UNDER THE RADAR

The mid-1960s witnessed a boom in underground and selfpublished works. Hectographs, mimeographs, and offset printing not only allowe d for the production of small, lowcost print runs but also promote a unique aesthetic: using wild mock-ups, »messianic amateurs« com bined typescript aesthetics, handwriting, scribbled drawings, assemblages of collaged visuals, porn photos, snapshots, and comic str ips. The typography consciously frees itself, in parallel to a liberalization of linguistic and visual forms of expression in the na me of a ...[Read more]