The Knowledge issue of la colle the collage zine will come out sometime in 2011. More details to come. Let's just say I learned a lot in 2010.
A Collage Night will be held.
So far I've received 2 collages (hooray for you two) but we need more for a full issue!
Format: the zine is photocopied in black and white on legal paper. While there is room for one center-fold (or I guess two if you think about the cover) 8 ½ x 14 other collages will be reproduced on 8 ½ x 7 spaces.Please email You your collage (a hi-res, 300 dpi image) to me.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Knowledge issue update & call for more collages
the next issue of la colle the collage zine will come out sometime this winter- right now it looks like february.
i plan to hold a collage night sometime towards the end of january so if you're in the brooklyn area you can always wait for that night to make your collage. if not feel free to email or mail me your contribution!
so far i've received 2 collages (hooray for you two) but we need more for a full issue!
the theme this time around is KNOWLEDGE.
format: the zine is photocopied in black and white on legal paper. While there is room for one center-fold (or I guess two if you think about the cover) 8 ½ x 14 other collages will be reproduced on 8 ½ x 7 spaces.Please email You your collage (a hi-res, 300 dpi image) to me.
(image- http://www.jfsowa.com/krbook/)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
issue 7- call for collages- KNOWLEDGE
the next issue (#7) of la colle, the collage zine, will come out sometime this winter.
in order for it to exist it needs your collages and other contributions!
the theme this time around is KNOWLEDGE.
Main Entry: knowl·edge
Pronunciation: \ˈnä-lij\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English knowlege, from knowlechen to acknowledge, irregular from knowen
Date: 14th century
-the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association (2) : acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique b (1) : the fact or condition of being aware of something (2) : the range of one's information or understanding c : the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning : cognition d : the fact or condition of having information or of being learned a person of unusual knowledge.
-the sum of what is known : the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by humankind b archaic : a branch of learning
you can of course take whatever position you want on this theme. albert einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create."
format: the zine is photocopied in black and white on legal paper. While there is room for one center-fold (or I guess two if you think about the cover) 8 ½ x 14 other collages will be reproduced on 8 ½ x 7 spaces. You can email it to my yahoo adddress, juliejeanus (a hi-res, 300 dpi image).
i hope to hold a collage night sometime in the near future too, so stay tuned for that.
i look forward to seeing what you will contribute!
julie jean
http://lacolle.blogspot.com/
in order for it to exist it needs your collages and other contributions!
the theme this time around is KNOWLEDGE.
Main Entry: knowl·edge
Pronunciation: \ˈnä-lij\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English knowlege, from knowlechen to acknowledge, irregular from knowen
Date: 14th century
-the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association (2) : acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique b (1) : the fact or condition of being aware of something (2) : the range of one's information or understanding
-the sum of what is known : the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by humankind b archaic : a branch of learning
you can of course take whatever position you want on this theme. albert einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create."
format: the zine is photocopied in black and white on legal paper. While there is room for one center-fold (or I guess two if you think about the cover) 8 ½ x 14 other collages will be reproduced on 8 ½ x 7 spaces. You can email it to my yahoo adddress, juliejeanus (a hi-res, 300 dpi image).
i hope to hold a collage night sometime in the near future too, so stay tuned for that.
i look forward to seeing what you will contribute!
julie jean
http://lacolle.blogspot.com/
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Issue 6- Clothing and/or Fashion now available!
Clothing and/or fashion is the theme for this issue because it was a subject I was reading about and thinking about myself....Hopefully this issue offers some new perspectives on clothing and/or fashion and offers new options for you to try on.
Issue 6 is the largest issue to date! It features collages by arists from
Here are some of the links and resources in issue 6!
Artists who deal with issues related to clothing and fashion and resources
Terese Agnew’s large photo-based image of a textile worker made entirely of clothing labels
http://www.tardart.com/html/ptw.php
Bernadette Corporation, fashion label, 1995-98
http://www.bernadettecorporation.com/bcfashion.htm
Made in USA, issues 1-3, 1999 - 2001
http://www.bernadettecorporation.com/musa.htm
“We have always liked fashion for what it is--a seductive surface. Fashion magazines in general like to tell people, “this is cool, this is new, look at this.” New fashion magazines try to launch a new wave of cool. They are very fast. We are slow, slowing things down and getting lost in them. We are stuck on simple questions, like “What is a fashion magazine?” “What do they do everyday at Vogue?” When we think of a Fall Collection, we think of leaves on trees turning orange and red, of pumpkins and apples. When we think of fashion we think of an atom smasher the size of
Ryan McGuinness’s Destroy shirt and
Reap What You Sew http://www.reapwhatyousew.org/
Retail Action Project http://www.goles.org/rap/index.html
How Susie Bayer's T-Shirt Ended Up on Yusuf Mama's Back
By George Packer http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E5DB153BF932A05750C0A9649C8B63
Sewing Rebellion- http://sewingrebellion.blogspot.com/
Lisa Anne Auerbach’s D.D.I.Y http://www.joaap.org/6/lovetowe/lisa.html
Andrea Zittel’s Smock Shop http://www.smockshop.org/
Lisa Anne Auerbach http://www.stealthissweater.com/
Jean Shin, Projects 81 http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2002/projects/projects81/81_current.html
Cat Chow http://www.cat-chow.com/
Garment/research http://www.garmentresearch.org/wpress/
The Object of Labor Art, Cloth, and Cultural Production Edited by Joan Livingstone and John Ploof
Exhibitions- Collage or clothing/fashion-related
Pleasure Seeker Tory Wright
February 2009, Lump Gallery / Projects,
The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End
September 30, 2008–April 5, 2009, The
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={6EB15EDD-CFF8-4E7B-AA28-573CAB5230D5}
Yinka Shonibare, 100 Years, 2000
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/african_textiles/view_1.asp?item=17
Sokari Douglas Camp, Nigerian Woman Shopping, 1990
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/african_textiles/view_1.asp?item=18
Podcast- http://www.metmuseum.org/podcast/detail.asp?eid={6EB15EDD-CFF8-4E7B-AA28-573CAB5230D5}
Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary
September 27, 2008 - April 19, 2009,
The Poetry of Scissors and Glue
The pre-eminent American poet John Ashbery makes his solo debut as professional artist at 81, with a modest but polished exhibition of two dozen small collages.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Collage Night in Durham, NC and Deadline for collages
For the next issue of la colle, the collage zine, there will be a... Collage Night in Durham, NC at the Golden Belt artist studios (Building 3- Studio 131) on Friday, December 19 from 6-9 PM! Details here: http://www.goldenbeltarts.com/
Address: 807 East Main Street, Durham (Main Street through downtown, turn left on Morning Glory on the left, soon after JC's Kitchen on the right).
Collage Night encourages people to take up scissors and glue and create. Source materials including paper, scissors, and glue will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring additional materials. Julie will be collecting collages for her zine's 6th issue, with a clothing + fashion theme. Anyone who submits a collage for this issue will receive a free copy. Stop by Studio 131 and make a collage!
If you can't make it to collage night, I encourage you to make a clothing (and/or fashion) themed collage and send it my way for the next issue of la colle! I have already received some exciting contributions and I think it might be the best issue of la colle yet! I would like to try to collect all collages by December 20th, but if you need some extra time just let me know. Additional details are here http://www.lacolle.blogspot.com/ or you can contact me through my yahoo account, juliejeanus
Monday, June 30, 2008
Call for Collages- Clothing is the theme for Issue 6!
Clothing is something we encounter everyday. It can allow us to make statements (personal or even political), sometimes we us it to differentiate ourselves from others, while other times it aligns us and allows for group identification. The way clothes are made and who makes them, how and with what materials are also related issues that this theme allows one to explore. Maybe one of your parents sewed clothes you have worn or maybe you sew your own. Anything in this broad-ranging theme of clothing allows you to explore these and even other issues and ideas.
To parallel my own thoughts and investigations into clothing the next (the 6th!) issue of la colle, the collage zine, will be devoted to clothing. This year I am trying to sew any new clothes or purchase them from companies with fair trade policies after reading about the GAP’s use of slave labor to make skirts this past fall. Maybe you’ll just make a collage, but maybe this theme will bring to your attention larger themes related to clothing.
Does fashion factor into this theme? It can if you want. As Radu Stern has written in the fabulous book Against Fashion: Clothing as Art, 1850-1930, "...fashion appears to be not just a consequence of capitalism, but one of the factors that contributed to its rise." (some additional excerpts from the fantastic book are posted here)
Here are some related links and books related to this theme that I’ve come across lately that might offer some inspiration:
Andrea Zittel’s Smock Shop http://www.smockshop.org/
Lisa Anne Auerbach http://www.stealthissweater.com/
Jean Shin, Projects 81 http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2002/projects/projects81/81_current.html
Cat Chow http://www.cat-chow.com/
Garment/research http://www.garmentresearch.org/wpress/
The Object of Labor Art, Cloth, and Cultural Production Edited by Joan Livingstone and John Ploof
To parallel my own thoughts and investigations into clothing the next (the 6th!) issue of la colle, the collage zine, will be devoted to clothing. This year I am trying to sew any new clothes or purchase them from companies with fair trade policies after reading about the GAP’s use of slave labor to make skirts this past fall. Maybe you’ll just make a collage, but maybe this theme will bring to your attention larger themes related to clothing.
Does fashion factor into this theme? It can if you want. As Radu Stern has written in the fabulous book Against Fashion: Clothing as Art, 1850-1930, "...fashion appears to be not just a consequence of capitalism, but one of the factors that contributed to its rise." (some additional excerpts from the fantastic book are posted here)
Here are some related links and books related to this theme that I’ve come across lately that might offer some inspiration:
Andrea Zittel’s Smock Shop http://www.smockshop.org/
Lisa Anne Auerbach http://www.stealthissweater.com/
Jean Shin, Projects 81 http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2002/projects/projects81/81_current.html
Cat Chow http://www.cat-chow.com/
Garment/research http://www.garmentresearch.org/wpress/
The Object of Labor Art, Cloth, and Cultural Production Edited by Joan Livingstone and John Ploof
When preparing your submission keep in mind that the zine is photocopied in black and white on legal paper. While there is room for one center-fold (or I guess two if you think about the cover) 8 ½ x 14 other collages will be reproduced on 8 ½ x 7 spaces.This issue will come out sometime this winter, so submit you clothing collages by December 1, 2008. You can send your collage (a hi-res, 300 dpi image) to my yahoo address juliejeanus or if you prefer to mail it, e-mail me and I’ll send you my mailing address.
Also feel free to pass along any clothing-related songs, books, exhibitions, websites or exhibition reviews you’ve written along. If you submit a collage you will receive a free issue of la colle in exchange for your contribution.
Also feel free to pass along any clothing-related songs, books, exhibitions, websites or exhibition reviews you’ve written along. If you submit a collage you will receive a free issue of la colle in exchange for your contribution.
Monday, April 21, 2008
la colle issue #5- MAPS- now out!
The 5th issue of la colle is now out!
Exploring maps in 28 pages, issue 5 includes:
- collages by 10 artists from Michigan, Illinois, Oregon California and North Carolina
- questions answered by cartographer and collage artist Denis Wood
- lists of intriguing books about maps
- artists who work with maps
- a list of maps in songs.
- Current and upcoming collage and map exhibitions (also listed below).
If you submitted a map collage (THANK YOU!), your complimentary issue will be mailed soon.
If you would like to purchase this new and exciting issue it will be posted shortly on http://www.juliejean.etsy.com/ and will also be available at Quimby's in Chicago (http://www.quimbys.com/). Only with your support and/or collages will la colle continue to exist.
The next issue of la colle will be assembled sometime in Winter 2008 or early 2009. The theme will be Clothing (which could also, but does not have to, include fashion). More details to follow.
Collage and/or Map Exhibitions
Maps: Finding Our Place in the World
March 16 – June 8, 2008, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MA
http://www.thewalters.org/maps/finding.html
Baltimore, like Chicago, is also having a Festival of Maps, March 16 - June 8, 2008 http://www.baltimorefestivalofmaps.com/
The Story of This Place: Charm City Remix, Kianga Ford, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore http://www.contemporary.org/exhibitions.html#kianga
http://www.contemporary.org/kiangafordfile.php
Jasper Johns Gray, Through May 4, 2008, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/jasperjohns/works.html
Collage: The Unmonumental Picture, The New Museum, NY
Exhibition closed March 30, 2008 but an exhibition catalogue was published. Images and audio available online. I was particularly impressed by Mark Bradford’s work, a dramatic presence when one stepped off the elevator, Martha Rosler’s series Bringing the War Home and John Stezaker’s Film Portraits. http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/5
Far From Home, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, through July 13, 2008
Includes the brilliant work by Jane Benson, Mirror Globe (Map of the World), 2006, who plays with the idea prevalent in older maps that they present an accurate reflection of the world, Benson updates this notion, using such a map as the base of her work, with a disco ball, reflecting, but only pieces, of the viewer and the immediate in front of the map. http://ncartmuseum.org/exhibitions/farfromhome/art.shtml and a second link about Benson’s Mirror Globe http://janebenson.net/disco_globe/discoglobe5.html
Time is Of the Essence: Contemporary Landscape Art, Asheville Art Museum, NC
Through June 22, 2008
Includes Maya Lin’s Altered Atlas, 2007, made from a recycled atlas and a photomontage by Ken Fandell.
http://www.ashevilleart.org/current-exhibitions/time-is-of-the-essence-contemporary-landscap.html
Julie Mehretu: City Sitings
Previously at the DIA in Detroit (closed March 30, 2008)
April 19–July 27, 2008, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Maps: Finding Our Place in the World
March 16 – June 8, 2008, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MA
http://www.thewalters.org/maps/finding.html
Baltimore, like Chicago, is also having a Festival of Maps, March 16 - June 8, 2008 http://www.baltimorefestivalofmaps.com/
The Story of This Place: Charm City Remix, Kianga Ford, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore http://www.contemporary.org/exhibitions.html#kianga
http://www.contemporary.org/kiangafordfile.php
Jasper Johns Gray, Through May 4, 2008, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/jasperjohns/works.html
Collage: The Unmonumental Picture, The New Museum, NY
Exhibition closed March 30, 2008 but an exhibition catalogue was published. Images and audio available online. I was particularly impressed by Mark Bradford’s work, a dramatic presence when one stepped off the elevator, Martha Rosler’s series Bringing the War Home and John Stezaker’s Film Portraits. http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/5
Far From Home, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, through July 13, 2008
Includes the brilliant work by Jane Benson, Mirror Globe (Map of the World), 2006, who plays with the idea prevalent in older maps that they present an accurate reflection of the world, Benson updates this notion, using such a map as the base of her work, with a disco ball, reflecting, but only pieces, of the viewer and the immediate in front of the map. http://ncartmuseum.org/exhibitions/farfromhome/art.shtml and a second link about Benson’s Mirror Globe http://janebenson.net/disco_globe/discoglobe5.html
Time is Of the Essence: Contemporary Landscape Art, Asheville Art Museum, NC
Through June 22, 2008
Includes Maya Lin’s Altered Atlas, 2007, made from a recycled atlas and a photomontage by Ken Fandell.
http://www.ashevilleart.org/current-exhibitions/time-is-of-the-essence-contemporary-landscap.html
Julie Mehretu: City Sitings
Previously at the DIA in Detroit (closed March 30, 2008)
April 19–July 27, 2008, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
August 17–November 30, 2008, NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
http://www.wcma.org/press/08/08_Mehretu.shtml
http://ncartmuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming.shtml
http://www.wcma.org/press/08/08_Mehretu.shtml
http://ncartmuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming.shtml
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