PLAZM
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Portland Oregon, since 1991. Plazm history + new work ⚡️ www.plazm.com #plazmmagazine #plazmdesign #oncreativity #portlandstampco
Clara Maria Apostolatos reports in @hyperallergic.com on Coco Fusco's first US retrospective. Coco contributed to Plazm issue No. 13 (the corporate sponsored issue), 1996.
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Coco Fusco Turns Back the Ethnographic Gaze
In her first US retrospective, she becomes museum specimen, interrogator, colonial queen, and more to expose the systems that produce them.
hyperallergic.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Clara Maria Apostolatos reports in @hyperallergic.com on Coco Fusco's first US retrospective. Coco contributed to Plazm issue No. 13 (the corporate sponsored issue), 1996.
hyperallergic.com/1055584/coco...
hyperallergic.com/1055584/coco...
The current Cooley Gallery show at Reed College is the end of an era. For 20+ years curator Stephanie Snyder has done incredible work within this space & throughout the region.
We designed the Cooley brand. This animation was one in a series created for the gallery. Soundscape by Jonathan Snyder.
We designed the Cooley brand. This animation was one in a series created for the gallery. Soundscape by Jonathan Snyder.
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The current Cooley Gallery show at Reed College is the end of an era. For 20+ years curator Stephanie Snyder has done incredible work within this space & throughout the region.
We designed the Cooley brand. This animation was one in a series created for the gallery. Soundscape by Jonathan Snyder.
We designed the Cooley brand. This animation was one in a series created for the gallery. Soundscape by Jonathan Snyder.
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier
A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it.
hyperallergic.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
New work for Red Bull Theater
William Shakespeare.
Richard II.
Starring Michael Urie
Limited Off-Broadway engagement October 28 - November 30 at the Astor Place Theatre
Photography by Andrew Zuckerman
Tickets: www.redbulltheater.com/richard-the-...
William Shakespeare.
Richard II.
Starring Michael Urie
Limited Off-Broadway engagement October 28 - November 30 at the Astor Place Theatre
Photography by Andrew Zuckerman
Tickets: www.redbulltheater.com/richard-the-...
October 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New work for Red Bull Theater
William Shakespeare.
Richard II.
Starring Michael Urie
Limited Off-Broadway engagement October 28 - November 30 at the Astor Place Theatre
Photography by Andrew Zuckerman
Tickets: www.redbulltheater.com/richard-the-...
William Shakespeare.
Richard II.
Starring Michael Urie
Limited Off-Broadway engagement October 28 - November 30 at the Astor Place Theatre
Photography by Andrew Zuckerman
Tickets: www.redbulltheater.com/richard-the-...
God and Sex Special Edition
To celebrate the release of longtime Plazm editor Jon Raymond's latest novel we are making a signed, special edition in a handmade foil stamped slipcover.
Join us on @kickstarter.com & help make it happen! Limited to 50 copies.
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To celebrate the release of longtime Plazm editor Jon Raymond's latest novel we are making a signed, special edition in a handmade foil stamped slipcover.
Join us on @kickstarter.com & help make it happen! Limited to 50 copies.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/new...
God and Sex Special Edition
A signed, special edition of Jon Raymond's new novel in a handmade foil stamped slipcover. Limited to 50 copies.
www.kickstarter.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
God and Sex Special Edition
To celebrate the release of longtime Plazm editor Jon Raymond's latest novel we are making a signed, special edition in a handmade foil stamped slipcover.
Join us on @kickstarter.com & help make it happen! Limited to 50 copies.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/new...
To celebrate the release of longtime Plazm editor Jon Raymond's latest novel we are making a signed, special edition in a handmade foil stamped slipcover.
Join us on @kickstarter.com & help make it happen! Limited to 50 copies.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/new...
Tell Congress: No War with Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Tell Congress: No War with Iran
Donald Trump has bombed Iran. He did it without congressional approval, without a plan, and without the support of the American people. This reckless and unilateral act risks dragging us into a full-b...
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June 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tell Congress: No War with Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
It seems like ages ago when John McCain was caught on camera singing "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran" to the tune of the famous Beach Boys song Barbara Ann. We made a poster about it then.
No war with Iran.
Call Congress today & tell the your reps to support the War Powers Resolutions ☎️ 202-224-3121
No war with Iran.
Call Congress today & tell the your reps to support the War Powers Resolutions ☎️ 202-224-3121
June 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It seems like ages ago when John McCain was caught on camera singing "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran" to the tune of the famous Beach Boys song Barbara Ann. We made a poster about it then.
No war with Iran.
Call Congress today & tell the your reps to support the War Powers Resolutions ☎️ 202-224-3121
No war with Iran.
Call Congress today & tell the your reps to support the War Powers Resolutions ☎️ 202-224-3121
Dissent is Patriotic
Saturday is a nationwide call to peaceful protest, against tyranny, for freedom, for government of the people, by the people, for the people. Over 1,800 events have been organized in all 50 states. Visit nokings.org to find one near you.
Poster by Niko Courtelis
Saturday is a nationwide call to peaceful protest, against tyranny, for freedom, for government of the people, by the people, for the people. Over 1,800 events have been organized in all 50 states. Visit nokings.org to find one near you.
Poster by Niko Courtelis
June 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Dissent is Patriotic
Saturday is a nationwide call to peaceful protest, against tyranny, for freedom, for government of the people, by the people, for the people. Over 1,800 events have been organized in all 50 states. Visit nokings.org to find one near you.
Poster by Niko Courtelis
Saturday is a nationwide call to peaceful protest, against tyranny, for freedom, for government of the people, by the people, for the people. Over 1,800 events have been organized in all 50 states. Visit nokings.org to find one near you.
Poster by Niko Courtelis
Our irregular newsletter is out. New limited edition release with Ian Lynam exploring Cooper Chrome.
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June 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Our irregular newsletter is out. New limited edition release with Ian Lynam exploring Cooper Chrome.
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"The spell interrupted” Damien Davis in @hyperallergic.com
Let It Burn
For Black people, watching the Nottoway plantation go up in flames felt like witnessing a lie collapse under the weight of truth.
hyperallergic.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"The spell interrupted” Damien Davis in @hyperallergic.com
Matt McCormick returns ....
Back in our old neighborhood before the city knocked down the building we were in. But that's another story. Matt was featured in Plazm magazine multiple times and was the film editor for us for a while.
www.orartswatch.org/filmmaker-ex...
#indiefilm #pdxart
Back in our old neighborhood before the city knocked down the building we were in. But that's another story. Matt was featured in Plazm magazine multiple times and was the film editor for us for a while.
www.orartswatch.org/filmmaker-ex...
#indiefilm #pdxart
Filmmaker-exhibitor Matt McCormick: Back at the Boathouse • Oregon ArtsWatch
The longtime Portland experimental filmmaker and curator, now mentoring generations of filmmakers in Spokane, returns to the microcinema and studio where he first flourished.
www.orartswatch.org
May 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Matt McCormick returns ....
Back in our old neighborhood before the city knocked down the building we were in. But that's another story. Matt was featured in Plazm magazine multiple times and was the film editor for us for a while.
www.orartswatch.org/filmmaker-ex...
#indiefilm #pdxart
Back in our old neighborhood before the city knocked down the building we were in. But that's another story. Matt was featured in Plazm magazine multiple times and was the film editor for us for a while.
www.orartswatch.org/filmmaker-ex...
#indiefilm #pdxart
Stay Sick
The second Dave Thomas contribution to Plazm is an amazing article which he authored: "Ghoulardi, Lessons in Mayhem from the First Age of Punk." This was published in Plazm No. 28, circa 2006. in honor of Mr. Thomas, this article can now be found in our online magazine.
bit.ly/4cQj9yp
The second Dave Thomas contribution to Plazm is an amazing article which he authored: "Ghoulardi, Lessons in Mayhem from the First Age of Punk." This was published in Plazm No. 28, circa 2006. in honor of Mr. Thomas, this article can now be found in our online magazine.
bit.ly/4cQj9yp
Ghoulardi
Lessons in Mayhem from the First Age of Punk by Dave Thomas
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May 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Stay Sick
The second Dave Thomas contribution to Plazm is an amazing article which he authored: "Ghoulardi, Lessons in Mayhem from the First Age of Punk." This was published in Plazm No. 28, circa 2006. in honor of Mr. Thomas, this article can now be found in our online magazine.
bit.ly/4cQj9yp
The second Dave Thomas contribution to Plazm is an amazing article which he authored: "Ghoulardi, Lessons in Mayhem from the First Age of Punk." This was published in Plazm No. 28, circa 2006. in honor of Mr. Thomas, this article can now be found in our online magazine.
bit.ly/4cQj9yp
Always leaving but never going. We are saddened to hear of the passing of Dave Thomas, the legend behind Pere Ubu. Mr. Thomas appeared twice in Plazm magazine. The first time was an interview with Fern Gnesin in Plazm No. 11, published 1995, now shared in our online magazine.
bit.ly/4jw2XFa
bit.ly/4jw2XFa
May 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Always leaving but never going. We are saddened to hear of the passing of Dave Thomas, the legend behind Pere Ubu. Mr. Thomas appeared twice in Plazm magazine. The first time was an interview with Fern Gnesin in Plazm No. 11, published 1995, now shared in our online magazine.
bit.ly/4jw2XFa
bit.ly/4jw2XFa
Dropping a new signed, limited edition blotter acid sheet collaboration with Art Chantry x The Portland Stamp Company.
Details here: theportlandstampcompany.com/artist-serie...
#stampdesign #blotterstamp #limitededition #signededition #artchantry #seattledesigner #stamps
Details here: theportlandstampcompany.com/artist-serie...
#stampdesign #blotterstamp #limitededition #signededition #artchantry #seattledesigner #stamps
Art Chantry - The Portland Stamp Company
Blotter acid stamps designed by Art Chantry, one of America’s leading designers. 130 stamps per 8.5 x 11" digital offset + screen printed sheet.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Dropping a new signed, limited edition blotter acid sheet collaboration with Art Chantry x The Portland Stamp Company.
Details here: theportlandstampcompany.com/artist-serie...
#stampdesign #blotterstamp #limitededition #signededition #artchantry #seattledesigner #stamps
Details here: theportlandstampcompany.com/artist-serie...
#stampdesign #blotterstamp #limitededition #signededition #artchantry #seattledesigner #stamps
Diversity makes us stronger. There are some who historically have had privilege that see diversity as a threat. This attack from the national stage is impacting many and being felt at a local level. Corporations that remove their diversity programs are being boycotted (👋 Target).
Sign in support — Portland Arts & Culture for Equity
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March 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Diversity makes us stronger. There are some who historically have had privilege that see diversity as a threat. This attack from the national stage is impacting many and being felt at a local level. Corporations that remove their diversity programs are being boycotted (👋 Target).
We will not be free if we do not imagine freedom ... From now on, if you don't resist, you collude.
—Ursula K. LeGuin
—Ursula K. LeGuin
February 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We will not be free if we do not imagine freedom ... From now on, if you don't resist, you collude.
—Ursula K. LeGuin
—Ursula K. LeGuin
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
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February 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Margie Rischiotto's beautiful and slightly disturbing work featured in It's Nice That.
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mar...
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mar...
Margie Rischiotto’s practice is where internet core meets fever dream fantasy
Drawing from early internet aesthetics and the childhood escape that they offered, Margie’s world satisfies one’s nostalgia whilst exploring discomfort and interpretation.
www.itsnicethat.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Margie Rischiotto's beautiful and slightly disturbing work featured in It's Nice That.
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mar...
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mar...
Our 1995 interview with Leonard Peltier included a card to then President Clinton calling for clemency. Today, 30 years later, Biden granted it.
#peltier #leonardpeltier #clemency #freeatlast
#peltier #leonardpeltier #clemency #freeatlast
Our interview with Leonard Peltier published in Plazm No. 11, circa 1995.
We included a postcard addressed to then President Bill Clinton asking for clemency. Joe Biden's final days in office represent the likely last chance for this wrong to be corrected.
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#pardon
We included a postcard addressed to then President Bill Clinton asking for clemency. Joe Biden's final days in office represent the likely last chance for this wrong to be corrected.
medium.com/plazm/out-of...
#pardon
Out of Hand
An Interview with Leonard Peltier
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January 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Our 1995 interview with Leonard Peltier included a card to then President Clinton calling for clemency. Today, 30 years later, Biden granted it.
#peltier #leonardpeltier #clemency #freeatlast
#peltier #leonardpeltier #clemency #freeatlast
So saddened to hear of the passing of #DavidLynch.
The world will miss his unique voice and vision.
We published his art in Plazm No. 30 alongside a wonderful conversation with Stephanie Snyder. The interview along with images of the print spreads is online here:
medium.com/plazm/in-the...
The world will miss his unique voice and vision.
We published his art in Plazm No. 30 alongside a wonderful conversation with Stephanie Snyder. The interview along with images of the print spreads is online here:
medium.com/plazm/in-the...
In the Astral Plane with David Lynch
Interview by Stephanie Snyder
medium.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So saddened to hear of the passing of #DavidLynch.
The world will miss his unique voice and vision.
We published his art in Plazm No. 30 alongside a wonderful conversation with Stephanie Snyder. The interview along with images of the print spreads is online here:
medium.com/plazm/in-the...
The world will miss his unique voice and vision.
We published his art in Plazm No. 30 alongside a wonderful conversation with Stephanie Snyder. The interview along with images of the print spreads is online here:
medium.com/plazm/in-the...
Is a theater in your neighborhood playing this?
If not, you can ask your local independent theater to book FROM GROUND ZERO by emailing bookings@watermelonpictures.com
If not, you can ask your local independent theater to book FROM GROUND ZERO by emailing bookings@watermelonpictures.com
From Ground Zero | Official Trailer HD | In Theaters NOW!
YouTube video by Watermelon Pictures
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January 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Is a theater in your neighborhood playing this?
If not, you can ask your local independent theater to book FROM GROUND ZERO by emailing bookings@watermelonpictures.com
If not, you can ask your local independent theater to book FROM GROUND ZERO by emailing bookings@watermelonpictures.com
Heartfelt thanks our friends, colleagues, collaborators, and clients for being part of our world.
Let’s all reflect on our accomplishments, learn from failure, and continue to grow.
Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy new year.
Let’s all reflect on our accomplishments, learn from failure, and continue to grow.
Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy new year.
December 26, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Heartfelt thanks our friends, colleagues, collaborators, and clients for being part of our world.
Let’s all reflect on our accomplishments, learn from failure, and continue to grow.
Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy new year.
Let’s all reflect on our accomplishments, learn from failure, and continue to grow.
Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy new year.
Holiday Cheer from Plazm
Holiday card illustrated by Patrick Long. Patrick has contributed to multiple issues of Plazm. In issue No. 28 we featured his series of drawings titled "Cop Love" and used one of them on our Christmas card.
#christmascard #holidaycheer #coplove
Holiday card illustrated by Patrick Long. Patrick has contributed to multiple issues of Plazm. In issue No. 28 we featured his series of drawings titled "Cop Love" and used one of them on our Christmas card.
#christmascard #holidaycheer #coplove
December 25, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Holiday Cheer from Plazm
Holiday card illustrated by Patrick Long. Patrick has contributed to multiple issues of Plazm. In issue No. 28 we featured his series of drawings titled "Cop Love" and used one of them on our Christmas card.
#christmascard #holidaycheer #coplove
Holiday card illustrated by Patrick Long. Patrick has contributed to multiple issues of Plazm. In issue No. 28 we featured his series of drawings titled "Cop Love" and used one of them on our Christmas card.
#christmascard #holidaycheer #coplove
Sgt Papers - fun video & song from Hermosillo, Mexico
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1XP...
Thanks to Jay Babcock for the tip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1XP...
Thanks to Jay Babcock for the tip.
Sgt Papers - FUGA video
YouTube video by IN THE RED RECORDS
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December 15, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Sgt Papers - fun video & song from Hermosillo, Mexico
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1XP...
Thanks to Jay Babcock for the tip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1XP...
Thanks to Jay Babcock for the tip.