After the white walls show last month, I forgot to add that I stopped by Book & Job Gallery for the Find Rangers Smoke & Mirrors zine release and photo show. Some pretty great photos and $10 for a large wall print. Some photos I took passing through.
Photos by Tim Gatto
I picked up a few zines last month. All of them are amazing and linked up below. I highly recommend spending the tiny amount of money needed to get these in your possession.
Partner in Crime by Austin McManus. Really nice offset zine about vandalism stereotypes. Awesome stuff.
^A place dear to my heart
MUX issue 2 from Tj Nelson. Came out fantastic.
seriously sorry about this toe shot.
Never heard of it by Brad Westcott through Blood of the Young. Incredible Train traveling pics.
Got word from TJ Nelson, that the second Issue of MUX magazine is out! Unfortunately the first run already sold out, but the second run can be pre ordered here. Really good looking stuff, hats are off. "The idea for MUX came from a desire to connect to photography in a tangible manner. Because of pocket-sized digital cameras and smartphones, we are amongst an unstoppable flood of images on the internet. Which, in its own way, is wonderful, but I find it difficult to connect to images on a screen. I created MUX because I wanted to act as a curator to gather the talent of my peers, and then encourage people to take a minute to hold a collection of work that deserves to be pondered on."
MUX issue 02 04.2013. 8.5" x 5.5". 84 pages. Design by TJ Nelson. Photos by matt bublitz, grant hatfield, sam milianta, josh anthony, ephraim chui, spencer davis, charlie wray, trever hadley and brandon getty. $20.
grant hatfield
matt bublitz
brandon getty
spencer davis
I saw online that Sam Milianta was sending out zines to whomever wanted one, so I raised my hand, and was sent two: Alone with Everyone, and One Day it'll All Make Sense (Or Maybe Not) Conclusion: Sam rules. Get your hands on one.
Thanks to everyone that came out last Friday to MUA Oakland for our PANACEA book release and photo show. Such a fun night. Sold some books, some photos, and had a great night out with friends. Also, a big thank you to everyone that participated in the book and show! It really came out great. Our box of books is getting slim, If you'd still like to pick one up, head to the zines section. —Tim
Thanks to our host, MUA, for inviting us to show photos and sell our book.
Books
(not so) serious meet up before the show
Carson Gilliland
Cody Cobb
All of the photos hanging at MUA are for sale and will be up for another month, check them out if you're in town.
A great First Friday in Oakland. Here's to many more safe Oakland Art Murmurs.
top photo from MUAOakland.com
A sneak peek of our book PANACEA, available Feb 1st @ MUA. The book features photos from 37 photographers, printed 4-color offset, 8.5″ x 11″ and limited to 100 copies; Available for $15.00. Come check out the photo show and grab a book. See you this Friday! Available for purchase online. —Over the last year, I’ve been working with Elias Carlson, who runs awesome blog, Ladder to the Stars. Early on, we found that exploring nature was a common thread in our photography. We discussed our need to get outside and take photos, and we decided to make a publication about it.
We knew that we wanted to publish a collaborative book featuring photographers that we both respected and that shared this common theme. We worked on the idea of the “need” to get outdoors and found a definition that we felt summed up this idea; “PANACEA” which is defined as “a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.” The ring to it was nice, but the definition really hit home for us, as it summed up the feeling that we both had: Exploring nature as a cure.
photos courtesy Elias Carlson
Happy to announce the release of PANACEA, a collaborative photography book, published by BIT BY ZEUS and Ladder to the Stars. The book features photos from 37 photographers and will be released Feb 1st 2013 @ Mua Oakland. PANACEA is printed color offset, 8.5″ x 11″ and will be limited to 100 copies. In addition, there will also be photo show hanging at MUA, featuring the photographers from the book. It'll be first friday: Oakland Art Murmur; Check out the art downtown, come say hi, grab a drink (and a book) and check out the show.
—Over the last year, I've been working with Elias Carlson, who runs awesome blog, Ladder to the Stars. Early on, we found that exploring nature was a common thread in our photography. We discussed our need to get outside and take photos, and we decided to make a publication about it.
We knew that we wanted to publish a collaborative book featuring photographers that we both respected and that shared this common theme. We worked on the idea of the "need" to get outdoors and found a definition that we felt summed up this idea; "PANACEA" which is defined as "a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases." The ring to it was nice, but the definition really hit home for us, as it summed up the feeling that we both had: Exploring nature as a cure.
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—Also, want to say thank you to anyone who visits, supports, or submits to BIT BY ZEUS. for real. Running this photo zine/blog is a blast; sharing good photos, putting out projects when we can, and meeting great photographers along the way. In the New Year, we plan on keeping this little photo community going. I want to continue to put up more found photography, try to blog (use words), document events and things in the area, and also focus on publishing my and other's work. That's all, hope to see you on the 1st, It's gonna be a great night out.—Tim
October and November via cell phone.
martin sorrondeguy @ 1-2-3-4 go records
zines from Japan
mount eerie in West Oakland <3
Jel @ uptown
religious girls at Uptown. see video for Rock
hard
island trips
cell phone reminder to push this roll
finally tried merritt bakery chicken at brunch. it WAS that good.
Rotten City
Very happy to get my hands on a copy of this SWAMPY & Victoria Howe zine. I like disappearing
had a photo hanging at MUA for Little Big Draw
bart
photos by Tim Gatto
My friend Casey's new project is now available at bookletpress. It looks great, you should probably buy one. —Tim
from bookletpress:
Consumed Into Oblivion Chelsea Limbird & Casey Ramirez
日本語 / Consumed Into Oblivion is a correspondence between two lives across a country. By documenting sound and its description—by rationing emotion with ideas of space and representation—the authors translate one through the other. Time and distance are effectuated as medium for understanding an intimate distrust and an ambiguous commitment. 2 booklets; 92 pg total, ea. 10.8 x 16.5cm, enveloped (12 x 18.5cm) laser & risograph print, staple bound numbered edition of of 50 +3AP, 2012
日本語 / Three years ago, someone told Chelsea Limbird that people who live their lives deeply entrenched in reality have dreams based in fantasy, and that for those who live everyday in a dreamworld, conjure a reality in their sleep. East Harlem, NYC
Casey Ramirez values the vibration that occurs when contrasting colors are in close proximity to each other.San Francisco, CA
Forgot to mention that I went to SF zinefest over laborday. So much good stuff. here's a shot of my loot. —Tim
Elias Carlson of Ladder to the stars and BIT BY ZUES are teaming up to create a photo zine/book. We’d like you to be a part of it. Click through to read all the details. Feel free to reblog/share if you know people who would like to submit.
Some zines that I picked up and received lately. Spotted this excellent Justin Lovato zine, Theoretical object at Needles & Pens.
Lovato amazingness as always. Story will blow your mind.
I also picked up this OOTTHHERR zine, Pneuma, great imagery and spreads.
then I got this super hot Zine From Sean DZ!
expensive drugs.
I also picked up this Ryan McGinley zine: Daydreaming.
Interesting interview with Ryan McGinley about his career. Also naked people in caves and fields as you would expect.
Have any zines for us to check out? Email us at BITBYZEUS@gmail.com then mail them over. —Tim
New Zine out from everyone's favorite, Tom Roe. This 3 color silkscreen covered zine is chock full of photos, illustrations, and beards! Better snag one quick right here.
Here is a few zines that I have bought or received in the last month or so. The first one I received through the power of the internets all the way from Spain! Here's a few pictures of Humectante #5 by Helena Exquis.
next, some Hamburgereyes zines that I bought. One of a Kind by SF's legendary Michael Jang,
and finally, this sweet zine, 777 by David Potes.
all super affordable and fun to have around the house, go get some! –Tim
I FEEL BETTER is a zine containing twelve mounted 5x5" color prints of mostly recent photography by Tim Gatto. Edition of 20, hand bound—hand pulled silkscreen cover, 5.4" x 8.5". $5.00 flat. Now available for purchase here.
We Want the World, a new zine from becethel based out of Australia. 40 pages, black & white digital print, bleed, stamp numbered. Really well put together zine with some really great imagery. Thanks Becethel!
BIT BY ZEUS will be at this year's SF ZINEFEST!!!. If you haven't picked up one of our zines, come by the weekend of Sept. 4th and 5th and say hi to the two of us, grab a zine, and check out a bunch of other great work.
