Portland Zine Symposium 2008
Date Posted: January 30, 2008 Posted By: ArtPDX
Technology has aided the zine community in ways we could never imagine, but have we also traded convenience for a lack of community? Myspace, Livejournal, Paypal, and fancy layout programs have replaced handwritten letters, ad trades and lasting friendships. lets bring our community back to paper! reclaim the glue stick, start spending more time at the copy shop and less on computers. Back to diy! Back to community! Back to the roots!
PZS is looking for art submissions for the 2008 poster.
This year’s theme is
“Back to diy.
Back to community.
Back to the roots.”
The guidelines are simple – We are looking for a 11″ wide x 17″ tall poster that will also be used in other formats (the web, post cards, buttons, stickers, etc), so your design needs to be visible and striking at multiple sizes and resolutions (or have smaller, breakaway pieces). The design will eventually be silk screened / screen printed onto t-shirts, so limit your colors to black, white and one other color. We encourage artists to use any medium or style. If a design is especially appealing, our decision committee is open to enlisting a computer graphics whiz to help us resize the image, but we would prefer the artist to assist us in the process of transferring the image to other mediums.
Your design should include:
- The theme
- The dates (TBA)
- The place (Portland State University Smith Memorial Ballroom)
- The website (www.pdxzines.com)
- “8th Annual Portland Zine Symposium”
- “A conference and zine social exploring facets of underground publishing and DIY culture.”
Submissions can be…
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Emailed To:
pdxzines [at] gmail [dot] com
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Mailed To:
PO Box 5901 Portland, OR 97228-5901
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Dropped Off:
at the IPRC.
Deadline: February 15th, 2008
