Life at the Top of the Art World

Life at the Top of the Art World - a survival guide by Alice is one of four Moth Woman Press mini-zines that will be launched tomorrow afternoon at THE STICKY INSTITUTE FESTIVAL OF THE PHOTOCOPIER ZINE FAIR.

Congratulations - you've scaled the giddy heights of the Art World. Now comes the hard part. In this indispensable instruction manual, Alice shares some tricks and tips on how to stay there. For an insider’s view of the making of Life at the Top, visit Moth Woman Press HERE. 

Better yet, for a mere $4.00, you can pick up a copy of your very own at FOTP 2020, the Meat Market, 3 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne, 3051, tomorrow, Sunday 9 February, from 12 - 5 pm. Proceeds from this and all our zine sales will be donated to Alice’s favourite cause - Wildlife Victoria’s Victorian Bushfire Appeal: https://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/

FESTIVAL OF THE PHOTOCOPIER ZINE FAIR 2018

The renowned Sticky Institute Festival of the Photocopier is currently under way and, as always, will culminate in a ginormous zine fair. In recent years it’s been held at Melbourne Town Hall, a venue well suited to accommodate the ever-growing number of stall holders. This year it’s anticipated that they'll number over two hundred.

Moth Woman Press will be among them, with three new zines made especially for the event, namely Fallen Women, The leaves, like women, interchange and Alice’s Wonderland (see below). We’ll also be carrying a a goodly selection of zines from our back catalogue.

Do join us if you can.

The complete list of FOTP2018 events is here: http://www.stickyinstitute.com/fotp2018

Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair 2018
Melbourne Town Hall
Sunday, 11 February, 12 - 5 pm

Fallen Women, 2018, 16 pages, signed and numbered edition of 100

For more about Fallen Women, visit Moth Woman Press HERE.

The leaves, like women, interchange, 2018, eight page zine with poem by Emily Dickinson. Signed and numbered
edition of 100

For more about The Leaves, like women, interchange, visit Moth Woman Press HERE.

Alice's Wonderland, 2018, eight page zine, signed and numbered edition of 100

For more about Alice's Wonderland, visit Moth Woman Press HERE.

Moth Woman Press at TONERPALOOZA II

The Moth Woman Press stall at TONERPALOOZA II Zine Fair, State Library of Victoria
Photo credit: Shane Jones

It was a privilege to be part of TONERPALOOZA II Zine Fair, held last weekend, Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 September, in the elegant Cowen Gallery at the State Library of Victoria. (See also Blog Post Thursday, 21 September, directly below). I was among the second tribe of invited zinesters who participated on Sunday. Fellow stall holders included Gracia + Louise, Marian Crawford, Rosalind Atkins and Miranda Costa.

TONERPALOOZA II was brilliantly coordinated by Sticky Institute and the State Library of Victoria. We had a steady stream of visitors, particularly in the afternoon (it was a Sunday, after all). I've just posted several photos of the event on my sister blog, Moth Woman Press. To view them, go HERE.

TONERPALOOZA II ZINE FAIR

Poster by Rachel Ang

Alas, there will be no rest for me after the deinstall of From the bower (see previous post).

At present I'm feverishly preparing for the TONERPALOOZA II ZINE FAIR at the State Library of Victoria. Coordinated by Sticky Institute to coincide with the current exhibition, SELF-MADE: ZINES AND ARTIST BOOKS, the zine fair will take place in the Cowen Gallery, State Library of Victoria, on Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 September between 10 am - 4 pm. I'll be there with Moth Woman Press on Sunday the 24th.

To mark the event, I've made three new mini-zines, including Her own Society (see below).

All three zines can previewed on Moth Woman Press HERE.

Her own Society, 2017, mini-zine, signed and numbered edition of 100. Published by Moth Woman Press.

The Melbourne Art Book Fair and Australian Zine Showcase, NGV International

Photo credit: Shane Jones

Yesterday, Saturday March 18, from 2.30 - 8 pm, Moth Woman Press took part in the rotating Sticky Institute Australian Zine Showcase, the latest and freshest addition to the annual Melbourne Art Book Fair at NGV International. Directly below is the view from our stand -

followed by a wider view of the Australian Zine Showcase.

Due to the number of participants, Moth Woman Press was relegated to a half table, but we were pleased with the final result.

Some of the day's greatest pleasures were provided by visits from friends, some old, some new. Below on the righthand side is one of the former, Louise Jennison, mugging with my indispensable assistant, Shane Jones. Louise is one half of the team of artist book makers, Gracia and Louise, who are showing their books and zines in the Melbourne Art Book Fair. She and Shane are pointing to the location of their stand in the Great Hall.

In the Great Hall, Moth Woman Press is represented by Esther Gyorki (pictured right) at Assembly Books. My artist book, Castles in the Hair (2013) hangs open, next to the Assembly Books sign. The Melbourne Art Book Fair opened on Friday, 16 March and ends at 5 pm today. For more views of the book and zine fairs, visit Moth Woman Press.

A group show, a zine fair and a book fair

This morning I'm heading off to Warrnambool Art Gallery to meet up with fellow artists, Loris Button, Carole Wilson and Louise Saxton, to begin the hang of our long-planned exhibition, From the Bower - patterns of collecting. Loading the car will be a job of work. Shane is convinced it will all fit; I'm not so sure... Currently our hallway looks like the warehouse scene at the end of Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (all that's missing is Rosebud) and some of the boxes have also started to colonise the living room. From the Bower opens on 18 March (see also previous post). For more about the show, go HERE.

Meanwhile, it's also been a hive of activity at Moth Woman Press. We've been working on two new zines for the Sticky Institute Australian Zine Showcase that will be running concurrently with the Melbourne Art Book Fair at NGV International, National Gallery of Victoria. Moth Woman Press is part of that too; our books will be represented by Esther Gyorki at Assembly Books. For progress views of the new zines, go HERE and HERE. For more about the MWP publications that will be shown by Assembly Books, go HERE.

The Melbourne Art Book Fair runs from 16 - 19 March. The website is HERE.

I'll be presenting a selection of Moth Woman Press zines at the Sticky Institute Australian Zine Showcase at NGV International on Saturday, 18 March from 2.30 - 8 pm. Sticky's website is HERE.

Left - right: Fuchsia, Harpy and Cactus Flower, 2013, one-of-a-kind artist books,
pigmented drawing ink, cloth binding, each 80 x 15 cm (open) will be presented by
Assembly Books at the Melbourne Art Book Fair at NGV International from 16 - 19 March

On the cutting board: PRESSING MATTERS, one of two new zines heading for the Australian Zine Showcase at
NGV International. Moth Woman Press will be there on Saturday, 18 March from 2.30 - 8 pm 

The 2016 Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair

Last weekend was a mammoth one. On the afternoon of Sunday, 14 February, the day after the Modern Myth artist talks at Counihan Gallery In Brunswick, I was a first-time participant in the legendary Sticky Institute Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair (FOTP16) at Melbourne Town Hall . I'm pictured directly below with a selection of my Moth Woman Press zines. (Photo credit: Shane Jones). It was a wonderful experience and I can't wait for FOTP17. For more views of this year's zine fair, visit Moth Woman Press HERE.