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ARTS + CULTURE + MUSIC MAGAZINE - ISSUE 7 @ARTCULTZINE // ARTCULTZINE.COM
Spring MMXVIII
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 4. Letter from the Creator 8. Holly Horsebrowns // Comic Illustrator 12. Loc Huynh // Painter 20. ALBUM REVIEW: Overcoats Younger by Contributing Writer, Hannah Meeske 28. Andy Thomas // Illustrator 36. Shut Up! and Listen 38. Show us your zine haul 42. Samira Saidi // Multidisciplinary Artist 46. Thank You
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Art Cult Zine
Letter from the Creator Welcome back! Or, welcome for the first time. Either way, I’m glad you found this magazine. Each issue featured a curated variety of artists, musicians, creative writers and more from cities all over the world. You will also find album reviews, band interviews, shout outs to our favorite zines & followers, and a hand-picked list of our favorite albums right now. This group of featured artists hail from: Ghana, Austria, Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio and New York. In the last issue, I wrote that I had a goal to art direct a new photo shoot for each edition. Well, this issue doesn’t have one - because, I feature this amazing photographer and I didn’t want content to clash. A curation for a photo shoot in the Summer issue is in the works, however, so be on the lookout for the Summer photo shoot in the next issue. If you don’t follow our social media platforms, please do! On Facebook, Instagram and Twitter you can find the page at @artcultzine. If you have been following the publication for awhile, you have probably noticed the Shut Up! and Listen music column in each issue. You can find all of the tracks from these lists on our Spotify playlist. Just search Art Cult Zine, and you will find all of the albums and tracks mentioned in the magazine. Feel free to shoot us a message on all social media as well as artcultstudio@gmail.com. We are always looking for new retailers to carry the publication, as well as small businesses in the arts or music industries to advertise.
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Art Cult Zine NEW MUSIC FAVORITES SHUT UP! AND LISTEN MUSIC SECTION PG #36 5
Plantain Railways
Samira Saidi IG: Samira.said.i
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HollyHorsebrowns Oklahoma City // Comic Illustrator Holly Wood is the author and creator of Holly Horsebrowns, a set of non-sequitur drawings. She specializes in comics featuring awkward situations that many find relatable. Find more of her work throughout this issue
Instagram: @hollyhorsebrowns
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left: Quicksand above: Queen of Hearts
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We Belong With the Ocean Samira Saidi IG: Samira.said.i
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LocHuynh
Austin, Texas // Painter Loc Huynh was born in 1992 in Austin, Texas. In 2016, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Texas State University. He did some graduate work at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and will be a Master of Fine Arts candidate at the University of North Texas. His work comes out of the visual language used in illustrations and design. Huynh’s paintings, at their core, are based in reality, but through exaggeration, they become crass commentaries on politics and contemporary society. He currently lives and works in Austin, Texas Instagram: @locxhuynh lochuynhart.com
above: Welcome to Houston 12 right: Diamonds Are a Girl’s BFF
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Instagram: @locxhuynh lochuynhart.com above: The Best Choice is No Choice below: Made in America Mickey Joins Isis
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above: Battle for the Pipe below: Pirates Life
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upper left: Trump Tube lower left: Native Tongues right: Potato Salad
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left: Outta Toon right: Death of Castro
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Instagram: @locxhuynh lochuynhart.com
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Album Review
OvercoatsYoung BY CONTRIBUTING WRITER HANNAH MEESKE Photo Credit: Grandstand Media 20
overcoatsmusic.com @thisisovercoats
In NPR’s tiny desk concert with this duo, they are not wearing overcoats; instead Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell donned oversized white shirts. The New-York-based singer-songwriters personified their music with dance moves, their voices harmonizing and their movements matching the rhythm. On first listen I couldn’t differentiate the two voices, not that they are so similar but because they complement each other so well. The blonde, Hana Elion, sings in a higher pitch. Brunette JJ Mitchell has a lower raspier voice. Watching them sing, their voices are very distinct as they sing separate parts and then harmonizing at other times. Elion and Mitchell met in college but their music makes it sound like they’ve been lifelong friends. They had been writing their songs on their own for a while, but never took it very seriously—until they sang together. “Little Memory” was their first song together and it is about someone who can’t get another person off their mind and is wondering if maybe they’re on their mind too. The chorus: So pick me up don’t run too fast / I promise I’ll hold on till I’m 21
the last one / Standing / Oh, down and down I’ll go with you / Till all that’s left is one / Little memory. “Little Memory” is the beginning of their original lyrical sound. The Overcoats released their debut album Young in 2017 and currently they are touring with pop-band Tennis. The album churns a yearning nostalgia with conversational lyrics that parallel a pain shared between two friends. The title conjures the infantile vulnerability we feel in times of strife. The Overcoats’ genre is hard to define as it has some bluegrass and folk roots mixed with electronic pop. On the album Young, the song that replayed in my head hours later was “Hold Me Close.” It is melodic and catchy. The chorus: So hold me close ‘til the night turns gray / Different faces but the song’s the same / So hold me close ‘til the night turns gray / Different faces but the song’s the same. On the album there are three songs about parents: “Father,” “Mother,” and “Smaller Than 22
My Mother.” It’s reminiscent of our younger selves. “Father” is short and repetitive but depicts an understanding father. “Mother” is shorter in length as far as lyrics but a longer track, slow and musical with a haunting echo in the background. “Smaller Than My Mother” is about a man and repeats the line I keep on shrinking and he stays the same. The song “23” flies under the radar but the opening line is something I’ve joked about my significant other but seems very real in these lyrics. The line says Honey, you’re a full-time job
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/ And I’m tired of rescuing you. And it continues adding friction with the chorus, Forever’s a long time when it doesn’t feel right / And bein’ his wife’s like one long sleepless night / I’m exactly where I said I would be / With my man before 23. The raw emotion and straightforwardness of Overcoats’ words transport the listeners into the middle of a private vent session between two friends. These days good music to me needs to be meaningful, toe-tappin’ and worthy of blaring on the radio while stuck in traffic, but it also has to be something I can play in the background while I’m writing. Too much to ask? Not with Overcoats’ album.
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HANNAHMEESKE Oklahoma City // Contributing Writer
I am a Colorado native living in Oklahoma. I live with my fiancĂŠ in Chickasha, Oklahoma, with our cat Bella, five horses, and five steers. I am a cowgirl, a writer, and an editor. In my free time you can find me in my arena riding my horses, reading a book with a cup of coffee, or writing my latest inspiration. In 2017 I graduated from Hastings College with majors in English, Spanish, and publishing. That June I attended the Denver Publishing Institute and received a certificate in publishing and I also interned for Hastings College Press and Oklahoma Gazette. I have always loved reading books and that passion brought me into the world of publishing. At first I wanted to be a writer; I enjoy writing fiction and non-fiction, but I meddle in poetry as well. Eventually I realized I had a knack for editing as well. Then I learned the design aspects of books and learned how to carry out the entire book publishing process from start to finish with editing, layout, cover design, production, and marketing. My work has been published in Oklahoma Gazette and I have poetry in the literary journal Plainsongs published by Hastings College Press. My latest creative adventure is my website HerdingtheModernWest.com. The entire publishing industry intrigues me and I am so excited to see print publications still in existence like this very zine. I still prefer the feel and smell of a book, newspaper, or magazine and I will always prefer print to digital for reading. IG @meeskenator TW @meeskes 25
herdingthemodernwest.com @herdingthemodernwest
Comic Illustrations by Holly Horsebrowns Instagram: @hollyhorsebrowns
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ANDY THOMAS Toledo, Ohio // Illustrator I’m Andrew Thomas, but my friends call me Ando. I’m from Toledo Ohio Ando (AKA Andrew Thomas) is an Artist, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, and Screen Printer in Toledo, Ohio. His work is inspired by the works of artists such as: Corey Purvis, rxskulls, Christian Arnder, and the art collective Brother Merle. He is also inspired by album cover design, poster design, punk music, skate culture, and Chilis awesome new menues. His work doesn’t settle into one style or medium. He does whatever feels good at the time and is experimental in his work. He’s quite the weirdo and would love to talk to you about the new menus and chilis. They are beautiful examples of brilliant design and print. Seriously, GO CHECK THEM OUT! Andoillustration.crevado.com IG: @andoillustration Behance.net/ andoillust543e 28
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upper left: Majestic lower left: Meaningless above: Groovy Tuesday right: Cool Elephant
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Andoillustration.crevado.com Behance.net/andoillust543e IG: @andoillustration above: USA Heads below: Untitled
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SHUT UP!
AND LISTEN HERE ARE OUR FAVORITE 16 ALBUMS OF RIGHT NOW. FROM NEW ALBUMS TO OLD OBSESSIONS, WE LIKE THEM ALL.
FIND THE CURATED LIST OF ALBUMS ONLY ON THE ART CULT ZINE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST.
Psychic Twin Strange Diary
Overcoats Young
Pinc Louds self-titled Thee Oh Sees Orc Bobby self-titled Hundred Waters Communicating 36
Knox Fortune Paradise Katie Von Schleicher Shitty Hits Lucius Good Grief
Sweet Spirit Cokomo
Palm Rock Island
Superorganism self titled
Wild Ones Mirror Touch
Rubblebucket If U C My Enemies Guerilla Toss GT Ultra Angel Olsen Phases 37
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Pee Rain
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SAMIRASAIDI Ghana & Austria // Multidisciplinary Artist Samira Saidi is a half Ghanaian, half Austrian, woman of colour, whose practise has the aim to inspect and shift the sociological structures of race, belonging, and explores the duality of intersectional identities through the body. IG: @samira.said.i Samirasaidi.com
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left: Untitled right: Bodies Stones
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above: Bodies Stones left: We Belong With The Ocean upper right: Pain Listens lower right: Mine
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IG: @samira.said.i Samirasaidi.com
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Loc Huynh Painter
Hannah Meeske Writer
Samira Saidi Multidisciplinary Artist
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art cult zine WANTS TO THANK THE FEATURED ARTISTS OF THIS ISSUE FOR CONTRIBUTING THEIR WORK. THIS PUBLICATION IS FOR SHARING TALENTS WITHIN CREATIVE COMMUNITIES AROUND OUR GLOBE.THANKS FOR READING, WE HOPE YOU FOUND SOME NEW FAVORITES! REMEMBER TO PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHEREVER YOU ARE FROM. - UNTIL THE NEXT ISSUE ..
Andy Thomas Illustrator
Holly Horsebrowns Comic Illustrator
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Cover Photography: Samira Saidi
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