Mail Art Periodicals - MoMA

display and disseminate the products of these bands of xerografists, posterists,
college artists, zinesters and other assorted image tricksters. Their work began
to appear on the walls across urban America, in xerox zines stacked up in
alternative bookstores and record stores, on record and cassette covers and a
thousand other places where this tide of copy culture infiltrated the old cultural
order...the articles that follow illustrate how this new technology was able to
provide an economical means by which cultural refuseniks could transmit
information nationally and internationally and, more importantly, play a vital role
in fostering and linking together the many diverse communities that make up an
oppositional culture." Frank Moore, "Cultural Subversion." Laurence Roberts,
"The Queer Zine Scene." Stephen Perkins, "He Who Rode a Tiger: Chester
Carlson (1906-1968)." Mark Frauenfelder, "Cheap Memes: Zines, Metazines,
and Virtual Press." Mark Palmer, Plagiarism: The Truth in Doubling." Lloyd Dunn,
"Report from the Festival of Plagiarism: Glasgow, Scotland, August 4-1, 1989."
Reed Altemus, "Bibliography." Contributions by Al Ackerman (USA), Vittore
Baroni (Italy), et al.
Newark Press. Mark Wambling, Editor. Adelphi, Maryland. 1983-
1985.
Vol. 2, No. 1 (1983). Photocopy. 11"x8 1/2". (10 pages). "It has only
been one year since I started publishing NEWARK PRESS/ In that time, I have
built up a network of correspondence with mail artists, poets, other selfpublishing
artists, as well as others who don't fit into any specific
category...When I am asked to define NEWARK PRESS, I usually say that it is
an alternative space for artists and their use of language. The white-ness of the
pages represent a sort of wallspace for the contributing artists to exhibit their
printed work as well as any type of advertising. it allows the individual artist to
communicate with the total network of artists NEWARK PRESS represents."
Catalog for the "Unemployment Mail Art Exhibit: Postmark 83," shown at
Frostburg State College, Frostburg, Maryland, September 18-24, 1983. List of
contributors. Mail Art exhibition opportunities. Contributions by Epistolary Stud
Farm (USA), Mark Bloch (USA), Leavenworth Jackson (USA), et al.
Vol. 2, No. 2 (Fall 1983). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x 5 1/2". (12 pages).
Contributions by Al Ackerman (USA), Zona (USA), Epistolary Stud Farm (USA),
David Greenberger (USA), et al.
Vol. 2, No. 3 (Winter 1984). 14"x8 1/2". 10 pages. Correspondence
from Gene Laughter (USA). Contributions by Carlo Pittore (USA), Crackerjack
Kid (USA), Larry Smith (USA), Al Ackerman (USA), Dogfish (USA), John M.
Bennett (USA). Mick Mather (USA), Steve Random (USA), et al. "Artists' Books,"
by the editor. Mail Art exhibition and publishing opportunities.
Vol. 2, No. 4 (Almost Spring 1984). 11"x8 1/2". 12 pages. "NEWARK
PRESS was started so that artists could communicate with each other in an