A resident at Pioneer Works, Christopher Kardambikis seeks an absurd mythology for the future through drawings, paintings, and books. Currently, he is continuing his ongoing Book-a-Month project playing with the book form while experimenting with materials, process, and space. He has co-founded three artist book and zine projects: Encyclopedia Destructica in Pittsburgh, Gravity and Trajectory in San Diego, and 90 Proof Press in Los Angeles. Christopher has been an artist-in-residence at the Art Students League, Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Millay Colony, Pioneer Works, Center for Art and Innovation, and the Pittsburgh Center of the Arts. He received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and MFA from the University of California, San Diego.
Paper Cuts is an exploration of the contemporary world of zines and DIY publishing. Hosted by Christopher Kardambikis, each program features writers, performers, and artists who have shared their work in print, on paper, and in small editions. Zines are truly dynamic publications that have built and supported engaged communities around ideals, experiences, genres, music, politics, poetry…anything that can be printed, shared, and/or mailed. The series will act as a cross section of this varied landscape and rich history. Listen to voices that would normally live in your hands and demand your eyeballs.
moreChristopher Kardambikis' first stop on his Megalopolis roadtrip is The Fishtown Tavern in Philadelphia, PA. Upon arriving, he sits down with designers and zinemakers Paige Hanserd and Justine Kelley to discuss their work over a round of bloody marys.
Christopher Kardambikis stops by Bookish in Baltimore to get the scoop from founders Shannon Partrick and Chris Zickefoose.
moreChristopher Kardambikis stops in Detroit to get the low down from Ditto Ditto founder Maia Asshaq.
moreChristopher Kardambikis heads into our nation's capital for the DC Art Book Fair.
moreChristopher Kardambikis rolls through Baltimore again, this time stopping at Pellinore Press, owned and operated by Ursula West Minervini and Jonathon Poliszuk.
moreWhile in Baltimore, MD Christopher Kardambikis talks to Suzanne Gold and Kelly Lloyd of HAIRCLUB, a collaborative research initiative into the multivalent topic of hair in our wider culture.
moreHost Christopher Kardambikis takes a trip to Skate Bowl behind Union Market in Washington, DC to speak with guests Bruce Adams, Ben Ashworth, Sam Boo, Jamie Early, Amanda McDonald, Louis M Schmidt, and Anne Smith.
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Winter Mendelson, Posture Magazine, host
The Spaces and The Book Spaces, host
The Return of Frenemies: Frenemies Again, host
Sites and Scenes, host
Second Button Gap, host
Road, Read, Blog, Fest, Promote, Distribute, host
Pulp Atlas , host
Primal Screams Zine Fest, host
Pioneer Works Zine Exchange, host
Personal Science, host
NOTHING, host
New York Art Book Fair 2015, Part 2, host
New York Art Book Fair 2015, Part 1 , host
Maybe That's What Meds Are For , host
Live Mince, host
LA Zine Fest, host
LA Art Book Fair Friends, host
Kung Fu Skateboard Comic Comics, host
Kitchen Tables , host
Just One More, host
Great and Grand, host
Felt. Squish., host
F.L.O.W., host
Endless Editions , host
EARTH EATERS, host
Cognitive Positioning System , host
Class Reunion , host
Class Reunion, host
Can’t See Your Own Face, host
Book Worm, host
Boat Books, host
Bluestockings , host
Bluestockings , curator
ANNIVERSARIES, host
3-Pack Jack, host
#BLKGRLSWURLD, host
#AllTheGazes, host
NOBODY WINS, host