TAGGED: VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY KEVIN KILLIAN

Kevin Killian. Tagged: Arnold, 2012. Color photograph. 

Gravity and Trajectory (GR//TR) is pleased to announce a Book Release Party for

Tagged: Variations on a Theme by Kevin Killian

GR//TR, Volume 4

Saturday, January 12, 2013 

6-9pm

Needles and Pens

3253 16th Street

San Francisco, CA 94110

(415) 255-1534

www.needles-pens.com

Free admission

In person: Kevin Killian, Darin Klein and GR//TR (Christopher Kardambikis and Louis M. Schmidt). Plus short readings by Tagged subjects Tom Comitta, Andrew Kenower, M. Kitchell, and Ronald Palmer.

Don’t miss the unveiling of renowned Bay Area author and playwright Kevin Killian’s very first publication of photographic works. Twenty-four full-color pages highlight Killian’s ongoing photo project focusing on his artist and writer peers—each posing with a drawing of male genitalia by artist Raymond Pettibon—and are introduced by an enlightening essay from Rob Halpern.

First Edition, January 2013. One-Hundred and Fifty copies, Twenty-Six of which have been lettered A - Z and signed by Kevin Killian. Lettered copies are accompanied by a fold-out poster/dust jacket, and a mini fold-out booklet featuring a poem by Kevin Killian and artwork by Tagged subject Elijah Burgher. Handmade and independently produced by GR//TR in Los Angeles, California. Guest curated by Darin Klein. 

Gravity and Trajectory is an opportunity for artists and curators to explore the specifics of exhibiting artwork within the book format, the page that is the gallery wall.

$20.00 - Tagged: Variations on a Theme by Kevin Killian

$40.00 - Tagged: Variations on a Theme by Kevin Killian (Lettered and Signed Deluxe Edition)

Contact: gravityandtrajectory@gmail.com

Darin Klein & Friends Present With Suzanne Wright: Women Together... Fantastic! (WTF!)

 Tara Jane O'Neil & Friends performance at WTF!

WTF! crowd

Marty Windahl reads tarot cards at WTF!

Darin Klein & Friends Present
With Suzanne Wright
The Third Annual Queer Pile-up! and Women Together... Fantastic! (WTF!)

Saturday, December 1, 2012 - World AIDS Day
7-10pm

Free admission

ForYourArt

6020 Wilshire Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90036

foryourart.com

QPU!3 Closing Reception: Women Together... Fantastic (WTF!) Featuring Eden’s Herbal Soda Co. (hand-brewed, non-alcoholic beverages), Onya Hogan-Finlay, Kim Kelly and Dylan Mira (short videos), Lili Lakich (neon art lecture), Tara Jane O’Neil (live performance), Otherwild (pop-up shop) and Marty Windahl (MW) (tarot readings).

An appreciative crowd joined us for the QPU!3 Closing Reception and curated, salon-style gathering Women Together... Fantastic! (WTF!). Old friends and new checked out the art, videos and performances while they mixed, mingled and shopped.

Check out more pictures here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darinkleinandfriends

Darin Klein & Friends Present With Suzanne Wright: Third Annual Queer Pile-up!

Poster design: Otherwild.com / Poster artwork: John Parot

 QPU!3 crowd shot

QPU!3 installlation shot 

November 26 - December 1, 2012

ForYourArt

6020 Wilshire Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90036

foryourart.com

Monday, November 26  
12-10pm: Artists install their own work 
7-10pm: Opening Reception and ‘zine release party for 21st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves

All local queer artists were invited to participate in the third annual installment of this dynamic and inclusive exhibition. All mediums were welcomed, with wall and floor space available on a first-come, first-served basis. 83 artists came prepared with everything they needed to install and display your own artwork. Limit: one artwork per artist. Artwork may be sold through the gallery if you choose. Five drop-in performances took place at the Opening Reception. 

Check out images of the artwork on view here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foryourart/8222082838/in/set-72157632105415599/
Check out crowd shots and installation views here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzanne_wright_art_work/sets/72157632118129846/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darinkleinandfriends

Performers: Gregory Barnett, Doug Cox, Miss Barbie-Q, Zac Monday, and Tyler Mathew Oyer

Visual artists: Robbie Acklen, Laida Aguire, A. Allegra, Brandon Andrew, Gabriela Arreola, John Arsenault, Joseph Barajas, Gregory Barnett, Eden Batki, Cody Bayne, Brian Briggs, John Burtle, Arthur Castro, Rick Castro, Tiffany Chindalah, Dustan Christopher, Gaige Clark, Kelly Cline, Laura Copelin, Doug Cox, Ben Cuevas, Gregorio Davila, Juan Martin del Campo, Jr., Veronique d' Entremont, Deanna Erdmann, Ruben Esparza, Mary Fin, Eve Fowler, Laurel Frank, Mariah Garnett, Kate Gilbert, Michael Henry Hayden, Frank Helmer, Brandon Herman, Joanna Hoar, Kate Hoffman, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Larissa Brantner James, Eddie Jelinet, Justin Jorgensen, Johnnie JungleGuts, Colby Keller, Kim Kelly, Mac Kern, Rafael Killyan-Rios, LADZ, Lili Lakich, Molly Larky, Anthony Lepore, Angela Maguire, Vanessa Matthews, Alex Miller, Zac Monday, Montana, Tiger Munson, Toban Nichols, Darrin Noble, John Parot, KP Pepe, Ben Phen, Photo Larry, prvt dncr & bodega vendetta, Cassie Riger, Charles K. Rosenberg, Christopher Russell, Jimena Sarno, Brian Schetzsle, Margie Schnibbe, Christopher Shultz, Macho Mel, Shimkovitz, Robert Smith, Jesse Stecklow, Nicholas Sung, Orlando Tirado, Christina Tsui, Roman Udalov, Amy Von Harrington, Zoe Walsh, Trevor Wayne, Suzanne Wright, Austin Young, and Alison Zukovsky & Marija Gaier

Copies of 21st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves #4 & #5
  
Queer artists from around the world were invited to participate in the exhibition-related publication, 21^st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves--an ongoing ‘zine project by and about queer artists from around the world living and working in the 21^st Century. A resource for sharing information and educating ourselves and our peers. A guide to identifying, contacting and inspiring each other. 

21^st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves #4: Scott Andrew, Pittsburgh, PA | Adam J. Ansell, San Francisco, CA | Leo Ayres, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Liz Bradshaw, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK | Juan Martin del Campo, Jr., Pasadena, CA | Fábio Carvalho, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | Rick Castro / Antebellum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | David Chen, San Diego, CA | David Christensen, San Francisco CA | Ben Cuevas, Los Angeles, CA | Timothy Cummings, San Francisco, CA | Deanna Erdmann, Los Angeles, CA | Amanda D’Egidio, Sun Valley, CA | Tracy Dishman, Los Angeles, CA | Rubén Esparza, West Hollywood, CA | L arissa James Los Angeles, CA | Jason Jenn, Los Angeles, CA | Kevin Killian, San Francisco, CA | Darin Klein, Los Angeles, CA | Lili Lakich, Los Angeles, CA | Ian MacKinnon, Valley Village, CA | Peter Maloney, Holder, Australia | Miss Barbie-Q, Los Angeles, CA | Elliot Montague, Los Angeles, CA | MouseTrip / GDLart, Rome, Italy | Billy O’Callaghan, San Francisco, CA | Brandon Patrick, Los Angeles, CA | Tim Power, Los Angeles, CA | Steven Reigns, Los Angeles, CA | Gavin Rouille, Bloomington, IN | Margie Schnibbe, Los Angeles, CA | Joy Scopa, Karlsruhe, Germany | “Macho” Mel Shimkovitz, Los Angeles, CA | Christopher Shultz, Los Angeles, CA | Xavier Stentz / Rewolf Films, Berlin, Germany | Alonso Tapia-Benitez, Houston, TX | Orlando Tirado, Los Angeles, CA | TMO Studio, Los Angeles, CA | Amy Von Harrington, Los Angeles, CA | Jina Wallwork, Cinnamon Brow, Warrington, Cheshire, UK | Suzanne Wright, Los Angeles, CA | Josue Zavala, San Francisco, CA 

21^st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves #5: Asterism Derivative / Johannna Breiding & Mary Rasmussen,Valencia, CA | Joseph Barajas, Los Angeles, CA | Cody Bayne, Los Angeles, CA | Kelly Besser & Laurel Frank Los Angeles, CA | Ryan Brewer, Brooklyn, NY | John Michael Byrd, Sunderland, MA | Dante Carlos, Minneapolis, MN | Enrique Castrejon, Los Angeles, CA | Joshua Chaney, New York, NY | COBÖ, Beeville, TX | Drew Cushing (BentBoyBooks), San Francisco, CA | Veronique d’Entremont, Los Angeles, CA | Eddy Falconer, Berkeley, CA | B. Fazzolari, San Francisco, CA | Gary Fembot, San Francisco, CA | Marija Gaier & Alison Zukovsky, Los Angeles, CA | Brian Gainey, Los Angeles, CA | Tim Hailand, Berlin, Germany | Kevin Parks Hauser, Austin, TX | Brandon Herman, Los Angeles, CA | Gavy Kessler, Los Angeles, CA | Lake Verea, Mexico, DF | David LeBarron, Los Angeles, CA | Jason Mecier, San Francisco, CA | Grace Moon, Brooklyn, NY | Darrin Noble, Los Angeles, CA | John Parot, Los Angeles, CA | Andrew Printer, San Diego, CA | prvtdncr & bodega vendetta, Los Angeles, CA | Cassie Riger, Los Angeles, CA | Christopher Russell, Glendale, CA | Jim Schatz, Greene, NY | steiner, a. l. / berks, r. c. / OTHERWILD, Los Angeles, CA | Laura Stinger, San Luis Obispo, CA | Jesse Stecklow, Los Angeles, CA | Nicholas Andre Sung, Oakland, CA | Christina Tsui, Los Angeles, CA | Sy Wagon, San Francisco, CA | Trevor Wayne, Los Angeles, CA | Suzanne Wright, Los Angeles, CA | Meg Wolfe, Los Angeles, CA | Austin Young, Los Angeles, CA 

Darin Klein & Friends Present: Box of Books, Vol. V Release Party

 
20 artists' books and 'zines in a box!

 
The fabulous crowd at Human Resources. 10/20/12

Saturday, October 20, 2012

6-10pm

Free admission

Human Resources Los Angeles

410 Cottage Home 

Chinatown, Los Angeles, 90012

humanresourcesla.com

Human Resources welcomes you to celebrate the release of a unique and dynamic independent publishing endeavor. For the fifth consecutive year, Darin Klein & Friends present the collaborative 'zine project Box of Books. An all-new selection of artists and friends has learned to make their very own simple booklet using a single piece of paper and a specific folding technique. The outcome is an edition of 100 boxes, all containing each of the participants’ work - a diverse and exciting mix of images and texts, and a broad range of styles and concepts.

Box of Books, Vol. V showcases the work of Brandon Andrew, Sadie Barnette, Ryan Brewer & AA Bronson, Deric Carner, Ray Cha, Joshua Chaney, Brian Gainey, JIMMY the zine, Daniel Ingroff, Jonesy, Karen Kevorkian, Tommy Kovac, Molly Larkey, Perla Yasmeen Melendéz, Narcissister, Paul Pescador, Steven Reigns, Jimena Sarno, Matt Wardell, and Suzanne Wright

At this one-night only launch party and reception, the public is invited to peruse the contents of the box, which is available to purchase for $20.00 per box. Also in store for the evening are the accompanying Exhibition and Poetry Reading and Short Film Screening featuring Box of Books, Vol. V participants.

Exhibition: Brandon Andrew, Sadie Barnette, Brian Gainey, Daniel Ingroff, Karen Kevorkian, Molly Larkey, Narcissister, Paul Pescador, Jimena Sarno, Matt Wardell, and Suzanne Wright

Poetry Reading: Steven Reigns

Film Screening: Selected pieces by LA’s very own Jonesy - including a sizzling world premiere of a brand new work!

Human Resources is a team of creative individuals which seeks to broaden engagement with contemporary and conceptual art, with an emphasis on performative and underexposed modes of expression. Human Resources is entirely volunteer run and seeks to foster widespread public appreciation of the performative arts by encouraging maximum community access. Human Resources also serves as a point of convergence for diverse and disparate art communities to engage in conversation and idea-sharing promoting the sustainability of non-traditional art forms.

About the organizer: With an ever-expanding network of friends, Darin Klein curates exhibitions and organizes arts programming, simultaneously producing, collecting and promoting artists' publications and independent media.

Do Anything Featuring Darin Klein & Friends

July 13-August 12, 2012

Space 4 Art
325 15th Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-4pm
sdspace4art.org
619-269-7230

Bettie Breitweiser, The Institute of Extraterrestrial Sexuality and Encyclopedia Destructica, Juliacks, Justseeds, Darin Klein, Ed Luce, Ed Piskor, Louis M. Schmidt, Tom Scioli, Mary Tremonte, and Unicorn Mountain

Curated by Christopher Kardambikis

Installation view:
From the Collection of Darin Klein
Wallpaper (Queer), 1960s - 2012, ongoing
Photocopies of Artists’ Books, Catalogues, Chapbooks, Comix, Magazines and ‘Zines
Dimensions variable

















Installation view:
From the Collection of Darin Klein
Less Than a Quarter, 1980s - 2012, ongoing
Artists’ Books, Chapbooks, Comix, Magazines, Multiples and ‘Zines
Dimensions variable

Works in the vitrine: Salvation Is Real To Those Who Will Pay For It, anonymous | Sickest Pokes, anonymous | Untitled, Sonja Ahlers | Five Dicks the Charm, Mari Araki | How I Get My Iron, Bexx | How I Get My Protein, Bexx | Clint Flicker, Drew Brandiron | Hee! Ivan Brunetti | Four, Sarah Cain | Untitled, Dallas Clayton | Magiczine #1, Jef Diesel | Magiczine #3, Jef Diesel | Magiczine #4, Jef Diesel | Steps to a Perfect Terrine, Jef Diesel | Add to Add, Jef Diesel | Anti Joke Zine, Jef Diesel | Hallo We’en Zine, Jef Diesel | Murd’r, Jef Diesel | I Take the Dice: The Worldly Wisdom of Simon LeBon, Dan Din | Cry Me a River, Chantale Doyle | Sock Monkey vs. The Demons, Chantale Doyle | GAYLORD PHOENIX: Fast Action HOMO-“erotic” love powder, Edie Fake | Bermuda Pantaloons, Evah Fan | Ay Chomike Boek, Danielle Frohlich | $1 Story: The Cyclist, Jessica Lee Garrison | $1 Story: Down, Jessica Lee Garrison | $1 Story: Russia, Jessica Lee Garrison | $1 Story: Untitled, Jessica Lee Garrison | $1 Story: Xmas, Jessica Lee Garrison | Handy and Army, Stefan Gruber | Curtains, Carrie F. Hansen | Military Alphabet, Guthrie Hennessey | There is Someone for Everyone, James Heiser | Bearded Types, Nadine Faye James | Alive, Jo Jackson | Flourish, Jo Jackson | Soviet Psychics Discover Jeremy Armstrong and Camille Claudel Behind an Iron Curtain, Jo Jackson | Untitled (Cootie Catcher, America), Jo Jackson | Untitled (Cootie Catcher, Birds), Jo Jackson | Untitled (Cootie Catcher, Sex), Jo Jackson | How to be a Good Library Patron, Jerianne | The Principals of Abstract Composition, Chris Kenny | Glitter Gaybies, Tommy Kovac | Hey Stranger, Stephanie Kulick | The Managerial Guide to Beating Workers into Submission, Kyle | How to Be an Expert, Jenny LeBlanc | Lick Me I’m Sick, Marlene McCarty | Pretend I’m a Big Blonde, Marlene McCarty | Buy America’s Strongest Deodorant, John McNally | Torrential Rains, John McNally | King Cocoon, John McNally | One Ton Stone, John McNally | Oh, Pioneer, Lucas Michael | Word on the Street in Modern America, Travis M. Millard | Word on the Street in Modern America Number Two, Travis M. Millard | InstruMental, Mission Mini Comix | The Lighter Side of Self Destruction, Mission Mini Comix | Negative Prophet, Mission Mini Comix | We are the 99%, Mission Mini Comix | If God Were Alive, And He is, You Could See Him on Castro Street, James Mitchell | When in Rain, Brendan Monroe | Ice Cream, Cindy Gretchen O. | Antonio, Paco y Manolo | Juan Manuel, Paco y Manolo | Rodolfo, Paco y Manolo | Large Witch Noses, Gary Panter | Monster Box #1, Lark Pien & Thien Pham | Monster Box #2, Lark Pien & Thien Pham | 11 Limericks, Mernie Lee Plested | Blades Ze Magazene 41, Francis Poole | Blades Ze Magazene 42, Francis Poole | Blades Ze Magazene 44, Francis Poole | Liz Taylor’s Husbands, Karyn Raz | Ten Little Books, Stephen Remington | Meet the Mysterious Cat Lady, Christopher Russell | The Monster that Ate Stars, Souther Salazar | Your New Religion: Book One, Joe Sayers | Your New Religion: Book Two, Joe Sayers | The Last Saturday of 2000, Dave Schubert | How to Make Money, Scoot | Beloved Object. An Excerpt, Part 1, Paul Mpagi Sepuya | Bedroom Portraits, Paul Mpagi Sepuya | Women of Action #2, Rebecca Stees | The Beautiful, Michelle Tea | Cuffs and Collars, Daria Tessler | Regarding Certain Stalwart Integers: A Primer, Cleveland Wall | Unlovable #1: Fat Mini, Esther Pearl Watson | Narcotic Signature, Thomas Wiloch | Never Seen, Dale Wittig | The Dream and Lie of George W., Dale Wittig | Pictures and Words, Anna Wolf

Do Anything Featuring Darin Klein & Friends

Do Anything 

July 13-August 12, 2012 

Opening Reception: Friday, July 13, 6-10pm 

Space 4 Art 
325 15th Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-4pm 
sdspace4art.org 
619-269-7230 

Curated by Christopher Kardambikis

An exhibition of individual artists and collectives who focus on do-it-yourself publishing and print projects. Employing alternative methods of production and distribution to create books, zines, and video work, the exhibiting artists work with a variety of themes to actively engage a wide audience.
  
Bettie Breitweiser, The Institute of Extraterrestrial Sexuality and Encyclopedia Destructica, Juliacks, Justseeds, Darin Klein, Ed Luce, Ed Piskor, Louis M. Schmidt, Tom Scioli, Mary Tremonte, and Unicorn Mountain

As a satellite to the exhibition, Double Break Gallery (located at 1821 5th Avenue in Bankers Hill) will be showing new zines by: Josh Atlas, Jessica Greenfield, Ben Hernstrom, Jennifer Murray, and Jessica Vaughn.  

Darin Klein & Friends dig deep into the archive to create two fantastic installations for the exhibition Do Anything. One is a new wallpaper specially produced for the showcasing reproductions of highlights from my collection of queer publications. The other is a handmade vitrine (thanks, Jimmy!) containing a pretty astounding array of tiny artists’ publications and multiples from my collection that measure under a quarter page in size.

Darin Klein & Friends Present: 2hours4every3minutes: a performance cycle

Greg Barnett, Taisha Paggett and Meg Wolfe

In conjunction with
Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge

January 28 – February 25, 2012

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2685 S La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 838-6000
www.luisdejesus.com

Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm
special program hours
and by appointment

2hours4every3minutes: a performance cycle
Saturday, February 18, 2012
6-8pm

Our final program in conjunction with Tilt-Shift LA was all that I hoped it would be - and more. Not knowing the precise details of what would unfold within the gallery tonight, I had nonetheless been promising (and advertising!) an “intimate and intense” evening. Those words were totally accurate! About 60 people came in and out of the gallery over the course of the evening. Some were too timid to enter the room where the performance was happening – others were happy to make themselves comfortable on the floor around the perimeter of the room.

Contemplating the notion of queer performance and perusing this opportunity for real-time interaction, itch gave us 2hours4every3minutes: a performance cycle.

In the first hour, Greg Barnett, Taisha Paggett and Meg Wolfe rotated through a series of 3-minute performances, each one feeding off of and building from the previous experience. In the second hour, the 3-minute performance cycle opened to anyone who wished to bring their body into the conversation. Over the course of 2 hours, the arc of the performance was built from the shared labor of the bodies in this intimate space, bodies whose participation as witness or mover was of equal value. When audience members did join the performance, it was to beautiful effect. Thank you so much to Greg, Taisha and Meg, and to the participants and audience members!

More info:
www.showboxla.blogspot.com
www.itchjournal.org

Darin Klein & Friends Present: ‘Zine Fest 2012!

Folks browsing the displays

"FREE BOOKS" from the Miracle Bookmobile

JIMMY: Jimmy and Brent

In conjunction with
Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge

January 28 – February 25, 2012

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2685 S La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 838-6000
www.luisdejesus.com

Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm
special program hours
and by appointment

‘Zine Fest 2012!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
12-6pm

Sunday was amazing! With such a great assembly of creative exhibitors, it’s no wonder so many enthusiastic people came out to support the hard work of local producers and purveyors of independent publications. From the smutty to the sublime, from the haunting to the hilarious, there was definitely something on hand for anyone who had a few bucks to spare for portable, page-flippable art and literature. What about our sisters and brothers with no dough in their pockets, you ask? Not to worry – the Miracle Book Mobile was on hand to distribute free reading material to attendees, regardless of their financial status. Folks picked up all kinds of things: ‘zines, art books, fiction, non-fiction, LGBTQ studies, and more! Ultimately, today’s program expands upon the themes addressed in Tilt-Shift LA. Whether ‘Zine Fest 2012! participants are gay, straight, or in between, I consider them all additional artists in the exhibition and I stand behind the importance of providing a platform for their work.

A very special aspect of today's festivities was the release of JIMMY #4: Tilt Shift LA. Edited by yours truly, this issue of the rad LA queer 'zine is chock-full of writings and artworks from the artists in the exhibition I curated, Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge. Get a copy at www.jimmythezine.com.

Thanks to all our attendees and to the wonderful exhibitors!

Exhibitors:
21st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves, Box of Books, Double Break Gallery and Shop, Glaciers of Nice / Sumi Ink Club, itch, JIMMY, Night Papers, prvtdncr & bodega vendetta, Public Fiction, Christopher Russell, spunk (1993-96), and Starrfucker. Plus free reading material from The Miracle Bookmobile!

Still ahead at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles as part of Tilt-Shift LA:

Saturday, February 18, 6-8pm: itch
Experience an intimate and intense dance performance by members of the itch community, whose interests and practices converge in a happenstance yet curiously fortuitous bricolage. itch is an evolving art project qua artist forum cum journal/‘zine published in LA.

Admission to all programs is free of charge

Darin Klein & Friends Present: Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge

Opening reception crowd

Opening reception performance by Our Lady J

Darin Klein & Friends Present
Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge

January 28 – February 25, 2012

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2685 S La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 838-6000
www.luisdejesus.com

Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm
special program hours
and by appointment

Tilt-Shift LA is a complete success! The installation of the artworks turned out fantastic. The opening reception was packed with a crowd of interesting and engaging people. Old friends and new turned up to show support. The highlight of the evening was the intense and exciting performance by Our Lady J.

Still ahead at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles as part of Tilt-Shift LA:

Sunday, February 12, 12-6pm: ‘Zine Fest 2012!
Peruse and purchase publications from local creators and purveyors: 21st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves, Double Break Gallery and Shop, Glaciers of Nice, itch, JIMMY, Night Papers, prvtdncr & bodega vendetta, Public Fiction, Christopher Russell, spunk (1993-96), Starrfucker, and more. Plus free reading material from The Miracle Bookmobile!

Saturday, February 18, 6-8pm: itch
Experience an intimate and intense dance performance by members of the itch community, whose interests and practices converge in a happenstance yet curiously fortuitous bricolage. itch is an evolving art project qua artist forum cum journal/‘zine published in LA.

Admission to all programs is free of charge

Darin Klein & Friends Present: Box of Books, Hammer Edition

Box of Books, Hammer Edition. Photo by Emily Anne Kuriyama.

Saturday, January 21, 2012
Box of Books: Hammer Edition
Workshop (pre-registration required): 12-3pm
Release party with live performance by Dunes: 3-4pm
Hammer Museum

Hammer Student Association (HSA) invited me to give a 'zine making workshop. From concept to execution, attendees learned self-publishing in one afternoon. The end result was an edition of 100 boxes containing all of the 'zines created. It was a blast! 29 UCLA students registered and attended, a ton of HSA volunteers helped out, and Dunes played a live set during the release party. It was an inspired and enthusiastic group, and the quality and variety of the 'zines produced is truly amazing. Thank you to everyone who came out to participate and support this workshop.

Hard at work making 'zines! Photo by Emily Anne Kuriyama.

Dunes perform LIVE! Photo by Emily Anne Kuriyama.