by VINCENT TINGUELY

Zines have been inspiring multimedia artist Amber Goodwyn since she discovered Fishpiss in her high school days. She was one of four young women who created Salt, a "youth-directed filmzine" produced by the NFB, before the film-making experience led to a stint at the Mel Hoppenheim School at Concordia.

"I like making experimental, personal films with lots of animation in them," Goodwyn says, namechecking Stan Brakhage as one big influence. "I enjoy actually handling the film. I use 16 mm film and a Bolex camera, edit on a flat bed, and so far I've preferred the films to be silent."

Goodwyn airs her film works through the Double Negative film collective, which organized a screening at the NFB theatre last July, and will be screening again this spring. She's also involved with the Circle K media collective. "It started out with these teenage boys with video cameras in Verdun - it's their street gang," Goodwyn explains. "Every summer there's a festival featuring rock bands and films."

Goodwyn's love affair with the zine aesthetic has flowered with Lickety Split, a smut zine that promotes the sexual expression of artists from various lifestyles working in various media. "l consider it to be a curatorial effort," Goodwyn explains. "I invite artists and writers who will go well together."

The first issue was launched with a sold-out show at Sala Rossa last year, featuring Pony Up!, Holy Moly and Wolf Parade. The second issue's now in print, and Goodwyn's setting up a St-Henri launch for later this month.

"The latest issue is an intimate, hand-holding experience," says Goodwyn. "I want the third issue to be a more dirty, wild-sex-in-public kind of thing. I've already started a course at Danse Ero Teknique as research!" For more info, visit www.construktor.net.