The night we went to the zine exhibit was very cool for me because I hadn’t ever seen work like this. It was also a minor history lesson into where magazines came from and how the whole zine movement was started and what purpose it held. After the woman from Grrrl Zines A Go-Go explained how the zine movement started back in the ’80′s throughout the punk rock music movement, it became clear to me where the inspiration for the appearance of these zines came from. Lots of the text and positioning of images and text goes along with bands such as the Sex Pistols, Rancid, Ramones, the Black Flags, and others of its generation. I like the idea of a zine because it could be used as another way to express yourself, ideas, and feelings or emotions, through a different art medium. It could also be used as more or and informative piece like some traditional magazines we currently have today. While at the workshop I had the opportunity to make one. Although it’s only one page and we were limited with what materials we had I still enjoyed the experience. Here it is!
