The first publication
dedicated to artists' zines in North America, a revelatory
exploration of an unexamined but thriving aesthetic practice
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Machine Manifestos
captures the rich history of artists' zines as never before, placing
them in the lineage of the visual arts and exploring their vibrant
growth over the past five decades. Fully illustrated with hundreds of
zine covers and interiors, alongside work in other media, such as
painting, photography, film, video, and performance, the book also
features brief biographies for more than 100 zine-makers including
Beverly Buchanan, Mark Gonzales, G.B. Jones, Miranda July, Bruce
LaBruce, Terence Koh, LTTR, Ari Marcopoulos, Mark Morrisroe, Raymond
Pettibon, Brontez Purnell, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Kandis Williams.
Accompanying a major exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, this
expansive book, bound as a paperback with a separate jacket, focuses
on zines from North America, celebrating how artists have harnessed
the medium's essential role in community building and transforming
material and conceptual approaches to making art across all media
since 1970.