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'''Sydney Samizdat''' (2009-) is an arts zine edited by writer '''Matthew Asprey''' in the Inner West of Sydney, Australia. | '''Sydney Samizdat''' (2009-) is an arts zine edited by writer '''Matthew Asprey''' in the Inner West of Sydney, Australia. | ||
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Copies were distributed freely around Sydney's Newtown and also in the Mission District of San Francisco. | Copies were distributed freely around Sydney's Newtown and also in the Mission District of San Francisco. | ||
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*[http://matthewasprey.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/sydney-samizdat-issue-1-story-jazz-short-film/ Blog post] | *[http://matthewasprey.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/sydney-samizdat-issue-1-story-jazz-short-film/ Blog post] | ||
*[http://vimeo.com/5350802 Michael and Michelle] at Vimeo | *[http://vimeo.com/5350802 Michael and Michelle] at Vimeo | ||
Revision as of 13:25, 22 February 2010
Sydney Samizdat (2009-) is an arts zine edited by writer Matthew Asprey in the Inner West of Sydney, Australia.
The title is a tribute to the courageous underground presses of the Soviet bloc and a comment on the Australian Government's increasingly repressive censorship stance. In the tradition of samizdat publications, the reader is asked to pass the package to a new reader after 72 hours.
So far only one issue has been produced in a limited edition. The theme of Issue #1 was ‘The Pleasures of Transgression’. The zine package contained a 48-page chapbook and a DVD-R. The chapbook was devoted to Matthew Asprey's long story 'Red Hills of Africa', set in Madrid and Marrakech. The DVD-R featured a 28-minute Australian film called Michael and Michelle (2009) written and directed by Matt Dibbayawan and starring Stephen Peacocke and Bianca Bradey, as well as a music clip spotlighting a track from Sydney jazz band Trio Apoplectic’s recent album Sofia (Rufus, 2009).
Copies were distributed freely around Sydney's Newtown and also in the Mission District of San Francisco.
