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Printed Matter's
QUEER ZINES
at Office For Contemporary Art, Norway

'QUEER ZINES' presents a survey of serial, independent publications with a queer sensibility, spanning from the early 1970s to today, from Straight to Hell, Boyd McDonald's ground-breaking, filthy, oft-times political, sex zine of the 1970s, to BUTT Magazine, the Dutch mainstream super-zine still circulating today. Among these seminal publications, the project includes an explosion of punk zines, perhaps best epitomized by the mythic JDs – zines that crossed the traditional boundaries of race, class, gender; cheaply produced and largely distributed by mail. Their formal dynamism, mixed media and radical politics find a striking analogue in contemporaneous queer theory.

First shown in Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair in 2008 as a larger survey exhibition curated by Philip Aarons and AA Bronson with Alex Gartenfeld, 'QUEER ZINES' was accompanied by a catalogue with the same name. On the occasion of the 'QUEER ZINES' project at OCA, this catalogue is available for sale during the course of the exhibition.

QUEER ZINES can also be ordered online here.

About the Lecture

AA Bronson will present images and reflections on his life in art as seen through publications, beginning with the underground newspapers of the 1960s, and continuing with his involvement with artists' books and periodicals from the early 1970s to the present. In particular, he will focus on his 25 years with the artists' group General Idea from 1969 through 1994, when they produced FILE magazine (1972-89) and founded Art Metropole (1974), as well as his current projects, especially the NY Art Book Fair and publishing projects at Printed Matter.

About the Workshop

AA Bronson will lead a discussion about self-publishing and the fanzine, considering the history of Printed Matter, General Idea, FILE magazine, the phenomenon of queer zines, and today's technologies of YouTube and on-demand publishing. This event is free and open to the public. However, it requires registration in advance. To register or for more information on how to obtain preparatory readings, please contact Anne Charlotte Hauen at anne.charlotte@oca.no.

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Additionally, Torpedo Bookshop will present a selection of original FILE magazines and General Idea editions from Torpedo's archive at Torpedo Bookshop on 28 January at 19:00 at Hausmanngate 42. (Previously shown as a part of the exhibition 'November 2008 – artist-initiated magazines' at Rekord Gallery, 2008).

For more information on Queer Zines, see QueerZines.com