This Saturday 15 August, Cross
Street Studios will host Auckland Zinefest.
Zinefest will feature
talks, workshops and documentary screenings, along with a range of stalls
and attractions. Cherry Bomb will be having a stall so come and check it out! It will be the first Auckland zinefest since Small Print in 2005 so there should be heaps of great new local zines on offer plus some guests up from Wellington and also some international zine-stars. Workshop Timetable as follows:
12:00 intro with our lovely mc, miss bridget walsh
12:15 talk with bryce galloway
- his experiences making 'incredibly hot sex with hideous people' over the years
1:00 workshop with dane taylor
- creating new publications from existing publications (cut and paste)
1:45 talk with liam bowen
- sequential art theory
2:30 film screening: '$100 and a t shirt'
- a new edit of the documentary about zines in the mid-north west of america by microcosm publishing
3:30 workshop with kylie buck
- binding workshops
4:15 talk from alex mitcalfe
- zines as freedom of expression
5:00 zine of the year award is presented by mikel krumins
They've also organized a cool after party, koha entry also at Cross St Studios, 27 Cross St, just off K'rd, starting at 10pm with bands:
smoking hot bitch fight
fanucman (wgtn)
little big hitters
bridget walsh
the hairdoos
hissyfit
for more info contact:
Tessa Stubbing at Cross Street Studios 027 362 8845