On Sunday the 25th May, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) hosted a zine fair as part of the Sydney Writer's Festival, and invited hundreds of zinesters to sell their wares in the grand Foundation Hall on the ground floor of the gallery building.
It turned out to be a big day (and more than a little exhausting). But sooo much great stuff all under one roof!
Here are some photos from the day:
^ The ol' panorama shot... gives a good idea of the size of the fair.
^ Plenty of people poured through the MCA's Foundation Hall, making for a nice + busy vibe.
^ Dudley and the little Redheads came out to play, and what a wonderful table full of beautiful goodies they brought with them! To see and read more about Dudley Redhead's zines and products, skip along to her blog: http://dudleyredhead.blogspot.com/
^ Helen and Emma also came out to play. Their new zine, Cloud Television, made its debut at the fair, alongside Helen's first zine, Diagram. Visit Helen's blog Bowerbird Blues to find out more.
^ My favourite stall-buddy, Jojo, who's now a deft hand at the whole market stall thing! Jo's Little zine was very popular at the market, and rightly so! It was the first zine I ever read, and still one of my all-time favourites :) Little zine is available from issue #1 to #6, and the complete boxed set is alos now available - see Jo's blog for more info.
^ My Li'l Laundromatic also made its debut at the MCA zine fair. Essentially a miniature paper version of big-brother Laundromatic (see the original here) this little guy is A6-sized, full-colour, and is full of stories and pictures inspired by laundromats (who doesn’t love a good laundromat story??). Oh, and each Li’l Laundromatic is also individually bound with a different fabric over its spine.
So now that this is the second Sydney Writer's Festival zine fair in as many years, can we assume it's now going to be a regular feature on the Festival's program? Hope so.
it was brilliant fun and i did learn heaps about tricks to selling and merchandising, so many cool ideas :)
Posted by: Jo Jo | June 03, 2008 at 01:17 PM