What’s this? The Yuck ‘n Yum team is evolving!

Venerable, leathery Yuck ‘n Yum stalwarts Andrew Maclean and Gayle Meikle are currently on sabbatical. Cast out as hermits in the wilderness, eating only berries, they will meditate rigorously on the fine technicalities of the art collective. We will welcome them back to civilisation in summer, by which time they will be luminous with enlightenment.

And we also welcome three new, fresh-faced, rosy-cheeked team members: Becca Clark, Dan Faichney and Morgan Cahn! Full of vim and pep and the florid glow of youth, each brings formidable new skills to the Yuck ‘n Yum team. Just look at them!

Let’s not forget the wider Yuck ‘n Yum extended family – that’s right, *you*! Our contributors are our second cousins once-removed, and we would have no zine without you. Our spring deadline is approaching fast (March 15), please do send us your work for inclusion in the Spring 2013 issue.

The deadline for the spring issue has been extended, so please send us your black and white artworks to submissions@yucknyum.org by March 15th. Both digital works and high quality scans of original artworks are accepted. If you’re unsure of format etc, please cast your eye over ‘How to submit‘.

For the forthcoming issue we are also accepting applications for written pieces. Articles should be around 900-1000 words and there are no absolute restrictions on subject or style. Previous features can all be found at /the-zine/ which should give you an idea what we’re after. Drop us a line if you have any queries.

Look at the kitten! It’s asking, nay, begging for submissions to 2013’s first Yuck ‘n Yum issue. Check out our How To Submit guidelines to appease the kitten.

Yuck ’n Yum are delighted to announce that our new cover artist for 2013 is Cos Ahmet.

Cos Ahmet describes his work as a ‘collective of body dialogue’. Themes of sexuality, identity & self are all principle themes in his work, exploring these through structures of the figure, form and self, constructing and reconstructing them into altered egos, meta-figurative beings & grafted self portraits.

In his current practice, he works and thinks across disciplines & practice boundaries, engaging a diverse range of media to create his work. The process results in the repetition of imagery. Echoes and trace elements emerge. As the personal element is shaped and shifted, the gestured, sexualised and fragmented personalities transpire.

Cos Ahmet studied BA Hons Constructed Textiles at Middlesex University. He currently lives & works in London.

We at Yuck ‘n Yum are incredibly excited to have Cos as our 2013 cover artist and are intrigued to see the direction in which Cos will take YNY in the year to come. Cos has been a recurring contributor to the zine, and you can view these works amongst others by heading to our zine archive. /the-zine/

Please check out his website where you can see a delightful array of work and projects.
http://www.cos-ahmet.co.uk/

We would also like to say a big thank you to Helen Flanagan who was our 2012 cover artist. Helen produced four incredible covers for us last year and we wish her all the best for the future.

The deadline for the Spring 2013 issue is the 15th of March.

Love from Yuck ‘n Yum

The latest edition of Yuck ‘n Yum will feature at tonight’s event at the BALTIC 39 space in Newcastle as part of Jim Shaw’s exhibition You think you own your stuff but your stuff owns you.  The event explore art fanzines, graphic novels and board games in association with Travelling Man, Newcastle. Yuck ‘n Yum will be amongst enthusiasts of unusual board games, comics and ‘zines who will give insights into their collections which will  also be on display. There will be a chance to play some unique board games and enjoy a beer/soft drink and American candies.  It looks to be a fun night!

 

We like yellow things. And we’re launching Val Norris & Steven Myles’ guest zine tonight at Drouthies in Dundee. Be there from 7 for zines, song poems, outsider music and a free download of the I Like Yellow Things mixtape.

2013 is here already! How the blazes did that ever happen? And what’s Yuck ‘n Yum gonna do about it?

We’re kicking off the year with another exciting event, of course!

Come join us from 7pm on Friday 11th January down at Drouthy’s Basement, where we have something rather special lined up. Continuing the Yuck ‘n Yum Guest Zine Project, Valerie Norris and Steven Myles will present I LIKE YELLOW THINGS, a zine dedicated to the magic of Song-Poems. We can promise you a thorough introduction to this strange outsider music with an array of classics from the Song-Poem canon. There’ll be DJ sets, free zines and all the fun you can handle, all for FREE! Get 2013 off on the good foot and we’ll see you there, yeah?

On Thursday the 20th, Alex and Becca will be taking the AGK (travel version) up to Offset57‘s Christmas party in Aberdeen. This is a rare chance to have a go at the AGK off-season!

Happy holidays! Merry winter! Our last issue of 2012 is readable online, and is winging its way to Yuck ‘n Yum stockists worldwide as we speak. This is the last one with a cover by YnY favourite Helen Flanagan, we’d like to extend our sincere thanks to her for furnishing our humble zine with her images.

Here’s a photo of the real Santa from our Winter launch. See you next year for more Yuck and about the same amount of Yum!

Come and meet Santa and our new zine.

Hannah Maclure Centre, 15th December. PRESENTS INCLUDED