Research Archive

Queens, NY 1978
Fekner’s first project on the issue of toxic substances, affecting not only every living species, but impacts the earth itself. While an undergraduate student, Fekner was impressed with Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Catalog published in 1970. Fekner stated that …not only was it exemplary of DIY publishing, but it also ushered in a common M.O. embodied in all art forms of that decade, including independent record labels, alternative art centers, pirate radio transmissions, etc.