Invasion was a 'seizing the media' event held in Portsmouth more than 30 years ago. In the heady days before widespread use of mobile phones, internet access and well before social media. It was inspired by the many DIY culture events of the early 90s,…
Got may hands on this fantastic postcard set from Jake and Dinos Chapman's - Injury to Insult to Injury. It's a lovely boxed reproduction their now infamous (a label that applies to almost everything they do) 2004 piece of the same name (see here). What…
Recently I was given this bumper bundle of the amazing Science of the Secondary, an atlas of things not yet discovered from Atelier HOKO and I've just spent a very rainy Sunday in SF devouring each of them. I have the first six issues and each one…
Picked up a copy of The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568988726). Yet another beautifully designed book from Princeton Architectural Press. Hats off to the designer Deb Wood for the great typography and managing to capture that essential 'englishness' in…
Mark's "little books" are lovely snapshots of his various obsessions. I picked these up a very long time ago (hence the slightly battered quality) and I'm really happy to see he's still going strong. His mix of ephemera, collected/found items, printing/production techniques and disposable culture…
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…