"In case you don't know, zines are do-it-yourself, small-circulation self-publications whose creators manufacture and distribute the works themselves. More or less invented by the Dada artists following World War One, zines became popular during every other moment of blasé corporatized tedium that drove people to circumvent the established order. They became especially prominent during the punk eras."
"I remember that 2003 show, and since the best zines are old-school cut-and-paste adventures, that's exactly what is happening as you read this. In 2003, the exhibit featured a wide variety of curious delights, everything from tiki bars to zombie kisses, from hip-hop cartoonery to punk-rock defiance. There were horror-movie zines, rants by psychopaths, instructional pamphlets, political diatribes, lesbo-anarchist screeds and even poetry."
Anno Domini has hosted recurring Art of Zines exhibitions that gathered hundreds of self-published zines from across the country, including more than 350 submissions in 2003. Zines are do-it-yourself, small-circulation publications produced and distributed by their creators, with origins tracing to Dada after World War One and renewed prominence during punk eras as alternatives to corporatized culture. Exhibitions have appeared in multiple venues, including a 2004 showing at the San Jose Museum of Art and a later presence at the former Camera One building on South First Street. Shows display a wide variety of formats and content, from glossy magazines to Xeroxed copies, covering topics from horror and politics to poetry and punk defiance. A new Art of Zines show is set to open this weekend.
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