Tuesday 12 July 2011

Future Fantasteek! No.11 - Sunbeams From Cucumbers

Future Fantasteek! Issue No.11 - Sunbeams From Cucumbers is out now.
Softback Zine printed in colour on cream, yellow and tinted papers, saddle-stitched.
A5 size containing 16 printed pages. Blue card cover with small dye-cut and free saint card insert. Brighton 2011, edition size of fifty.

This issue features two guest artists.


Joe Kolessides - http://www.flickr.com/photos/happyhateful

Gregory Reuben Levitt - http://www.gregoryreubenlevitt.com

So far, issue 11 has found itself a home at these locations...
  • Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol, School of Creative Arts, U.K. 
  • Printed Historical Sources, 1914-present, The British Library, London, U.K. 
  • Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), Rivington Place, London, U.K. 
  • Library and Archive, Tate, Millbank, London, U.K. 
  • National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, U.K. 
  • Library, London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London, U.K. 
  • Zineopolis, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, U.K. 
  • University of Brighton, St Peter's House Library, Brighton, U.K. 
  • University of Iowa, University Libraries, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A. 
  • Reed College Library, Portland, OR, U.S.A. 
  • Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ, U.S.A. 
  • Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Florida Atlantic University Library, Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A. 
  • Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 
  • Aboveground Zine Library, Kenner, LA, U.S.A. 
  • Duke University, Durham NC, U.S.A. 
  • Colorado College Special collections, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A. 
  • Toronto Zine Library, Toronto, ON, Canada. 
  • {Disarmed}, Bedeteca de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

Friday 8 July 2011

Printmaking Today Vol 20 No2

There's an article about Future Fantasteek! zines in the current issue of Printmaking Today Vol 20 No2 Summer 2011. The feature's written by Sarah Bodman - Senior Research Fellow for Artists' Books at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR), where she runs projects investigating and promoting contemporary book arts.


Sunday 3 July 2011

Future Fantasteek! on show in the Bingham Center Zine Collection.

The Future Fantasteek! Mini-tour has now opened at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Celebrating ten issues, Future Fantasteek! is on display along with the original sketchbooks in the Lilly Library foyer, Duke University East Campus, from June 20-October 7, 2011.

Click here for exhibition information and links...
http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/ffzine

On Duke University's Facebook Page...
https://www.facebook.com/#!/binghamcenter

On Duke University's FlickR Page, more to follow..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbcwhc/



Thanks for the pictures to Kelly Wooten - Curator and archivist at the Bingham Center.