Zine Week
Date:
Monday, October 15, 2023 – Friday, October 20, 2023
Location:
Blaffer Art Museum | UH Arts & Technology Center
Format:
TUH Zine Week is a week-long celebration of independent media and artistic expression at the UH School of Art
Zine Week is a week-long celebration of independent media and artistic expression coordinated by the Arts & Technology Center, at the University of Houston, showcasing underrepresented voices in fostering collaboration across disciplines. What is a Zine: ZINE (n): pronounced “zeen” A zine is a self-published, non-commercial print-work that is typically produced in small, limited batches. Zines are created and bound in many DIY ways, but traditionally editions are easily reproduced—often by crafting an original “master flat,” and then photocopying, folding, and stapling the pages into simple pamphlets. Zines may also be sewn, taped, glued—or even exist in unbound and other non-folio formats. The main rule is that there are no rules! People who create zines [“zinesters”] are likely to be more motivated by self-expression and artistic passion than they are by profit: zines are usually inexpensive and sometimes distributed for free or in trade for other zines, goods, and services. The history of zines is vast and fascinating: read more about it here. Zines can touch on a variety of topics from music and art, to politics, sexuality, humor and personal memoir. Their content may be written, drawn, printed, collaged, or any other form of combining words and imagery—a zine’s structure may be narrative, journalistic, comic-like, or completely abstract.
Free and open to all!