Picked up this cute little print in San Francisco at the wonderful shop, Little Otsu (http://www.littleotsu.com/). They are a small independent publisher with a store in the Mission district. The place is chocked full of gorgeous things - prints, books, t-shirts and all manner of design…
I've long been a fan of Gary Taxali's work. Picked up this little postcard size print with the catalogue from a recent show. To see more of his work, check out his site: http://www.garytaxali.com/home.php
Here's Issue 11, which I think was the last issue. I'd love some of the earlier issues, but they are pretty rare and are little out of my price range by the looks of things - http://brickbatbooks.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-arrivals-source-music-of-avant.html . For more on the magazine see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source:_Music_of_the_Avant_Garde There's…
I first saw a copy of Source when I was a student. I instantly feel in love with it - a real treasure trove from the past, full of weird ideas and interesting people. The blend of art, performance and music (very challenging music to me…
So super kitsch and retro Valentine's cards I was given. The top one moves, lifting the carrot.
In 1992 there was an event called "year of the networker", which was about international collaboration between individuals and small groups. People were using bulletin boards, news groups and email but most of the creative work was still being done through the postal system. BW…
Cactus was a great project set up and run by Tony Credland and Glenn Orton back in 1989. It was essentially a mail art project based around fairly mass collaboration (well in pre-digital terms) . The idea was simple and elegant. Cactus sends out a…