future fantasteek! tour catalogue

Jackie Batey www.futurefantasteek.blogspot.com

Touring Exhibition Celebrating the First Ten Issues of Future Fantasteek!

U.K. Venues

1 March 2011 – 6 April 2011 University of the Arts London, LCC, London.

27 April 2011- 14 June 2011 Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol.

5 Sept 2011 – 28 Oct 2011 The Library, Hereford College of Arts, Hereford.

21 Nov 2011 - 13 Jan 2012 INVIA, Institute of International Visual Arts, London.

1 Feb 2012 - 1 March 2012 The Ministry of Books, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth.

U.S.A. Venues

1 April – 31 May 2011 Colorado College Special Collections, Colorado Springs, CO.

27 June - 7 Oct 2011 The Sallie Bingham Center, Duke University, Durham, NC.

30 Oct – 20 Nov 2011 Joan Flasch Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Future Fantasteek! No.7 on the 07.37 to Portsmouth

Future Fantasteek! had been bubbling for some time before I thought of making it into a serial zine in 2006. I commute to work, about 3 hours per day - only 3 days per week though. I sit on the train and often draw or write to while away the journey. I soon noticed that my drawings were generally a visual rant about what had happened that day or week. Over the course of a year, I built up many images; some typographic; others drawn in the form of fake advertisements or patronising advice. When flicking through a batch of these sketchbooks it seemed like a fun idea to try and edit them into a serial zine.Themes kept reappearing - broken machines,rude people, apathy and quick fixes, fake medical promises, fashion, celebrity endorsements, Xmas, commercialism, and on and on, and on...Strangely enough, drawing [down] everything that made me mad, made me smile more. So now I give the illusion of being happy person.

This catalogue accompanies a touring exhibition that celebrates the first ten issues of Future Fantasteek! spanning the last 5 years. The ‘train’ sketchbooks also form part of this exhibition that tours venues across the U.K. and U.S.A. from March 2011 through to Nov. 2012.

No.1 Things You Need Issue

Softback Zine printed in greyscale on fluorescent lime paper.A5 size containing 16 printed pages, saddle-stitched.PVC clear flexible multi-lens cover. Brighton, July 2006, edition of fifty.

No.2 Comfort & Security Issue

Softback Zine printed in greyscale on fluorescent pink paper.A5 size containing 16 printed pages, saddle-stitched. Pearl grey/pink cover with 2 glitter shapes. Brighton, February 2007, edition of fifty.

No.3 Carbon Footprint Issue

Softback Zine printed in greyscale on yellow paper.Saddle-stitched with central section in colour. A5 size containing 16 printed pages. Bronze cover with dye cut shape. Brighton, July 2007, edition of fifty.

No.4 Sick-O Issue

Softback Zine printed in greyscale on orange and yellow paper.A5 size containing 16 printed pages. saddle-stitched.Day-glo orange cover with yellow dots. Brighton, February 2008, edition of fifty.

No.5 Credit Crunch Issue

Softback Zine printed in greyscale on yellow paper.Colour center pages with a tipped-in dubious banknote and rubber stamped flies. A5 size containing 16 printed pages, saddle-stitched. Pink card cover with yellow dots. Brighton, October 2008, edition of fifty.

No.6 Quantitative Easing Issue

Softback Zine printed mostly in colour on white, yellow and green paper.A5 size containing 16 printed pages, saddle-stitched. Pearly silver cover with green glitter arrow.Includes a free million-squid note. Brighton, March 2009, edition of fifty.

No.7 Fiddle Your Expenses Issue

Softback Zine printed in colour on cream and peach tinted papers.A5 size containing 16 printed pages, saddle-stitched. Bright yellow card cover with 2 rhinestones. Brighton, July 2009, edition of fifty.

No.8 Pholgiston Issue

Softback Zine printed in colour on cream, white and lime tinted papers.A5 size containing 16 printed pages, saddle-stitched. Red and white pearl card cover with small holographic sticker. Brighton, February 2010, edition of fifty.

No.9 Deepwater Horizon Issue

Softback Zine printed in colour on cream, yellow and white tinted papers.A5 size containing 16 printed pages, saddle-stitched. Red translucent cover with small gold get-out-of-jail-free card insert. Brighton, July 2010, edition of fifty.

No.10 Royal Wedding Souvenir Issue

Softback Zine printed in colour on cream paper. A5 size containing 16 printed pages, saddle-stitched. Silver metallic cover.Brighton, February 2011, edition of fifty.

Now, a selection of pages from the Future Fantaste

ek! Train Sketchbooks.

© 2010 by the author of this book Jackie Batey. The book author retains sole copyright to her contributions to this book. Jackie Batey publishes the Future Fantasteek! zine in Brighton, UK., under her brand name of Damp Flat Books.

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