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Publishing in Comic Sans
Kitch and Sincere

Item date(s): 2018

Comic Sans Initiative
Bhakti Nathoo - (collaborative member)
Courtney Townshend - (collaborative member)
Kate Northmore - (collaborative member)
Liam Howroyd - (collaborative member)
Mohini Pillay - (collaborative member)
Shannen Marks - (collaborative member)

Medium: RISOgraph on Munken Pure Cream 130gsm. Silkscreen on brown paper envelope. Stickers
Pages: 151pp
Size: 211mm

Sub-type: Zine
Theme(s): What you are ‘writing’, what you are ‘reading’, and why now … With whom, for whom and/or for what…How will your ‘letters’ reach recipients?

Place publication: Johannesburg
Publisher: Comic Sans Initiative

Additional notes:
ON COLLECTIVITIES AND EDITORIAL FRAMEWORKS

• How effectively and in what ways do the collective publication articulate the editorial framework?

• Building from the above question, how coherent is the collective voice?

• How effectively did the collective engage the Medu Art Ensemble?

• In relation to Medu, how does the collective engage the prompts: (What changed? What shifted?What remains the same? What now?)

• Does the publication/online platform indicate an engaged and deep commitment to unpack, edit,

expand and deepen each content in relation to the editorial frameworks/ provocations/ manifestos/ questions/ positions/ speculations…?

ON FORM & MAKING

• How did the collective publication push the limits of RISOgraph printmaking?

• Does the publication as it stands demonstrate a sound understanding of the limits and possibilities of RISOgraph printmaking?

• To what extent do the form - including ‘binding/assembly/ presentation’ match/ complement/ complicate the content and the editorial frameworks/ provocations/ manifestos/ questions/ positions/ speculations…?

Reference note:
Led by Rangoato Hlasani, the Wits School of Arts, Department of Fine Art, Drawing and Contemporary Practice III course is premised on the place and role of collective publishing by artists as a principle that introduces students to art collectivities. Key outcomes important to the success of the course is for each collective to introduce and map their editorial frameworks/provocations/manifestos/questions/positions/speculations…through their publications.

This work is contained in a painted brown envelope.

Exhibition notes:
Samplings: South African Artists' Books

Basement Gallery, WAM

26 March to 6 July 2019

lo-fi street cred: artists’ zines, DIY and alternative publications

4 June – 30 August 2024

JGCBA

Keywords: South African, student publication, risograph

Ref: GB/16272

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