PUBLIC ILLUMINATION MAGAZINE (PIM)

Single issue, No. 14, May 1981, REJECTS.

 
Copy in like-new condition.

PIM is a little magazine (2 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches on slick paper) devoted to art and writing (never more than 250 words per contribution). Each issue has a theme. The first issue in December 1979 was devoted to telephones, followed by others on virulence, mass transit, little girls, and on to hair, climate, and miracles.

Originally published in New York City, PIM is now based in Italy. The editor is "Prof. Dr. Dr. Zagreus Bowery,"  who is ably assisted by one Miss Davenport. At first it was issued "non-weekly," later "non-monthly," then "non-biannual." Now it comes out non-occasionally and still contains work by some of the most creative writers and artists in the United States and Europe.

All work appears under pseudonyms.

Over the years, and especially in the 1980s, the writers and artists who have contributed have included: Kathy Acker, John Ashbery, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ken Brown, Steve Dalachinsky, Keith Haring, Michael Madore, David Sandlin, Hal Sirowitz, Sparrow, David Wojnarowicz, Thomas Zummer and yours truly. Complete series of the magazine are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York as well as other art institutions around the world.