Join us for this 3-day exhibition of zines, presented by Bombay Underground. The show will take place 1st to 3rd July, from 2 - 8 pm each day.

A note from himanshu s ~

(@reluctantsuperhero & one half of @bombayunderground )

Let’s start with understanding that we are looking at printed material, physical material, simple old-school zines, so although the word “zine” might get used by a lot of people these days as it sounds “cool”, most of these new ventures as good as they are, are either just online blogs, design books or proper magazines. Zines might not really have boundaries, but ‘blogs’ are blogs and ‘magazines’ are magazines, let’s not take away from the immense possibilities of zines, by mixing them up.  Self- published ephemera like zines, independent newspapers can provide a glimpse into a part of history that includes the voices of marginalized individuals and groups which would otherwise be lost were they not collected. Since before alternative publications are a natural and important tool for preserving free speech.

As someone who has indulged in making and distributing zines for more than twenty years now, me persistently hopes that more and more makers will all come together more often with more wholesome sharing of not just content but also resources with all levels of the society, hence putting out a varied range of voices, not just to all levels but also created by all levels of the society.

The show will include three hundred zines, booklets, small-scale independent publications form around the world from our collection of past twenty years, about hundred zines will be on sale too,

In this age of tech, social media, and instant access to anything and everything, zines help slow us down in a good way.