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By: Chris Barton
Article published: 13th May 09
Format: Book
Motivation: Improve your dinner conversation
What:
Animal Shelter - Art, Sex and Literature, Issue 01, [Eds. Hedi El Kholti and Paul Gellman]
Where:
Email info@semiotexte.com for international orders
How much:
$12 USD + shipping
It's fair to say that my mother has always had her doubts, and Animal Shelter is not the sort of magazine I want to leave lying around for her to find. Nor, I am somewhat ashamed to say, is it the kind of publication that makes me feel comfortable on the Cranbourne line (or beyond any city loop station for that matter) as it has the uncanniest knack of opening to the ‘inappropriate' page.
These minor details aside, Animal Shelter is, without a doubt, one of the most engaging publications I've come across in a long time. Looking back to the underground press sex culture of the 1970s, the publication is dedicated to real freedom for the present. Part intellectual journal, part DIY zine, it features essays, art, prose and poetry and, in a rare achievement, matches its passion with its precision and its approach with its reproaches.
Featuring:
Tony Duvert, Bruce Benderson, Gary Boas, Jennifer Doyle, Chris Kraus, Adbellah Taïa, Masha Tupitsyn, Ariana Reines and others.