STILL / LIFE ZINE

Originally ideated as a quarantine zine in March of 2020, STILL / LIFE began with the open call prompt to reflect on what it felt like to suddenly have our lives and our world forcibly stilled due to COVID-19. We all know the story here - that what began as a few weeks suddenly turned into months and then into years. Restrictions, regulations, and even who we considered a hero had the ability to change over night. So very quickly did the concept of stillness transform from something that was forced upon us to something that we once again had to find the time to seek out.

For STILL / LIFE, we reacted to this ever changing landscape by treating our open calls like cross-longitudinal studies. We offered three separate and distinct open calls in total over the period of two years. Thus, this is not just a zine about one point in the pandemic, but it is a zine about two years of a pandemic, from initial lockdown to the Omicron variant.

The works included in this zine reflect feelings of stillness, chaos, confusion, anger, acceptance, meditation, loss, and hope. The words and images come from many different experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. It features works from those who are LGBTQIA, BIPOC, professors, printmakers, musicians, grocery workers, current students, zoomers, millenials, and gen-x.

STILL / LIFE is both multi-faceted and colorful while being dark and reflective. It is our pleasure to have put everything together and to be able to share this zine with you.

STILL / LIFE is a full-color 28 page half-size zine (5.5 x 8.5 in) which features a neon cardstock cover and a simple thread binding.

Works are included from:

Arron Foster (he/him) - @Fosta1918
Ben Rettig - @binret
Everyday Balloons - everydayballoonsshop.com
Dani Brown - petioless.com
Dan Ward
Eric Stevens - @erstevies, @michitapes
Erin Cridlebaugh - @squirrelhill.shop
Esti Piels (they/she) - @dandyneutral
Francis Connelly - @hershfelder #tonyforever
J Manning - @mennajanning
John Bavaro - johnbavaro.com
Lauren Bailey (she/her) - @attagirlbailey
LB Lowery (she/they) - endlessrevolt.com
Match Skamai (they/them) - @handthatdraws
Michael Skz
My Ra'Zjene - (he/him) - hypotheticalhorror.com
RF Howland - @highvisibilitymeshhat
Ryan Emmett - @agaveparty