2. ZINE MAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
12 - 18 JUNE 2015
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WHAT IS A ZINE? Pronounced like magazine without the maga.
A zine is an independently created publication. Currently, zines are typically
photocopied using word processors, but there are many who utilize offset printing
or create handmade zines with content made using collage, digital photography,
silkscreen, litho, hand-written creative writing, etc.
A zine can be about any subject and done in any style imaginable. Some typical
subjects for content are creative writing, comics, personal writings, fan-based writings,
science fiction, literature, anthology/art, and review, however it is completely open.
A person with access to a photocopier can be writer, publisher, and printer.
3. ZINE MAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
12 - 18 JUNE 2015
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FACTS Pamphleteers such as Martin Luther and Thomas Paine can be technically classified
as zine publishers. However, the origin of the term fanzine (eventually shortened to
’zine or simply zine) is generally traced to small-circulation science fiction fandom
publications beginning in the late 1920s, and continuing until the present, in which
sci-fi fans wrote about themselves and their interests for a close-knit readership.
The rise of the punk subculture in the ‘70s spawned a new interest in self-publishing.
Zines were used to promote a music scene that, with a few exceptions, received little
attention from the larger music press. In 1975 the first known fanzine was published by
Legs McNeil and friends in New York, it was called Punk.
4. ZINE MAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
12 - 18 JUNE 2015
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WHY PUBLISH A ZINE? To see your work in print!
The individual reasons to create a zine are as diverse and unique as the individuals
who create them. Often someone wants to see their work in print by any means
necessary.
It’s a way in which people communicate on a very passionate, free, and sometimes
intensely personal level as it is a medium not bound by censorship. It allows people
of all interests and agendas to voice their opinions, art, and rants to a wide audience
in a relatively cheap and fun way.
8. ZINE MAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
12 - 18 JUNE 2015
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CONTENT SCIENTIST HAT
Zoom in on the material, analyse the micro transformation of a selected elements
everyday, observe closely.
URBANIST HAT
Explore how the material transforms the perception and usability of the surrounding.
REPORTER HAT
Explore how the material affects people movements and flows.
RADICAL LISTENING (to listen without thinking what to say next)
Report the voices of your fellows and the community around the work using the radical
listening technique.
9. RULES
1. COMPLETE AT LEAST
1 FORM PER DAY
(MAX 2)
2. DO NOT SHOW
YOUR FORM TO OTHER
DOCUMENTERS
3. TITLE THE DAY AFTER
5PM
4. ENTRIES ARE
ANONYMOUS
5. HAND IN 5.30PM
ZINE MAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN
12 - 18 JUNE 2015
CITTÀ DELLA SCIENZA
YOUR MATERIAL
DAY N.
TODAY’S TITLE
MATERIAL PROCESSES
SOCIAL PROCESSES
ZOOM IN:
SCIENTIST HAT
CAPTION IN 20 WORDS
CAPTION IN 20 WORDS
RADICAL LISTENING
1.
2.
3.
4.
RADICAL LISTENING
1.
2.
3.
4.
CAPTION IN 20 WORDS
CAPTION IN 20 WORDS
CAPTION IN 20 WORDS
CAPTION IN 20 WORDS
CAPTION IN 20 WORDS
CAPTION IN 20 WORDS
PHOTO TITLE
PHOTO TITLE
PHOTO TITLE
PHOTO TITLE
PHOTO TITLE
PHOTO TITLE
PHOTO TITLE
PHOTO TITLE
ZOOM OUT:
URBANIST HAT
SNAPSHOT:
REPORTER HAT
MAKER VOICES COMMUNITY VOICE