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For all of those interested in the avant garde/experimental/postmodern aspect of zine culture

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Definition of the Avant Garde

"Avant-garde (French pronunciation: [avɑ̃ɡaʁd]) means "advance guard" or "vanguard".[1] The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.

Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo, primarily in the cultural realm. The notion of the existence of the avant-garde is considered by some to be a hallmark of modernism, as distinct from postmodernism. Many artists have aligned themselves with the avant-garde movement and still continue to do so, tracing a history from Dada through the Situationists to postmodern artists such as the Language poets around 1981.[2]"
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Avant Garde Collaboration 10 Replies

I want to start an avant garde collaborative zine. Is anyone interested? I am thinking anything goes, minimalism, deconstuctivism, arte povera, cut up writing, non-linear writing, whatever. Continue

Tags: DIY, zine, experimentalism, garde, avant

Started by LizW. Last reply by mina boromand Aug 30, 2012.

New Zines for Trade or Sale 1 Reply

Here's my new conceptual art…Continue

Tags: culture, art, collage, conceptual, zine

Started by LizW. Last reply by Robert Ridley-Shackleton Aug 30, 2012.

Avant Garde Zines Share!

What zines or zinesters do you know of that are Avant Garde? Please share pictures, links etc.Continue

Started by LizW Aug 9, 2012.

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Comment by LizW on April 15, 2011 at 2:18pm

Comment by LizW on April 15, 2011 at 2:11pm: Hi all,

I apologise for my silence, LOOONG way to my new home via Zambia, UK, squatting and now own apartment in Asheville, NC. Mina, I would like to trade, I don't have anything right now, watch this space.

Comment by D21 Kunstraum on March 5, 2011 at 4:48am: (…) They thrive on change and impermanence, favour process over product, and risk on being thrown away. They court failure. Yet this book argues that such failure should be understood not as an indication of defeat, but as an expression of the vanguard nature of these publications and their refusal to commercial interests.

in: Gwen Allen (ed.), Artists' Magazines. An Alernative Space For Art, Cambridge 2011. –– thought that some of you might be interested in this book that was recently released.

Comment by mina boromand on February 5, 2011 at 2:16pm: I would like to trade zines with avant garde zine people

Comment by womans monthly on August 26, 2010 at 8:16pm: no but really - ive never taken them seriously before or known what to do with them, though they tak about 2hrs each to make, and i have made in total probably 200 approx over the years, but i never knew what to do with them, and people never knew how to take them. ive never been able to get them published, but maybe using them as covers is a neo-avant garde act.

also - has anyone ever come across non-linear books in the realm of experimental publishing?

Comment by LizW on August 26, 2010 at 6:00am: Nice stuff womans monthly!

Comment by womans monthly on August 24, 2010 at 9:52pm: Bern porter is great! thanks for turning me onto him. his collages ctually remind me a bit of the ones i used to do as a teenager, that i know have incorporated into cover art for zines (covers are my favourite). the zine itself is pretty straight edge, as i publish people's work, but if i was to make a zine where i had full creatve control i would want to go full xperimental

here are some pics of collages;
http://wemakezines.ning.com/photo/cover9-1?context=user
http://wemakezines.ning.com/photo/2288844:Photo:150454?context=user
http://wemakezines.ning.com/photo/2288844:Photo:150453?context=user

Comment by LizW on July 16, 2010 at 1:46am: Duh, I mean Bern Porter

Comment by LizW on July 16, 2010 at 1:43am: My brother wrote his Phd thesis on the New York school, In Process of Poetry. I agree avant garde is fluid these days - how avant agarde! Looking up Ben POrter now.

Comment by Don Lee on July 14, 2010 at 7:31am: Anyone here into Bern Porter with his found art, or the New York School, etc? question: what nowadays constitutes the avant-garde? You only have about 5 seconds before the Hegemony appropriates you and you're on sale at Walmart. So we gotta move fast!!!