knowledge - Portable - An expression of Do It Yourself (DIY) culture - Foster a community among their creators and readers"
