Author Archives: Joshua Berger

Announcing Plazaar

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Joshua Berger

Plazm issue #30 will feature a new indie-shop and community directory. Plazaar features small, very affordable pre-formatted ads for smaller, independent businesses. Contact us to find out whether your shop, band, service, or company qualifies. You can view sample ads … Continue reading →

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New Oregon receives grant to help fund Plazm #30

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Joshua Berger

The next issue of Plazm is in full production mode, thanks in part to a grant our new parent organization, New Oregon Arts & Letters, received from RACC. The Plazm 30 theme is rebirth. If you have an idea for … Continue reading →

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Typographic Ballet

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Joshua Berger

Also tonight, our industrious friends over at wk12 and fashion buddha in collaboration with Oregon Ballet have created a dynamic typeface from dance. The font is called Ligne and is based on the physical movements of two Oregon Ballet dancers, … Continue reading →

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Walt Curtis Benefit / Birthday Event

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Joshua Berger

Back in 1991 when Plazm first launched Walt Curtis was an early supporter bringing myself, Neva Knott, Patrick Bardel, and Rueben Nisenfeld on to his KBOO radio program The Talking Earth. A few years later Carl Hanni did a great … Continue reading →

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Plazm to participate in De Zines exhibition, Barcelona Spain. Opening 29th of June

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Joshua Berger

‘De Zines’ is an attempt to reflect and catalog contemporary editorial creation within independent publications today and how this work relates to the current social, cultural, and political environment. Around 400 international publications have been gathered from established magazines to handmade ‘zines … Continue reading →

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E*Rock poster show 6/17

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Joshua Berger

E*Rock was featured in Plazm #28 and has collaborated on a bunch of Plazm projects over the years. Here’s a great opportunity to check out a bunch of his posters in one place, plus some rad music.  “I Made 99 … Continue reading →

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Unembedded photojournalists in Iraq

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Joshua Berger

Thorne Anderson, featured in Plazm #29 alongside other unembedded photojournalists in Iraq, will be in Portland on Wednesday, May 26 as part of Oregon Humanities Think & Drink happy hour conversation. Photography curator and writer Kirsten Rian and photojournalist Thorne Anderson … Continue reading →

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Arawaka, artist who tried to halt aging, dies at 73

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Joshua Berger

Arawaka, along with his wife Madeline Gins, were featured in the Plazm #27 article “Reversible Destiny.” The article can be found in its entirety here. A nice, if overly brief obituary was written by the New York Times today. “It’s … Continue reading →

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Plazm-designed logo achieve tattoo status on Fort George patron’s arm

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Joshua Berger

I think this is the first time a Plazm branding has been branded on a body. At least the first that I am aware of. Nice guns. And great beer. The Fort George Brewery and Public House, Astoria, Oregon. We … Continue reading →

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Northwest Passage: the History of Independent Music in the NW

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Joshua Berger

Check out Thursday’s stellar music lecture w/ Calvin Johnson, Vanessa Renwick + Cool Nutz, the final in the Dill Pickle Club’s Northwest Passage series. Cary Clarke, the City of Portland’s just-appointed Arts and Policy Cultural Coordinator will interview our guests. … Continue reading →

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