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/

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/newsEvents_Details.php?event_id=28
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

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

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.