Nightcrawler’s Magazine issue #8 (Nightcrawlerz)

Nightcrawlerz presents issue #8 with special guest artist centerfold by Ray Johnson. 36 pages 4 1/4x 5.5″ pink and white pages, cardstock covers, staplebound artist book produced in 1989 as a numbered edition of 200 copies. This issue has collaborative work by Harry Onickle and Carter Cannon with drawings and text by Nightcrawlerz and Ray Johnson.

Nightcrawlerz is an artist collective begun by Cary Loren and Barry Roth in 1979. They first met in the photography department of Wayne State University. Their work is an exploration of sound and word experiments laid out in the 1978 publication “The Third Mind” by Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs.

Nightcrawlerz uses found and manipulated sound and poetry inside a densely collaged and constructivist tabletop format. They are low tech auteurs of multi-media, photography, poetry, film, and sculpture. The group has collaborated with artists and musicians, most notably the late performance artist Ray Johnson, godfather of mail art.

Nightcrawlerz released their work in limited edition zine format (there were 9 issues of Nightcrawlerz magazines issued between 1979-1989) recorded on cassette tapes and CDs..] Their work was mainly distributed to friends and as mailart. In 2000, the “End is Here” label released a two CD set of their music work containing selections from the period 1979-1990.

Nightcrawlerz work is in the collection of the Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield, MI and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

$ 195.00