Photozine & Print Day event! 20/9/25 at The Turner House, Penarth

Offline Journal and The Turner House gallery in Penarth are once again collaborating on the next SIGNATURES event - part on an ongoing series celebrating photobooks and photography self-publishing in and from Wales.

With their 2025 Open exhibition opening on the evening of Thursday 6 September, and several photographs selected amongst many other artwork submissions, the gallery and Offline Journal will be hosting a PHOTOZINE & PRINT Day on Saturday 20 September from 11am - 3.30pm to coincide with the exhibition on both lower and upper gallery walls.

Showing photozines and/or prints at the event will be:

Marc Arkless, Julie Cook, Clwb Ffoto, Phil Cope, Yasmin Crawford, John Crerar, Pete Davis, Glenn Edwards, David Mayne, Ron McCormick, David Morgan-Davies, Walter Waygood, Julian McKenny

And in addition to any remaining stock of Offline Journal's back-issues and catalog publications (at tidy reduced pricing on the day), this event will also host the big reveal of the printed result of Offline Journal's collaboration with the cohort of seven photographers in the 'CHAOS' project:
Marc Arkless, Nate Davies, Mohamed Hassan, David Mayne, Bartosz Nowicki, Owen Pritchard, and Tamsin Stirling.

The publication, titled CHAOTIC (the first part of the project), has each photographer share new work in progress over several pages along with accompanying introductory text. This printed output will then invite discussion and critique from audiences in a series of moderated online sessions (the second part of the project). These will seek to encourage more participation, constructive debate, and discussion amongst photographers and audiences using 'live' work and early stage projects as a stimulus. We want to revive the valuable, if at times robust, 'group critique' experience familiar to those who studied photography or Art at University or Arts School.

A limited number of copies of the 48-page first issue of CHAOTIC will be available on the day. (Supporters of the printed Offline Journal with a current Subscriber Plus subscription will receive their copy of CHAOTIC by post shortly after the event.

SIGNATURES PHOTOZINE & PRINT DAY
Photography zine & print event
11am - 3.30pm, Saturday 20 September 2025
The Turner House, Penarth, Cardiff CF64 3DH
www.turnerhouse.wales

SIGNATURES is a series of venue-based events and materials here on offline.wales that aim to share and promote (and promote discussion around) photobooks, photozines and self-publishing.

Two events featuring guest talks by photographers and their photobooks have been hosted to date at the fantastic Turner House gallery in Penarth, Cardiff. These events are free to attend, offering attendees the opportunity to not only listen to the photographer describe their work and resulting photobooks, but also talk to both them and fellow attendees afterwards in a friendly and relaxed setting.

In collaboration with the Photography department at Cardiff's University of South Wales (USW), Offline Journal has been steadily building a collection of photozines (aka 'THE BOX OF ZINES') which have been self-published in, or have work relating to, Wales. The photographers kindly donate their photozines to the collection, which are catalogued and then taken around various photography events and festival in Wales to promote the photographer's images and resulting photozine.

New additions the The Box of Zines collection are always welcome* as we seek to grow the unique and creative collection to highlight photography talent and inspire others interested in photography self-publishing. Photozines can be donated in person at SIGNATURES events or where Offline Journal is in attendance. Alternatively, copies can be sent by post – email offline.journal@gmail.com for details.

*Donated photozines and/or any accompanying materials cannot be returned.

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