2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW

zingmagazine
one word. trust me.
I once worked there.
A dutiful intern.
3 years ago.


Eric Laignel curated by Jessica Boukris

Zing
celebrates
hot toddies
US postal mail
fresh baked pies
cassette mix tapes
and hand written letters.


Nobuyoshi Araki curated by Rainer Ganahl

400 pages
of absolute
irreverence,
Zing encapsulates
downtown n.y.c of the eighties.
The time before SoHo was
"brand central"
and was
just

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cast iron
and
art
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Zing "is like one of the last zines!"
For 17 yrs it has launched the careers
of many artists and designers
we know today and has
remained untainted
if not, grown more
unpredictable,
with time.


James Hyde Ghost Story

2 or 3 things.

1. gloriously
underground,
one never knows
if and when a new
issue comes out, or,
where to really find it.
2. the website never works.
3. on my first day at Zing
they had me sit and
watch Scorsese.
mean streets
so good.


Devon Dikeou, From Sculpture, 1991.

PS:
founding editor
Devon Dikeou
rules