6th Feb 08

What:
Sticky's Festival of the Photocopier

Where:
Degraves Subway, under Flinders St

When:
Sat Feb 9, 12-5pm

How much:
Free

Win:
A copy of Paul Davis's Raised Eyebrows Omnibus (note: you gotta pick it up at the zine fair, we will send further instructions). To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line ‘But Jason, tankards is all we got'

Chester F. Carlson was an impatient fellow. You can't blame him, really. He worked as a patent analyser for an electrical component maker. His job was to duplicate documents and drawings by hand. And what's worse, the poor guy had crappy eyesight and arthritis in his fingers. Yeah, tough. After a few tantrums and some time alone he conjured up reproduction techniques based on photo-conductivity. Twenty years later, Carlson had developed the photocopier.

We're excited that Sticky are celebrating this particular nerd who has made lives easier for office clerks and zine-makers worldwide. Bringing together Melbourne's zinesters, The Festival of the Photocopier will spill out onto Degraves Street, the infamous Mavis McKenzie will be floating about and general conversation about small-run publications will ensue.

Stall holders will include; Vignette Press, Ed Burger, Textaqueen, Is Not Magazine, Dan Reed and David Blumenstein. At the Sticky stand, you will find The Raised Eyebrows Omnibus, by Paul Davis (the complete 12.5 editions of Raised Eyebrows - collected together for the first time ever!), plus information about how the photocopier revolution hit the underground. Don't get distracted though. Like the surface of a photoconductive drum, this is really Chester's time to shine.

By Isabel Dunstan

Ambience: Indoor

Difficulty: Won't hurt a bit

Keywords: Design, Sticky