REDTAPE

Redtape (aka Red Tape) was one of the East Village zines of artistic expression published between 1980 and 1992. Published and edited by Michael Carter, Red Tape Magazine featured comics, fiction, poetry, fine art, graphic art and photography; thereby chronicling issues and feelings central the post-punk East Village art scene during the 80’s. These included gentrification, the threat of nuclear war, sexual freedom, squatting, AIDS, no wave art and music, and the prevalence of hard drugs.