Tara Bursey
Punk Rockers on Creative Survival and the Survival of Creativity
2009
Self-Published Book
5.5"X8.5"
Limited edition of 50 hand-numbered copies
Foil Stamped Covers by Nicholas Kennedy
of Trip Print Press

Punk Rockers on Creative Survival and the Survival of Creativity is a zine that compiles interviews with punk rockers within and outside of my social circle. The interviewees are of all ages, and were interviewed based on their level of creative activity-- participants represent a cross-section of Toronto-based fanzine makers, musicians, artists and concert promoters.

In producing PRCSSC, young punks were given a platform to express their thoughts on creativity and discuss their creative production. Emphasis was put on making creative work, and how living in Toronto-- Canada’s largest metropolitan centre, the Canadian city with the highest cost of living, and the second most expensive city to live in North America-- effects creative production, from free exchange and collective work to house shows, handmade merch, “creative” methods of repairing equipment, and simply doing without. Connections were made between punk, creativity, and class as well as balancing an active creative life with a work life.

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