Zinefest Berlin

This is a CALL FOR PARTICIPATION! AUFRUF ZUR TEILNAHME!

Everybody is invited to produce a zine and send it to us via zine@graphikkinder.com or sell zines at their own booth at the fair! You can find further information as attachment or at www.graphikkinder.com!

The graphikkinder will enjoy and discuss your zines and print and bind a selection, which will be presented and sold at the make.aZINE zine fair at Künstlerhaus Vienna from 23rd to 26th May 2013 or you can just do it yourself.

Some upcoming events!
Someplace Art Market   Vernissage Friday 14th Dec, 7pm – 10pm.
Open 12-6 Saturday & Sunday. @ Someplace gallery, Herrfurthplatz 8, 12049 Neukölln
“We’re seeking to make art accessible, by presenting a range of works spanning prints, paintings, illustrations, publications and objects all small enough to take home on the U-Bahn and within the price range of the common Berliner”

Portable Book Fair  #04   December 19, 8pm @ Altes Finanzamt (Schönstedtstraße 7, Neukölln. Entrance in the backyard!)

“The Portable Book Fair Berlin, organized by Kombinat Literatur Berlin – the platform of independent publishers in Berlin – invites all independent publishers and writers to bring their printed matters – books, fanzines, magazines, object books, comics – for its fourth gathering!”

CALL FOR ZINES !
We invite you to take part in the First International Exhibition “ZINESHOW” in Ukraine. Participation is free. Any technique. Any theme and format. No return. Deadline: 15/04/2013. Exhibition on the blog.  All works will be exhibited also in the gallery “tymutopiyapres” it is not a commercial gallery. Welcomed but not “necessarily” summary of your zine or about you or your creative work (this is necessary for further elucidation of the project and possible documentation). Zines for the exhibition please send air mail: “Zineshow” A/C 9875, Sadivnycha 19/1, 79038, Lviv, Ukraine. mailposht[.]gmail[.]com

Also, the ZFB website here has a new section, “RESOURCES“. It’s a place for information about zines in berlin, zines outside of berlin, and zines in general.

dear lovely zinefest 2012 attendees, we all had an amazing time that
weekend – thanks to you, the sfe and especially the volunteers! us
organizers are eternally grateful for the awesome venue, dozens of
helping hands and the atmosphere you and your zines created. we hope
you’ve had as much fun as we did and will join us again next year.
until then, you can enjoy the zinefest radio show the guys from funkfabrik b recorded during the fest in their little cardboard studio. or look at some photographs and submit your own pictures. and most importantly: keep making zines!

liebe 2012er zinefest-besucher_innen, wir alle hatten ein wunderbares
wochenende – dank euch, der sfe und vor allem der freiwilligen
helfer_innen! wir organisator_innen sind dankbar für den großartigen
veranstaltungsort, die dutzenden helfenden hände und die angenehme
atmosphäre, die ihr und eure zines geschaffen haben. wir hoffen, ihr
hattet genauso viel spaß wie wir und kommt nächstes jahr wieder. bis
dahin könnt ihr die zinefest radio show anhören, die das team von funkfabrik b während des fests in ihrem kleinen papp-studio aufgenommen hat. oder ihr könnt unsere fotos angucken und eigene hochladen. und am allerwichtigsten natürlich: macht weitere zines!

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zinefest berlin opens it’s doors this weekend and this is what’s happening:

we start on friday at 3 with a guided tour through the archiv der jugendkulturen’s zine collection. if you like you can come over to the venue afterwards and help us carry tables.

then on saturday the actual zinefest (fb event) is open from noon til 7 with these zines and distros and these lectures and workshops. saturday night, starting at 9 we can all share a drink at the subversiv with live music from landverraad, manku kapak and fluxkompensator (another fb event link).

on sunday the zinefest is open from noon til 6, including a visit from the mobile zine library lesen lounge and live music by stephen paul taylor from trike and the rad dads.

the address is gneisenaustrasse 2 (u6 and u7, mehringdamm station) and the sfe is in the second yard through the blue door. if you need the key to the elevator (or anything else urgent) you can call the offical zinefest number: 0176 99 10 2984.

if you need to talk to us during the fest, the lovely people at the info table (near entrance) are happy to help and so are the organizers wearing brown shirts with green zinefest print.

looking forward to meeting you all!