Patrick - I know what you mean about expensive ephemera - and perhaps the
exhibition catalogue is part of the institutional "fixing" of the fleeting
to which I have mixed feelings (mixed, but by no means totally against; the
value *added by photo reproduction e.g. I sometimes think that Mondrian is
better in reproduction than on the wall; again I think of the value *added
by even footnotes nevermind biographical and social detail which I guess the
onlooker is then meant to back-infer in/from the Pure Artefact; Denise
Riley's comment, from memory, about titles of paintings being the first art
criticism; the permeability of text and artefact).
But also: try and borrow the book rather than buy it (I tend to read books
I've borrowed more than I read ones I've bought). Though easier said than
done, I know.
Anyway - you might find the following site interesting, though it's
US-biased; it gives a snappy account of mail art and zines:
http://www.zinebook.com/resource/perkins.html
Elizabeth - thanks for the info on how the Grrrlz Zines declared their
practice in and against and alongside work. Made me think of Stevie Smith's
1936 novel Novel Written on Yellow Paper, Or Work It Out Yourself, which I
gather was indeed written on stolen work stationery as the first title
suggests (no, I haven't read the book!), with the alternative title maybe
quietly underlining the tension between the individual and the workplace.
By the way, did you mention the following book on Grrrlz Zines? If not, here
it is:
Trina Robbins, From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens
to Zines, Chronicle Books, 1999
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick McManus [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 22 November 2002 09:44
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: ephemera
ephemera ica
catalogue costs
fifty quid -paperback
now that's not ephemera
not in raynes park
are brit pos emails
are they --------ephemera??
greetos goodw weekeende P
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