It’s seems that 2017 is the year for independent publishing, this is certainly the case for the large format single sheet mag/a-zine Chanced Arm. The publication is produced by the design studio smallfury and they launched their 4th issue to the public on Thursday 14th September hosting a launch party at Hackney Downs Studios.
Chanced Arm is a publication solely curated by online submissions, their content is gathered by social media callouts asking people to submit anything, on any theme by a particular deadline. Once the deadline comes around Oswin Tickler (creative director & founder of smallfury) then opens up the zines email inbox for the first time and from that moment onwards he has 24hours to design the publication and to get it to print. Each issue holds and eclectic mix of art, illustration, photography, poetry, journalism and some extra random goodies thrown in for surprise.
Two previous issues of Chanced Arm have been created with Magazine Journalism and Publishing students at London College of Communication and one issue was even created with Graphic Design Students from Portland State University, whilst Oswin was out teaching in Portland earlier this year.
The launch party on the 14th of Sept was a great way to meet existing contributors and to say thank-you to the ongoing support system Chanced Arm has. The role of Chanced Arm allows Oswin and smallfury to explore the role of print and especially self-publishing within this ever increasing digital age. It also aims to explore and rediscover the energy and immediacy of early zine culture without simply mimicking the aesthetics.
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