Crass Retro Punk Fanzine Exhibit, NYC

Active from 1977 to 1984, the English anarchist punk band Crass was known for an uncompromising and peerles political stance, with a broad-reaching influence that extends to this day. 

The Boo-Hooray exhibit space is happy to present an exhibition of fanzines and ephemera given to Crass from all over the world. 

The Crass/Dial House fanzine archive, saved by Gee Vaucher, consists of approximately 3000 fanzines, broadsides, pamphlets and flyers, as well as posters, manuscripts and original artwork. The materials were sent or given to Crass during the years 1977 to 1984 from all over the world. The archive also includes later publications mailed to Dial House (the home of Crass) during the 1980's and 1990's. The show illustrates and demonstrates the immediacy and potency of these grassroots activist punk artworks from an era which was pre-computer and, in some cases, pre-xerox.

In addition, related original artworks by Gee from her ground-breaking "nihilist newspaper for the living," International Anthem, are also included.

Definitely worth checking out, and for fans of punk, keep an eye out for our upcoming Chapter with groundbreaking punk-rock skateboarder Steve Olson, release coming very soon.

"IN ALL OUR DECADENCE PEOPLE DIE" AN EXHIBITION OF FANZINES PRESENTED TO CRASS BETWEEN 1976 AND 1984 PLUS ORIGINAL CRASS-ERA ARTWORKS BY GEE VAUCHER AND A NEW AUDIO INSTALLATION BY PENNY RIMBAUD. CURATED BY JOHAN KUGELBERG.

EXHIBIT OPEN EVERY DAY 11AM-6PM
Sept 30th - Oct 20th, 2011  
Boo-Hooray - 265 Canal St. #601, New York, NY 10013 - Boo-Hooray.com