EXHIBITION OVERVIEW
The exhibition centers on Andrew Krivine’s vast collection of punk ephemera through three different foci: Jamie Reid and the Suburban Press (curated by Tom McDonough); women and punk; and the fashions of London’s punk scene seen through the boutiques BOY and SEX, also featuring photographs by Sheila Rock. The title of the exhibition is inspired by a 1977 drawing included in the first issue of Tony Moon’s fanzine Sideburns #1, originally created just to fill space in the zine. Now seen as one of the iconic expressions of the punk ethos, it was an impetus to just do something, Moon notes, “You didn’t need to have been to music school or be particularly proficient or skilled. It was much more about the energy and drive to do something. It’s a rallying call to the troops.”
PROGRAMMING: An Evening with Musician and Writer Amy Rigby
An evening with Amy Rigby that included performance, book reading & signing, and conversation with Jennifer Lynn Stoever (Binghamton Department of English) in the Main Gallery.
Singer-songwriter Amy Rigby read from her 2019 memoir, Girl to City, which details her coming of age as an artist in 1970s and '80s New York and London. Following the reading, she joined Stoever in an engaging conversation about her life, art, and the longevity of her career as a touring musician, and what "punk" has meant to her, then and now.
This event was co-sponsored by the Binghamton University Material and Visual Worlds TAE, the English, History, Music, and Art History Departments, as well as the Department of Women and Gender Studies. Riot Act Books also tabled in support of the exhibition and program.
PROGRAMMING: Bing Punk Rock Reunion
This gathering amplified the stories, experiences, style and sound of the folks who helped create punk in the Southern Tier, in their own words. Over 100 people gathered to participate in the evening which included a panel discussion and performance, live t-shirt screen printing, the collecting of oral histories, and the digitizing of punk ephemera (everything from clothes and flyers to CDs). The resulting "D.I.Y. Bing Punk Archive" (still in progress) allows anyone to access the history of punk in the Binghamton area.
EXHIBITION MATERIALS
Exhibition flyer (designed by Alessandro Segalini)
Exhibition overview (designed by Alessandro Segalini)
Section zines (designed by Alessandro Segalini)
Bing Punk Rock Reunion flyer (designed by Jennifer Lynn Stoever)
Bing Punk Rock Reunion event program (designed by Jess Norkus)
DIY Bing Punk Rock Archive flyer (designed by Jess Norkus)