Upcoming events at Glasgow Zine Library

We run a programme of free and Pay-What-You-Can events at the Library and online.

See what events we have coming up below.

Filtering by: “Public Arts Programme”
Social Theory and Pop Culture: Nathan Fielder, Elizabeth Holmes + Hyperreality
Nov
17

Social Theory and Pop Culture: Nathan Fielder, Elizabeth Holmes + Hyperreality

ONLINE

Join Dr Gemma Flynn for a retrospective of Nathan Fielder’s hilarious and unsettling body of work, including Nathan for You, The Curse and The Rehearsal, alongside the case of disgraced blood-testing innovator Elizabeth Holmes. In this session, we will consider both of these layered 'presentations of self' to gain an understanding of the postmodern concept of 'Hyperreality'.

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Make Your Own Oracle Cards
Oct
27

Make Your Own Oracle Cards

At this workshop we will be have an informal overview of the history of oracle decks, compare difference choices by different artists and discuss personal symbolism, the vocabulary of our dreams, how the zeitgeist creates its own potent dictionary of image-meaning and how we can blend them all together to make our own intuitive oracle cards.

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Social Theory and Pop Culture: ‘Trad Wives’, Yesteryear, Married at First Sight and Feminist Backlash
Sept
10

Social Theory and Pop Culture: ‘Trad Wives’, Yesteryear, Married at First Sight and Feminist Backlash

In this instalment of the Zine Library’s ‘Social Theory and Pop Culture’ series, Dr Gemma Flynn will present a talk using Susan Faludi’s landmark text ‘Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women’ (1991) to explain the recent rise of TradWives.

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Disability, Creativity, Advocacy: a conversation and reading with Ellen Renton
Aug
18

Disability, Creativity, Advocacy: a conversation and reading with Ellen Renton

What do we know about our bodies? What can creative practice teach us about disability? How do we take care of ourselves when we share our experiences of disability and ableism? Join Glasgow Zine Library and Ellen Renton for an evening of conversation and readings that will focus on exploring experiences of disability through creative practices and advocacy work.

This event will take place in person. To book an online ticket please click here.

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Disability, Creativity, Advocacy: a conversation and reading with Ellen Renton (ONLINE)
Aug
18

Disability, Creativity, Advocacy: a conversation and reading with Ellen Renton (ONLINE)

ONLINE

What do we know about our bodies? What can creative practice teach us about disability? How do we take care of ourselves when we share our experiences of disability and ableism? Join Glasgow Zine Library and Ellen Renton for an evening of conversation and readings that will focus on exploring experiences of disability through creative practices and advocacy work.

This event will take place online. To book an in person ticket please click here.

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Disabled Makers Zine Commission: Introduction Workshop with River MacAskill
Jul
14

Disabled Makers Zine Commission: Introduction Workshop with River MacAskill

ONLINE

Glasgow Zine Library is currently looking to commission two disabled zine-makers to create one zine each. You can find out more about how to apply to this opportunity here: glasgowzinelibrary.com/resilient-zine-community.

This online workshop is for people interested in applying who may not have experience making zines or filling in applications for creative opportunities.

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