At the Print Fair I managed to accumulate a fair amount of goodies for about under £10. (Another thing I liked about the fair - the prices were student friendly and not about making profits.)
I picked up these goodies, some of the artists however I didn't manage to get their name or details but I picked up a fair amount of business cards. These themselves were beautiful and allows me to follow up some of these artists. For more artists, this article by Manchester's Finest highlights some of them!
I then picked up a few zines to see how different they could be and find similarities between them.
I picked up "Twenty Two" by 2022NQ themselves. I'm not sure if this is a zine but it fulfill the criteria: it's free, low production costs, lack of capitalism etc. I really enjoy this read as it fills you in on going on in Manchester from art to music to literature to photography - just about everything! I love the graphic design of the magazine too - it's contemporary, creative and easy to read.The fact its free is an added bonus!
Corridor8 is a four part guide to a guide to contemporary visual art in the North of England. I purchased Part 3 as it featured Manchester Art School. This publication (I say publication as opposed to Zine as they do no consider themselves as a Zine and the production does not seem low cost) but takes a more educational turn looking at Northern Art Schools and articles on Art Education.
Vapid Kitten is a women's zine, a feminist's zine. This particular issue focuses on beauty and what beauty means. It features creative writings, essays, for example questioning where the women artist is in history, and illustrations. I really enjoyed this one as I consider myself a feminist. Although not a strong feminist, I do believe in women's rights - especially after the Jane Doe case in America. This was such a lovely way to present arguments and was easy to read and follow as well as presenting valid debates.
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