A Few Zines: Dispatches from the Edge of Architectural Production

In the 1990s, zines such as Lackluster, Infiltration, loud paper, Dodge City Journal, and Monorail subverted traditional trade and academic architecture magazine trends by crossing the built environment with art, music, politics and pop culture—and by deliberately retaining and cultivating an underground presence. Much has been made of that decade’s zine phenomenon—inspiring academic studies, international conferences and DIY workshops—yet little attention has been paid to architecture zine culture specifically, or its resonance within architectural publishing today. A Few Zines: Dispatches from the Edge of Architectural Production does both. Rather than attempting to present an exhaustive retrospective of architecture zine culture, the exhibition highlights complete runs of several noted zines that began in the nineties. The show also features contemporary publications that continue to draw inspiration from the self- publishing tradition, such as Pin-Up, Sumoscraper, Junk Jet, and Thumb. The opening-night panel, Marginalia, includes (as confirmed): Juliette Bellocq, Osborn Architects, Todd Gannon, SCI-Arc, Wes Jones, Jones, Partners: Architecture, Ted Kane, Polar Inertia journal, Paul Petrunia, Archinect, Margi Reeve, Otis College of Art and Design, Mimi Zeiger, loud paper, Moderated by John Southern, Sumoscraper and Urban Operations Studio Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Gallery, 6520 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA Events: Marginalia 8/14 Panel Discussion: 7:30 – 8:30 pm, Exhibition Party 8/14 8:30 pm ‘til late. Gallery Hours: 8/15 12-7 pm, 8/16 12- 5