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Grim 10 – Dark Art Zine July 2018

Another 20 pages of dark art and text; of found bits-and-pieces and some dark humour to boot. When I started this I wanted emulate, to a degree, the indie bands of the 1970’s and 80’s. And like those photocopied flyers and promotional material I wanted to restrict myself to the use of low-tech methods. I do have had the luxury of computers, though, to facilitate the reproduction of my own artwork but apart from that I’ve used my hands, some scissors, glue, scalpel, tape and a photocopier, oh and needle and thread. Working with bits of paper and found materials has in many ways been a liberation; allowing mistakes, imperfections and printing errors to make their mark on the final copy. It is these ‘happy accidents’ which, in my world, are most exciting and energising; without which it would all be a bit, ‘flat’ and lifeless.

Excerpt from page 12 of this edition by Declan Bannon:

‘A once empty canvas hangs splattered, blood red stains of different hues bleed through the stretched out skin. The ageing figure stares from a black abyss.

Contributors in this edition

Models:
silk, hedy, seren, becky, amber, laurel, edie, carys

Imagery:
justell vonk (front cover), the suicidal rabbit (4), luca monti (5), stephen scott (8)

Words:
The Suicidal Rabbit, Declan Bannon

Once again, without Grims’ kind contributors, this would never have reached as many folks as it has. Thank you so much 🙂