Source of Zines; http://ravearchive.com/zine
Featuring; Atmosphere Issue 2 (1993), Blaze Issue 6 (1992), Interdance Issue 2 (1993), Ravescene Issue 12 (1992) and Underworld Issue 1 (1991)
Rave Zine Research
After doing some preliminary sketches of ravers with zines in mind, I took the time to sit down and really read through some rave zines. While the content of my publication would be dictated largely from my research, it was the aesthetic elements of rave zines I was really interested in.
Their lo-fi DIY quality really embodied the "doing it 'cause you love it" attitude upheld by many in and around the raver movement. Largely printed in black and white with a few coloured pages in them, I thought about how my own publication could replicate this.
Media
I started thinking about rather than printing my publication digitally, with high end production methods in their hardback and embossed quality, what if the publication was the employ this mentality instead? Something well crafted but using more 80s//90s methods. The images and text itself could be greyscale and then photocopied onto coloured paper to really give it that 'rave feel'. It was also around this point I took out a book on club flyers from the 80s//90s from the library. The crude graphic style that many of the flyers for raves were printed on fit with the rave zine aesthetic perfectly. I think this is definitely something I'd like to emulate with my own publication.
Rave Zine Research
After doing some preliminary sketches of ravers with zines in mind, I took the time to sit down and really read through some rave zines. While the content of my publication would be dictated largely from my research, it was the aesthetic elements of rave zines I was really interested in.
Their lo-fi DIY quality really embodied the "doing it 'cause you love it" attitude upheld by many in and around the raver movement. Largely printed in black and white with a few coloured pages in them, I thought about how my own publication could replicate this.
Media
I started thinking about rather than printing my publication digitally, with high end production methods in their hardback and embossed quality, what if the publication was the employ this mentality instead? Something well crafted but using more 80s//90s methods. The images and text itself could be greyscale and then photocopied onto coloured paper to really give it that 'rave feel'. It was also around this point I took out a book on club flyers from the 80s//90s from the library. The crude graphic style that many of the flyers for raves were printed on fit with the rave zine aesthetic perfectly. I think this is definitely something I'd like to emulate with my own publication.
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