WANTED: Editor & Graphic Designer
THE OUBLIETTE ZINE
The Oubliette are looking for an EDITOR and a GRAPHIC DESIGNER to start work asap on developing The Oubliette zine - an alternative, once-monthly, no-budget, folded-paper publication focused on:
* Arts features showcasing the work of The Oubliette's contributing artists and emerging artists from around London
* News features relevant to British subculture, autonomous art spaces and the Arts
* Serialised and regular features ie comic strips
* Opinions & Interviews
* Advertising for The Oubliette's events, call-outs and news
Distribution will be in the form of digital copies made available online via our website, partner sites, and sent out to our database (circa 5,000) alongside more inventive and cost-free methods to be discussed once recruitment has been determined.
The roles are unpaid, voluntary, and work-as-you-please. The Oubliette crew will contribute all necessary staffing, practical, and logistical support. This is an excellent opportunity to get involved in an exciting new publication from Britain's first Arthouse project.
Role description - EDITOR
* Manage zine and oversee production
* Source and manage contributors
* Discover innovative, inventive new ways of generating content
* Ensure good editorial standard
Role description - GRAPHIC DESIGNER
* Developing with the Editor a zine with a distinctive look, feel and format
* Creating a style that works well with budget reproduction methods such as photocopier and office printer
* Organising layout, compiling content
* Must have some experience in desktop publishing
Please submit a covering letter and relevant examples of your work or weblinks to Dan at join@theoubliette.co.uk by the 1st of July. Interviews will take place shortly after.
Live-In Core
We are looking for spirited, mature and imaginative people willing to contribute some of their time in developing the Arthouse project, as a resident member of The Oubliette.
You will help organise, prepare and staff events, keep the building clean and maintained and supervise studio users.
Good DIY skills and attitude is important. Basic squatter rights knowledge beneficial but not a prerequisite. We are not looking for people who don't like getting their hands dirty.
The rewards are great. Live-in volunteers enjoy free rent in central London whilst all our contributors can enjoy being part of the hub of an exciting new arts movement and a thriving, dynamic community.
If you think you could be part of The Oubliette, please send a covering letter to join@theoubliette.co.uk.
Helping Hands
The generous amount of time and expertise donated to The Oubliette from some of its key supporters plays a significant part in our development, without which, we wouldn't have gotten far. From PR to IT, our helpers have done everything from represent us, to provide the hosting for this website.
If you believe in what we are doing and would like to contribute, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please get in touch by emailing join@theoubliette.co.uk or calling 07552996028.
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"Visit The Oubliette as it will truly sing to your creative side and inspire you to do what you Love "
"London is probably the key inspiration for boy & schwester and a project like The Oubliette Arthouse is a prime example of why living here is so inspiring."
"Finding new common spaces for reclaiming the gap that separates the Excluded from the Included demands a number of creative solutions and strategies and perhaps an organization such as The Oubliette should be understood with these pressing imperatives in mind."
"One of the more exciting things to happen in London since the 70s'."
"London definitely needs more open spaces for art and it looks like you guys are really determined to make it a reality."
"The vision of The Oubliette Arthouse should be applauded"
"The meeting place for a lot of prominent figures of artistic avant-garde... The Oubliette is a breeding ground for creativity - it garners and generates ideas."
"Just as my faith in the art world is about to attempt suicide, The Oubliette appears, and I am saved... The Oubliette is like a freedom injection. I'll be back for my next hit this Friday."
"With another collective of imaginative, resourceful and caretaking people making an empty property their temporary home and turning it into something amazing it seriously seems to be time to come up with a new word for what they do."
"The Oubliette is a new regular venue on the arts scene... providing free security, preventing property devaluation and adding value to the community."