How to Get Shit Done






How to Get Shit Done
DR Charlotte Cooper

Publishing Info:
London 2013
A5 saddle-stitched zine.
16 pages on off-white paper with slightly heavier cover.
(No images in this zine).

Description:
This zine is unusual in our collection since it only includes text. However, it's about getting things done, getting creative projects off the ground and how to avoid delaying and 'faffing' around. The zine is full of expletives used to emphasise action. The tone is humorous and there's some great advice about how to actually get work completed.

Excerpt from Charlotte's blog...
This is a zine for people who struggle to get shit done. It’s for the avoiders and procrastinators, the non-finishers, the inert, the moribund, and the people who dwell on fear and anxiety. By shit I mean DIY cultural work, but it can also mean the day-to-day stuff of life. I made this zine because I’ve been hearing a lot of conversations by people who struggle to get shit done. I am quite good at getting shit done, so I thought I’d share a little of what I know. The zine has 16 pages and a card cover. It’s written in a snappy, no-nonsense tone and features a fair bit of swearing. It’s a queer-punk self-help zine that critiques self-help culture and includes a broader political context. It contains the following:
Some things I’ve done recently
  • A discussion about what motivates people to do things and the difficulties of courting success
  • A consideration of the resources people may or may not have to do things
  • Three common obstacles to getting shit done (fear, time, discipline)
  • Helpful resources
  • A passage about the implications of archiving

Report



Report
Dr Charlotte Cooper

Publishing Info:
London 2012
A3 page folded into A5 printed front and back.
Black and white photocopy on white paper.

Description:
This zine contains selections from Charlotte's school reports with comments from her as she is now. Often satirical this is a positive zine showing life's long journey is more than your school reports may anticipate. This includes the mandatory school photographs we all remember so well.

Dal Riata - A Little Tactile History of a Scottish Kingdom




Dal Riata - A Little Tactile History of a Scottish Kingdom
Alastair Sommerville

Publishing Info:
A6 folded zine
20 pages on tracing film, cream paper and tactile folded paper (Zychem - that is heated to produce raised surfaces). Published by Bookleteer 2014

Description:
Designed by accessibility consultant Alastair Sommerville this folded zine explores the extensive neolithic remains in Kilmartin Glen in Scotland. Printed on special tactile paper (Zychem) that gives the maps raised surfaces. Tracing film is also used to add transparency to some pages.

The books are published by 'The Periodical' whose mission statement is as follows:
"The Periodical is publishing re-imagined as public authoring – anyone can take part simply by making and sharing a book. It is inspired by 17th Century pamphleteering as much as by today's contemporary digital communications and continues our exploration of how we create and share new forms of 'Public Goods'".

Institute of Cultural Inquiry



Institute of Cultural InquiryCollective: Lise Patt, Associate and Director
Sue-Na Gay, Assistant Director
Brian Douglas, Grounds Coordinator

Publishing Info:
A6 landscape saddle-stitched zine.
34 pages including cover colour on white heavyweight paper.
Los Angeles 2013.
ICI address: 1512 South Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA

Description:
"The Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICI) is a non-profit educational and cultural organization focused on ‘visual technologies’ and how they are used to document, imagine, remember and conceal the convergence of human activities and capabilities we call ‘culture.’ The Institute sponsors research, displays, symposia, workshops, performances and tactical interventions. In addition, it is committed to maintaining a number of long-term, ongoing projects that stretch across disciplines such as The AIDS Chronicles, The Manual of Lost Ideas, and Traumbagger (dream-dredger). The organization also maintains an active publishing program through the ICI Press. Headquartered in Los Angeles with satellite laboratories in London, Köln, and Venice, Italy, the ICI offers residency, curatorial, publishing, fieldwork and event horizon opportunities for visual researchers and/or fabricators and for curious spectators of visual culture." From ICI website
Link to Website: http://www.culturalinquiry.org/

New Wizard of the West (The)




New Wizard of the West (The)
Chauncy Montgomery M'Govern

Publishing Info:
First published in Pearson's Magazine 1899
A5 saddle-stitched zine.
16 pages plus cover colour on white heavyweight paper.

Description:
"A magazine interview with Nikola Tesla in his laboratory, a man often considered the most brilliant American inventor. This article presents a fascinating overview of the genius at the very peak of his illustrious career. One does not appreciate Tesla's greatness, until you realize that at the time people still used gas for lighting and traveled about in horsedrawn buggies. Among the miracles described in this audiobook article are Nikola Tesla's inventions of hydro-electric power generation, solar-electric power generation, wireless power distribution, high-voltage coils (which are used to power all of our automobiles on the road today), radio communication, videophones, cold-light, wireless lighting, and a nitrogen fertilizing machine. Nikola Tesla was born midnight of July 9-10, 1856, and died midnight of January 7-8, 1943. Tesla was a trained engineer specializing in the infant field of electricity. He was gifted with a keen sense of hearing and the ability to clearly visualize concepts in his mind. Tesla held over 110 US patents (700 worldwide), and, among other things, is personally responsible for inventing AC electricity (which is used to power the entire world today)."   Description from  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
The books are published by 'The Periodical' whose mission statement is as follows:
"The Periodical is publishing re-imagined as public authoring – anyone can take part simply by making and sharing a book. It is inspired by 17th Century pamphleteering as much as by today's contemporary digital communications and continues our exploration of how we create and share new forms of 'Public Goods'".
Link to blog: http://bookleteer.com/periodical.html

Lost Possessions



Lost Possessions
Kevin Harris and Martin Dudley

Publishing Info:
A5 saddle-stitched zine.
16 pages including cover colour on white heavyweight paper.

Description:
A collection of documentary photographs of lost items, such as gloves, hats and food. The images have accompanying prose text.

The books are published by 'The Periodical' whose mission statement is as follows:
The Periodical is publishing re-imagined as public authoring – anyone can take part simply by making and sharing a book. It is inspired by 17th Century pamphleteering as much as by today's contemporary digital communications and continues our exploration of how we create and share new forms of 'Public Goods'. 

Random Pages




Random Pages
Amanda Baeza
Publishing Info:
Published by Zine Arcade, Birmingham, 2013 edition of 100
A6 saddle-stitched zine.
48 pages including cover colour on white heavyweight paper.

Description:
"Random Pages (2013) features a collection of work by Amanda Baeza. 48 pages of comics and illustration, previously published in; Mr. Spoqui, kuš!, Chili Com Carne, Drops, Bombas Para Desayunar,O Panda Gordo, Bird Magazine and others."
Zine Arcade Website

A collection of themes including video games and mythology, dreams and surrealism.

Link to blog: http://www.zinearcade.com/

Secret Spy Club




Secret Spy Club,  (Zine Arcade No.5)
Andrew Owen Johnston

 Publishing Info:
A6 saddle-stitched zine.
48 pages including cover colour on white heavyweight paper.
Birmingham, 2013 edition of 100

Description:
"Zine Arcade 5 (2013) is edited by Andrew Owen Johnston. It features the work of 11 self-publishers from around the world. 48 pages of art, comics and top secret information. First edition of 100 copies."
Zine Arcade Website

Themed around a secret spy club, this zine has 11 contributors providing text, comics and illustrations. Sections include; What to do if you are captured; How to identify an enemy spy; Enemy agent identification sheets; Which rank are you quiz; Mindwipes and Surveillance.

Link to blog: http://www.zinearcade.com/
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