We love webzine, ezines, blogs, journals, essays and of course, print – so whenever we see a new one pop up somewhere, or discover an old one that we somehow missed, we want to shout it out all over and tell as many people as possible about it. All of these things help document the words and images of the various movements we love individually and societally; and we’re all about spreading the meme.

Six Years Later looks to blends so many elements that we love – engaging art from up and coming and established artists, issues, and near-futurist gazes at a world just around the corner. Wonderfully so, they’re also having a launch, including an exhibition, of their first issue at 1000 Pound Bend in Melbourne!

Seriously, we love this shit.

“It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here. The much anticipated Launch Party of this little magazine. The lovely folks at 1000 Pound Bend have kindly decided to host our not so little opening night, so make sure you head down on Friday the 15th of April. You’ll be given the red carpet treatment and embraced by the luscious beats of DJ Dom Cazeaux. Doors open 6.30 with the party going into the wee hours of 10pm.

Come down, have a drink, look at some delicious art and maybe buy a mag.. or two.

If you’re unable to make it to the festivities of opening night, you’ll still get a chance to be one of the cool kids and check out the freshest art Melbourne has to offer that weekend. The exhibition runs til Sunday arvo, so pencil it in!

We’re also very proud to be hosting The Hungry Workshop’s Queenslake exhibition. Featuring work from a range of Queensland’s leading designers and illustrators both past and present, Queenslake is an exhibition of letterpress prints to raise money for the relief effort, with all profits donated to The Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal. The prints will be sold for $50 each, in numbered runs of 50. Get something for your donation dollars (other than a hangover).”

Who: A whole bunch of Six Years Later crew and artists featured in Issue #1 with the Queenslake letterpress print fundraising exhibition.
What: Six Years Later Magazine launch party
Where: 1000 Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne, VIC
When: Launch is on Friday 15th April, from 7pm til 10pm. The exhibition will run until the 18th of April.

Check out the Six Years Later website for more details on the launch, the mag, submitting your own work or just sending them some love!