Festival of the Photocopier 2014
An ama-zine three-day festival hosted by the Sticky Institute.
Overview
Once a year, Melbourne zine-making and DIY-everything aficionado, Sticky Institute put on a magical, magical event: Festival of The Photocopier. Running for three days from February 6, this annual zine festival hosts over 100 stalls to peruse, live music, and a series of launches and talks. Whether you've been curious about this dynamic and welcoming sub-culture for years, or have been getting paper cuts ever since your collage-poetry days in primary school, this is the perfect time to immerse yourself in all things zine.
If you haven't seen it before, Sticky is well worth a trip. Tucked under Flinders Street Station in the Degraves Subway, this small zine shop stocks the best hand-made small run magazines from both Australia and New Zealand. But, Festival of the Photocopier is their Woodstock. During the festival, the State Library will run a tour of their highly secretive and exceptionally cool zine collection. There's an opening party at Old Bar featuring The Cult .45s, Boatbuilder and The Girl Fridas. And, if that's not enough, zine academic — yep, they exist — Dr Anna Poletti, will give a guided tour of the fair at the Melbourne Town Hall for some off-the-scale insider knowledge.
Check out more about the launch party here and read the full festival program on the Sticky Blog.
