12 Seconds Of Laughter magazine
In 1982 and 1983 Debbie Jaffe published five issues of a small press magazine called 12 Seconds Of Laughter, the subject of which was “the obscure, in all forms”. She described 12 Seconds Of Laughter as appealing “... to intelligent readers who can recognize the absurd and ridiculous in all the ‘serious institutions’ in our society...”.
Debbie took photos from foreign film catalogues, nonsense absurdist phonetic poems, cut-outs from advertisements, tracts, etc. and collaged them together to make non-statements about “love, sex, politics, psychology, religion”.
In March 2000 Jaffe wrote: “People didn't know what to make of 12SOL. Was it serious fictional literature? No. Was it informational? No. Was it humor? Maybe, but strange humor.”
The first issue was titled 12 Seconds Of Laughter. After publishing three issues – the second and third issues were titled 13 Seconds Of Laughter and 14 Seconds Of Laughter – she conceived of an audio version on cassette, titled
60 Minutes Of Laughter, which included the earliest experimental music recordings by Debbie Jaffe and Hal McGee. 15 Seconds Of Laughter was the final issue of the zine.
Debbie took photos from foreign film catalogues, nonsense absurdist phonetic poems, cut-outs from advertisements, tracts, etc. and collaged them together to make non-statements about “love, sex, politics, psychology, religion”.
In March 2000 Jaffe wrote: “People didn't know what to make of 12SOL. Was it serious fictional literature? No. Was it informational? No. Was it humor? Maybe, but strange humor.”
The first issue was titled 12 Seconds Of Laughter. After publishing three issues – the second and third issues were titled 13 Seconds Of Laughter and 14 Seconds Of Laughter – she conceived of an audio version on cassette, titled
60 Minutes Of Laughter, which included the earliest experimental music recordings by Debbie Jaffe and Hal McGee. 15 Seconds Of Laughter was the final issue of the zine.
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View each of the four print issues:
12 Seconds Of Laughter 13 Seconds Of Laughter 14 Seconds Of Laughter 15 Seconds Of Laughter |
Related pages:
The Edge by Hal McGee Notes From The Underwear by Jolifanto Karawane Active Listener zine a detailed history of 60 Minutes Of Laughter |
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