Working with artist and zine maker Kim Siew the MCA Youth Committee (YC) participated in a zine making workshop to create a response to the MCA’s ‘Ultra Unreal’ exhibition (2022). YC makers were interested in what could be achieved within the zine process – which requires urgency and collaboration – to create an expression that was formed with the same deliberate absurdity found in the exhibition. The zine response incorporates the eccentric elements of the exhibition, expanding on the constant relationship between art, the digital world and the self. It encompasses personal stories and reflections of 'Ultra Unreal' through a process of efficiency. Matching the diversity of the exhibition, the zine is part-artwork, part-reflection, part-poetry and more. It is both archaic and forever evolving, trusting the virtual world just as much as it repels it. It is positively introspective whilst engaging with community and all its parts communicate our voices, as young people.
