VLAK magazine launch in Sydney
Readings by Louis Armand & local contributors
Wednesday 12th August at 6:00 pm
Common Room
John Woolley Building
Science Road
University of Sydney
EVERYONE WELCOME
Not conforming with a recent Aussie trend to one-size-fits-all-A4 magazine formats (with minor fractional differences, according to two of the editors of the aforesaid large format matte-glossies), the square format bulky magazine VLAK : Contemporary Poetics & The Arts has published its fifth annual issue. Founded by Louis Armand & based in Prague in the Czech Republic, the magazine has a twelve member editorial committee (including myself) comprising several countries in both hemispheres. Issue 5 has 167 contributors & is 663 pages in length. If it matters (it does to me) it can definitely claim 'experimentation' as an editorial tag. See the contributor list on the back cover. (Click on the images to enlarge them). An issue of VLAK costs just under twice as much as an average Aussie A4-ish quarterly but it is an annual & its diversity is extraordinary. In a quick comparison with several A4-ish mags, there is four times as much content per issue of VLAK with photos, drawings, & collage by filmmakers, artists & photographers, & essays, interviews, anecdotes & poems by political-aesthetic critics, film writers, philosophers, novelists & poets. In my opinion it's worth the cover price &, prospectively, has a lengthy magazine-rack or shelf life.
If you can't come the launch
VLAK - Launch in Melbourne:
(where it will be offered at a discounted price)
VLAK costs 20 euros ($29 aud) & can be ordered here
Louis Armand is currently visiting Australia and there will be a launch party in Melbourne with readings from local contributors :
Wednesday 29th July at 6:00 pm
Collected Works Bookshop
Nicholas Building Level 1
37 Swanston Street
