Some you can't even view without 3D glasses. Some are only one page long. Zine culture seems to establish itself very fast because 'zines are quickly produced, cheap to print and anyone with a little creative spirit can make them. The Artzine exhibition ran at the Spencer St Art Gallery in August '99 and displayed more than 100 self-generated publications. Phil Edwards, a lecturer at RMIT, organised the extravaganza, and took me on a tour.
Zine culture is less pretentious and has a political code to it.
Titles such as Dumbhand Journal, Porn Shark and Middle Finger Response are bound to catch attention. Other 'zines are simply graphic images and photocopied collages. The boundaries of content were stretched to include music recordings. I wanted to show the pumping sounds that I recorded in an old abandoned building. It is my first zine and it sold well.