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Plagiarism®
One of our most popular issues, and certainly one of our best reads, the current number comprises an exposition on the arresting notion of plagiarism as a positive artistic technique, especially as inspired by the Neoists and Stewart Home. Amid the memory of such witticisms as “Plagiarism saves time,” we find, in the outer margins of each page, a series of essays, each exploring an individual’s opinion or vision about plagiarism as an impetus and subject for creative works.
The handwritten text used for a cover image typifies the mental puzzling and gamesmanship in which many in our then-circle of participants engaged. Written by Christopher Erin, it takes no prisoners and leaves not a subatomic particle untouched in its amusing over-reach. Not to be outdone, the Tape-beatles took the opportunity of this issue to unveil their new registered trademark — on the world “Plagiarism®” itself.
Significant texts by such deep thinkers as Harry Polkinhorn and Ralph Johnson (among many others) fill the inch-wide margins with texts. Similarly important graphic works for the main space of the pages are provided by the likes of John Stickney, Steven Perkins, and others.
Notes
Printed on a Xerox 9500 xerographic duplicator.
Cover of the print editon was printed on a pseudo-parchment paper stock.
Initial issue of Volume VI of the PhotoStatic series.
Print run: 280.
PDF upload: 2003-08-01.
Changes
Photostatic Magazine Retrograde Archive no. 31
Various typesetting and layout improvements.
Printed version had “by the Tape-beatles” rubber stamped in red on the cover.
Contributors
Ll. Dunn
Anatoly Zyyxx
A.1 Waste Paper Co.
John Stickney
Harry Polkinhorn
Ge[of Huth]
Thad Metz
The Tape-beatles
John Eberly
Alessandro Aiello
Christopher Erin
Arturo Giuseppe Fallico
Janet Janet
Thom Metzger
Mark Rose
Lang Thompson
Ralph Johnson
Steve Perkins
Bob Grumman
Musicmaster
Linda Leidiger
