Study Task 01: Product Range and Distribution: Appropriating Subversion

"Sniffin' Glue was not so much badly written as barely written; grammar was non-existent, layout was haphazard, headlines were usually just written in felt tip, swearwords were often used in lieu of a reasoned argument...all of which gave Sniffin' Glue its urgency and relevance"

Sniffin' Glue is the name of a monthly punk zine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 and released for about a year. The name is derived from a Ramones song "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." Others that wrote for the magazine that later became well known journalists include Danny Baker. Although initial issues only sold 50 copies, circulation soon increased to 15,000. The innovative appeal of Sniffin' Glue was its immediacy. The early days of the punk movement largely failed to attract the attention of television or the mainstream press, and Sniffin' Glue remains a key source of photographs of, and information about, contributors to the scene.

This mornings seminar was all about artists that create work using artists work but creating it in a different way. Our task then was to create something using newspapers and magazines. The collages below are related to my topic of human trafficking. I wanted to create a shock factor. 

I scanned this into photoshop deleted the background and made it black, this increases the contrasts and produces a more powerful message. 

The use of ransom writing, makes it anonymous much like the industry you don't know who's behind it. As its been scanned in, it has a grubby feel which emphasises the disgusting crime.