Indestructible Energy

15/10/2022

Tomorrow!!!

This October Ikon hosts a small press fair, showcasing a range of publications, zines and other printed materials.

Featuring artists, poets and writers from across the West Midlands including Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora, The Emma Press and Interim Arts.

Readings and spoken word performances take place throughout the day against the backdrop of Ikon’s exhibition.

Sunday 16 October, 11am-4pm. Free. No need to book, just drop in.

20/07/2022

Hi all,

I'm working on a project where we are designing a workshop series using zines to introduce topics around mental health and wellbeing to young people aged 8-11 to assist in expanding their emotional literacy and wellbeing.

If you’re a zine practitioner, collector, creator, workshop facilitator or have any opinions on the relationship between the arts and mental health, please complete one of our questionnaires. Your opinions would really help us to deliver a quality workshop for the young people we work with. https://breathe-edu.co.uk/zelp/

There are 3 short anonymous questionnaires, looking for slightly different perspectives of zine and zine workshop engagement - if you fall into more than one category then you are more than welcome to complete more than one questionnaire.

Please also share around to anyone you think may be interested in completing them or finding out more about the project.

If you have any questions, or comments I would be happy to chat through it a bit more.

Thank you for your time! Best, Julie

For anyone in the zine (/comic) community, whether you read, sell, make, distribute, promote, print and/or collect zines (or comics)…

30/04/2022

This time next week we'll be at our first zine fair in a couple years... Stop by BCU - Birmingham School of Art for the - will be there from 12-6 with a bunch of old stock as well as the never before sold in person ISSUE TEN.

Hope to see you all there!!

23/02/2022

Happy 9th birthday Issue One!

18/09/2021

Early last week I had a chat with Wrong Speed Records about photography, my background, zines, records and how music and people influence Indestructible Energy (plus way more to list).

Bigging up artists who influence me (both long term and new contributors) including Paul Ashley Brown, Kayla Story, DCWBriggs, John Convery and Richard P J Lambert but also discussing how Colorless Green Ideas became Indestructible Energy and the cyclical nature of future projects...

Check out the full interview here: https://youtu.be/VYICpBlJzzc

Some pieces I discussed include:

https://www.paulashleybrown.co.uk/untitled-gallery
https://davidcwbriggs.bandcamp.com/merch/r-comic-book-by-david-cw-briggs
http://www.kaylastory.com/
https://www.nogopress.com/product/homing-a-collective-photography-zine-from-the-west-midlands
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1051239754/brutal-vol9?ref=shop_home_feat_1

Episode 55 of the Wrong Speed Records Chat. An almost certainly never ending series of chats with music folk, friends, and legends. We will talk records. We ...

14/08/2021

Well, today is Small Press Day 2021 - it completely snuck up on me but wanted to use this opportunity to thank all the artists that have been involved over the past NINE years of this project. It's been really great and I'm pretty happy with how they have all turned out.

http://indestructibleenergy.com/

Starting to think about what vol. 2 might look like...

31/07/2021

More music for the archives... Issue 7 included a CD featuring Mark Dicker, Mutual Extermination Club, Nighthammer and UKAEA... Have a listen here:

https://indestructibleenergy.bandcamp.com/album/isolation

Zine shop still open: www.indestructibleenergy.com

4 track album

26/07/2021

ORTIES - La soupe + Las nuages mixed track from Issue 10...

https://indestructibleenergy.bandcamp.com/track/orties

from the album simultaneously > sequentially - double mono

18/07/2021

In honor of international zine month (July!) all the music tracks from Indestructible Energy (and Colorless Green Ideas) are being archived and added to the website over the next few weeks...

Watch this space for link but we'll start off with Issue 10... If you don't have it (or do but haven't been able to listen to the CDs yet) check out this double mono version... get the zine to see/hear the artwork in the form it's meant for.

https://indestructibleenergy.bandcamp.com/album/simultaneously-sequentially-double-mono

featuring: Bread & Eggs (Jon Danger), Drumm Chimp, Mutual Extermination Club, Mark Dicker, Mute Frequencies, Wandering Rocks, Eternal Life Auditorium (Tony Mountford), Acidliner, UKAEA, & Orties (Marion Andrau)...

10 track album

18/06/2021

Today is the release date for issue ten. It also marks the end of volume one.

Watch this space for details of what’s to come...

13/06/2021

Finale day to preorder issue 10 and get a limited edition sticker pack...

05/06/2021

Sticker packs ready for the preorders... order online at www.indestructibleenergy.com by the 13th of June to receive these with your copy of issue ten.

Zine features dual CDs plus visual pieces by a number of artists. Well worth a gander.

04/06/2021

Sticker packs for the preorders have arrived!

Order your now, preorder live until 13 June.

http://www.indestructibleenergy.com

28/05/2021

After months of prep, Issue ten is ready to go! Now available for pre-order at www.indestructibleenergy.com

Release date: 18 June 2021

It wouldn't be what it is without the amazing contributions from Acidliner. Teri Anderson. Gina Baber. Ken Banks. Polly Brant. Bread & Eggs (Jon Danger). David CW Briggs. Paul Ashley Brown. John Convery. Drumm Chimp. Eternal Life Auditorium (Tony Mountford). Natalie Furnas. Steve Gullick. Amneet Johal. Julie R. Kane. Richard PJ Lambert. Jessica Lin. Petra Lissenberg. Mark Murph. Mute Frequencies. Mutual Extermination Club. ORTIES (Marion Andrau). Nick Peel. Laura Rogatchevskaia. Ilia Rogatchevski. Ian Shelley. Kayla Story. Mandi Taylor. UKAEA. Wandering Rocks. Adam Wynn.

Video by Mutual Extermination Club

Past issues available too - and will be posted separately.

13/02/2021

Slowly building Issue ten... with visuals by Adam Wynn, Amneet Johal, DCW Briggs, Gina Baber, Ian Shelley, Ilia Rogatchevski, Jessica Lin, John Convery, Julie R. Kane, Kayla Story, Ken Banks, Laura Rogatchevskaia, Mandi Taylor, Mark Murph, Natalie Furnas, Nick Peel, Paul Ashley Brown, Petra Lissenberg, Polly Brant, Richard PJ Lambert, Steve Gullick Photography, Teri Anderson and sounds by Bread & Eggs, Drumm Chimp, Mutual Extermination Club, Mark Dicker, Group Zero, Wandering Rocks, Eternal Life Auditorium, Acidliner, UKAEA and Orties...

For the first time ever, I'll be doing some pre-orders for this issue... so keep your eyes peeled here, or join the mailing list by clicking Indestructible Energy Sign Up at the top of the page.

31/10/2020

Very excitingly, Trade Dept Gallery, Birmingham, UK is hosting a small exhibition of abstract, screen printed pieces which will eventually become the covers for Issue Ten...

If you're local (and it's safe) walk past and have a look. These will only be up for a short amount of time, and is planned to come down on November 8.

You'll be able to own a piece once the zine is complete - Issues will be available at folksy.com/shops/solidgone

PLEASE NOTE: Submissions for this issue are currently STILL OPEN if you would like to submit. The new deadline is 12 November, but if you have an idea and would like to chat about timelines, please get in touch.

24/09/2020

One month to go: Indestructible Energy Issue 10 submissions - Get in touch with any questions - https://mailchi.mp/49945ba756fd/theme-announced-for-indestructible-energy-issue-4083477

18/09/2020

Currently listening to the first couple tracks for Issue 10 - they are IMMENSE. Watch out all, this issue will be amazing.

Still over a month to submit your art work (photos, prints, illustrations, paintings, poetry, prose, collage, leaves collected by your toddler 🙂, or whatever else you think can be bound into a book).

Theme: Time / Size: 14x14cm / Deadline: 25 October - reproduced or original pieces welcome (please get in touch to discuss originals).

Contributors who's work is used in the zine will receive a copy of the publication (limited edition of 100).

26/08/2020

60 days left til the submission deadline for issue ten.

Time / 25 Oct / 14x14cm

Big plans for this issue... get involved. Get in touch with any questions...

21/07/2020

Indestructible Energy Issue 10 submission information and more...

Deadline: 25 October
Theme: Time
Size: 14x14 cm

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Indestructible Energy is a limited edition, submission based, art zine that explores the relationship between reproduced and original artwork within the context of the traditional fanzine without being bound by conventional zine publishing practices.

Aspects of the zine (e.g. size, shape, binding method) change with each issue. There are 100 copies of each issue made and each contains a mixture of reproduced and original art pieces, making each copy a unique piece of art in itself.

Submissions of original work should be submitted in a run of 100.

01/07/2020

01/07/2020

Going through and tidying up the website.... Remember this? https://youtu.be/4Y6FVb0GNQ8 - Issue 3 Zine Launch (June 2014)

Track by Nighthammer and Mutual Extermination Club.

Indestructible Energy. Nighthammer. Mutual Extermination Club. Impulse is available on vinyl with Issue 3 of Indestructible Energy. The visuals were captured...

23/06/2020

New Submission information for Issue TEN.

Theme: Time
Size: 14 x 14 cm (single sided)*
Deadline: 25 October 2020

*can submit 2 x pieces as a 'set'
*potential for 14 x 28 cm (single sided) - get in touch, please.

Past issues are currently available in the new Solid Gone shop: www.folksy.com/shops/SolidGone - Except for issues 1, 3 & 5 as they are long sold out...

SolidGone - A Birmingham based collective focusing on getting artists involved, meeting & sharing ideas.

17/06/2020

08/05/2020

Sold a copy of the zine to a stranger! Exciting! This means a trip to the post office is in order so get your copies while you can... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IndestructibleEnergy

You searched for: IndestructibleEnergy! Discover the unique items that IndestructibleEnergy creates. At Etsy, we pride ourselves on our global community of sellers. Each Etsy seller helps contribute to a global marketplace of creative goods. By supporting IndestructibleEnergy, you’re supporting a ...

25/06/2019

At Brum Zine Fest with Solid Gone distro on July 6... swing by and say hello!

2019 STALLHOLDER | Indestructible Energy is limited edition and submission-based art zine, exploring the relationship between reproduced and original artwork within the context of a fanzine without being bound by conventional zine publishing practice. bit.ly/BrumZineFest19

23/06/2019

Heading to the post office tomorrow to post out a stack of these...
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/714724805/indestructible-energy-issue-09?ref=shop_home_active_1

Exciting!

Issue nine includes a collection of individual pieces (mixture of reproduced and original art work) - presented As a handmade, Coptic bound 3 x 5 inch book. Produced in an edition of 100. Featuring work by: Petra Lissenberg Photo David CW Briggs Illustration Jessica Lin Poem Julie Kane

17/06/2019

Issue 9 is now up in the shop....

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/714724805/indestructible-energy-issue-09?ref=listing_published_alert

Issue nine includes a collection of individual pieces (mixture of reproduced and original art work) - presented As a handmade, Coptic bound 3 x 5 inch book. Produced in an edition of 100. Featuring work by: Petra Lissenberg Photo David CW Briggs Illustration Jessica Lin Poem Julie Kane

09/04/2019

It’s getting there... almost ready for Solid Gone art fair on Saturday!!!

06/04/2019

In less than one week these stacks of paper will be Issue 9 and will be available to buy at Solid Gone presents Birmingham DIY Art & Culture Fair... featuring some pretty amazing work by Timothy Tang, Jessica Lin, DCW Briggs, Agnes Carew, Emma Sywyj, Ilia Rogatchevski of Technofossil, Nick Peel, Darron Ralph Travers Northall, Mark Beechill, Julie R. Kane, Mandi Taylor, Ian Shelley, and Petra Lissenberg... Available online after the Solid Gone fair...