Dead Ends - Zine Preview May 19, 2010

Yesterday, I was handed the first collaborative publishing foray of photographer  Theo Simpson, half of GO! magazine Tom Common and designer  Ben McLaughlin.

“Dead Ends” is a twenty four page piece of B5 print porn. Wrapped in its own sexy plastic cover, it comes with a set of two posters. And there are only four hundred of them, so it was a damn nice thing to get.

Actually, paper induced salivation aside, its content is pretty serious. The zine’s focus is on the uncomfortable feeling of weekly trips to dole office. A written piece accompanies a series of stark photographs of the twisted and mangled jobs slips thrown down outside the job centres. Expect a full review in the next issue. For now, here are some pictures.

Friday the 4th of June the lads are having an exhibition opening.  details