JUJU’S PRESENTS: CULTURAL TRAFFIC: A New Print Publishing Fair. 7-8 October 2016
Juju’s presents: CULTURAL TRAFFIC, the UK’s first annual fair for dealers in counter culture and independent producers of zines, prints, catalogues, vinyls and tapes, will take place on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th October at Juju’s Bar & Stage in Shoreditch.
By bringing together pioneering contemporary publishing with vintage counter-culture, out-of- print material and obsolete media formats, CULTURAL TRAFFIC maps an explicit connection between yesterday’s cultural artefacts and the collectables of tomorrow.
Entry to the fair is free, and CULTURAL TRAFFIC offers the public an opportunity to engage in the past, present, and future of counter-culture, while vendors have the opportunity to capitalise on the amplified business climate created by Frieze Art Week.
CULTURAL TRAFFIC offers something for everyone including food, drink and evening entertainment. It is a market for the culturally inquisitive as well as showcasing a unique perspective on counter culture’s pre-internet roots.
Juju’s Bar & Stage is situated in London’s Old Truman Brewery, Shoreditch. The Truman’s Brewery will also be hosting two other fairs, Moniker Art Fair and The Other Art Fair, creating a
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showcase of independent and established talent in one location. This exciting spectacle will attract 20,000 plus visitors, forming one of the major satellite events of London’s Art Week.
CULTURAL TRAFFIC is launched by editor, designer and collector Toby Mott who says:
‘CULTURAL TRAFFIC is a fascinating window into the flourishing post-digital zine scene and is inspired by my visits to the L.A. and New York Art Book Fairs, where I found an exciting dynamic marketplace for the global resurgence in self-publishing. I connected with the eclectic mix of material I found there, driven by the punk ethic of self-publishing, and reflecting both a pre- and post-digital aesthetic. DIY vintage counter-culture meets radical sexual politics and activism – it all comes together within an arts context.’
‘CULTURAL TRAFFIC will be a platform in London to showcase the producers and dealers that are making this scene a vibrant cultural hub. We are showcasing affordable art whilst engaging also in current social and political issues. This movement is at the forefront of today’s critical voices, working outside of financial restraints of the gallery system. CULTURAL TRAFFIC is not just an arts fair for paper but a celebration of ideas and expression. CULTURAL TRAFFIC will pave the way for exposure and engagement in radical print now.’
Exhibitor highlights include:
John Marchant Gallery presents Jamie Reid, Rogue Materials. Jamie Reid designed most of the Sex Pistols’ promotional material, including posters, flyers and record covers – he famously put a safety pin through the Queen’s nose for the Sex Pistols’ 1977 single ‘God Save the Queen’. John Marchant worked for Malcom McLaren, the Sex Pistols’ manager, when the notorious punk band were at the height of their fame in 1977-8. Together they present Rogue Materials, an exclusive collation of Sex Pistols’ printed matter, only recently retrieved from Reid's personal archive and never seen before now. Including flyers, press pack materials, unused contact sheets and layout elements, Rogue Materials is a rare, authentic glimpse into the very centre of this fervid and tumultuous time.
Shapero Modern will bring a collection of original psychedelic posters dating from 1966 – 1970, all of which were collected by the late publisher Felix Dennis, whose entire collection of more than 700 posters was recently acquired by Shapero Rare Books. Psychedelia is a name given to the art forms inspired by psychedelic drugs, such as LSD. Dennis was well placed to build his collection. While he was attached to the legendary underground magazine Oz, he also worked for ECAL, a company that distributed posters advertising concerts in and around London. This allowed him to acquire works directly from the artists. He was a particular admirer of the Osiris Agency, which published the work of Michael English and Nigel Waymouth, known collectively as Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. Frequently inspired by LSD with their ‘tripping partner’, Who guitarist Pete Townshend, the two men would create iconic posters for the seminal UFO Club. Other works come from Martin Sharp (1942 – 2013), who created many iconic posters, including Exploding Hendrix and Mr Tambourine Man: Blowin’ in the Mind featuring Bob Dylan.
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On the 45th anniversary of the May 1968 French riots, Gerrish Fine Art presents a collection of over 100 rare and original protest posters produced during the mai ‘68 movement in France. These icons of rebellion and civil disorder are the forerunners of today’s thriving street art movement. As monuments to the intense power of the image to bring about change, they represent one of the most potent and striking graphic revolutions in history - fierce symbols of art at the service of insurrection.
Elegantly Papered presents Jill magazine, a short-lived fashion magazine created by stylist Babeth Dijan who commissioned relatively unknown talent such as Peter Lindbergh, Tony Viramontes, Ellen Von Unwerth and Pierre et Gilles for the publication. Until now there were only 11 known issues; from Summer 1983 to October 1985. However, the Elegantly Papered archive has discovered an undocumented 12th issue, and this will be shown for the first time at Cultural Traffic. Published in Paris, other contributors included Jean Paul Gaultier, Jean Paul Goude, Jean Bapiste Mondino, John Galliano and Azzedine Alaia. Dijan went on to work for The Face magazine and later created Numéro magazine. Jill perfectly evokes those sexy heady days of Parisian club life where post-punk pre-boutique style was invented.
Exhibitors: Alice, Barnzly/Thunders, Bemojake, Ben Rider, Book Works, Bunker Basement/The Everyday Press, Dafydd Jones, Dashwood Books, Ditto, Fanpages, Fashion Illustration Gallery, Galerie Simpson, Gerrish Fine Art, Grey Jam Press, Hannah Thual, Hate Magazine, Ian McKell, Inflammable Material, International Sand, Jeremy Gibbs, John Marchant/Jamie Reid, Marie Jacotey, Mark Pawson/Disinfotainment, Mary McCartney, Morel Books, Niki Best, November Books, Palm Studios, Paper Tigers Books, Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong, Phaidon, PM/AM, Richardson Magazine, Roderick Harris, Scott King, Sophy Rickett, STSQ, Shapero Modern, Snoar Press, Stinsensqueeze, Tales of Black Eyed Jack, Tex Royal, The Mott Collection, The Public Reading Rooms, The Wind in the Trees, Trademark Publishing, Transition Editions, Village, William Ling Fine Art, 20th Century Art Archives.
Images left to right: Jill no. 10, July 1985; Jamie Reid Anarchy in the U.K. poster; Martin Sharp Exploding Hendrix poster
CULTURAL TRAFFIC Friday/Saturday 7–8th October 2016 Juju’s Bar & Stage Ely’s Yard 15 Hanbury Street London, E1 6QR
Opening hours: 11am-8pm http://culturaltraffic.com [email protected]
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TRANSPORT Liverpool Street Station: 5 min walk Aldgate East Station: 10 min walk Shoreditch Overground: 5 min walk Old Street Station: 12 min walk
For more information, please contact Albany Arts Communications:
Carla von der Becke, [email protected] m: + 44 (0) 79 74 25 29 94
Notes to Editors:
About Toby Mott: Toby Mott (b. 1964, London, UK) is an artist, editor, designer and sometime Punk historian, known for his work with the Grey Organisation, an artists’ collective that was active in the 1980s, and for his fashion brand Toby Pimlico. More recently, he has become known for the Mott Collection, an expansive archive of UK Punk and political ephemera that includes over 1,000 posters, flyers and fanzines. The Mott Collection has been exhibited widely and his most recent publications are: Oh So Pretty: Punk in Print 1976-80, Phaidon; Showboat: Punk/Sex/Bodies, Dashwood Books; and Skinhead: An Archive, Ditto Press.
About Juju’s Bar and Stage: Juju’s Bar & Stage is a new independent performing arts and social venue, run by Juliet Kennedy, who says: ‘My vision for Juju’s is to establish a key platform for emerging and established talent here in the heart of Brick Lane.’ A shared work and events space, Juju’s epitomises London’s cultural diversity. The space is used for art exhibitions, open rehearsals, live underground music, dance and performance nights, coffee and wifi during the day — and now Cultural Traffic print publishing art fair.
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