Issue 2: Halloween Edition
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INALLY F BAM/PFA SC Vol. II / Issue 07 www.bampfasc.org F INALLY BAM/PFA STUDENT COMMITTEE VOLUME III, ISSUE II HALLOWEEN EDITION oct.2014 BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE STUDENT COMMITTEE RAG #bampfasc @bampfasc Editorial m black hole truckstop introducing a comic by UCB graduate and former student committee member bernadette McVerry check the upcoming issue of FINALLY for next panel Hallow readers! If you picked up on my corny joke then you can presume that it is that time of the year again: Halloween! As I began writing, I questioned how I would write this seg- ment. Would it begin by recanting buried tales of a boy who wore his lion costume to school on the wrong day? Would it begin by rehashing the misery of overloading on apple-fla- vored taffy? Or how, to this day, he still cringes at anything artificially flavored with apple? I suppose I could sacrifice these stories and offer a good laugh at my expense. Yet, as I thought of this holiday I had to concede how differ- ent this year really is. Granted, the opportunity for this holi- day to produce another story for the century is still looming around the corner, but there is also something else in the air that I cannot entirely squelch. Last year, I was a Grecian and completely submerged in two-dollar-gold-glitter eye shadow, which, I feel added another dimension to my already DIY costume. I had spent last year parading amongst the large masses of extravagant costumes in West Hollywood. You had anything from drag queens bedazzled from head to toe, to mechanically enhanced costumes like LED skeletons. Leave it to LA to go out running even in broken red heels. Although all of that was grand, being in Berkeley causes me to reconsider my rather problematic conceptions of costumes wear. This year has really pressed me to reconsider some trends of appropriating certain cultures. In other words, to not dress up in a culture that is not my own, or anything that is fundamentally sexist, racist, and all the other “-isms” under the sun. As a person who comes from a student committee that highly promotes art, I would like to take this time to urge you to be creative. Be a stapler! Be an art installation! Be magical! Be a hyper ventilating glitter bag (whatever that is)! Skies the limit! Halloween can still exist in all its glory with wonderful escapades, trashy parties, incognito behavior, and endless midnight-tales. But first: Read this ‘zine and think of BAM/ PFA fondly, as it too will be taking on a new “costume” (if you will) in the spring. Enjoy! From a Person Who Dressed Up as a Lion for Three Years, Alé
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Transcript of Issue 2: Halloween Edition
INALLY F BAM/PFAS
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Vol. II / Issue 07
www.bampfasc.orgFIN
ALL
Y
BAM
/PFA
STU
DEN
T C
OM
MIT
TEE
VO
LUM
E II
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II
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ALL
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EEN
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oct.2014
BERK
ELEY
ART
MUS
EUM
AND
PACI
FIC
FILM
AR
CHIV
E
STUDENT
COMM
ITTEE
RAG
#ba
mpfa
sc
@bam
pfas
c
Edit
orial
m
black hole truckstopintroducing
a comic by UCB graduate and former student committee member bernadette McVerry
check the upcoming issue of FINALLY for next panel
Hal
low
rea
ders
! If y
ou p
icke
d up
on
my
corn
y jo
ke th
en y
ou
can
pres
ume
that
it is
that
tim
e of
the
year
aga
in: H
allo
wee
n!
As
I be
gan
wri
ting,
I q
uest
ione
d ho
w I
wou
ld w
rite
this
seg
-m
ent.
Wou
ld it
beg
in b
y re
cant
ing
buri
ed ta
les
of a
boy
who
w
ore
his
lion
cost
ume
to s
choo
l on
the
wro
ng d
ay?
Wou
ld it
be
gin
by r
ehas
hing
the
mis
ery
of o
verl
oadi
ng o
n ap
ple-
fla-
vore
d ta
ffy?
Or
how
, to
this
day
, he
still
cri
nges
at a
nyth
ing
artif
icia
lly
flav
ored
with
app
le?
I su
ppos
e I
coul
d sa
crif
ice
thes
e st
orie
s an
d of
fer
a go
od la
ugh
at m
y ex
pens
e.
Yet,
as I
thou
ght o
f thi
s ho
liday
I h
ad to
con
cede
how
dif
fer-
ent t
his
year
rea
lly
is. G
rant
ed, t
he o
ppor
tuni
ty fo
r th
is h
oli-
day
to p
rodu
ce a
noth
er s
tory
for
the
cent
ury
is s
till l
oom
ing
arou
nd th
e co
rner
, but
ther
e is
als
o so
met
hing
els
e in
the
air
that
I c
anno
t ent
irel
y sq
uelc
h. L
ast y
ear,
I w
as a
Gre
cian
and
co
mpl
etel
y su
bmer
ged
in tw
o-do
llar
-gol
d-gl
itter
eye
sha
dow
, w
hich
, I fe
el a
dded
ano
ther
dim
ensi
on to
my
alre
ady
DIY
co
stum
e. I
had
spe
nt la
st y
ear
para
ding
am
ongs
t the
larg
e m
asse
s of
ext
rava
gant
cos
tum
es in
Wes
t Hol
lyw
ood.
You
had
anyt
hing
from
dra
g qu
eens
bed
azzl
ed fr
om h
ead
to
toe,
to m
echa
nica
lly
enha
nced
cos
tum
es li
ke L
ED s
kele
tons
. Le
ave
it to
LA
to g
o ou
t run
ning
eve
n in
bro
ken
red
heel
s.
Alt
houg
h al
l of t
hat w
as g
rand
, bei
ng in
Ber
kele
y ca
uses
me
to r
econ
side
r m
y ra
ther
pro
blem
atic
con
cept
ions
of c
ostu
mes
w
ear.
Thi
s ye
ar h
as r
eall
y pr
esse
d m
e to
rec
onsi
der
som
e tr
ends
of
app
ropr
iatin
g ce
rtai
n cu
ltur
es. I
n ot
her
wor
ds, t
o no
t dr
ess
up in
a c
ultu
re th
at is
not
my
own,
or
anyt
hing
that
is
fund
amen
tall
y se
xist
, rac
ist,
and
all t
he o
ther
“-is
ms”
und
er
the
sun.
As
a pe
rson
who
com
es fr
om a
stu
dent
com
mitt
ee th
at h
ighl
y pr
omot
es a
rt, I
wou
ld li
ke to
take
this
tim
e to
urg
e yo
u to
be
crea
tive.
Be
a st
aple
r! B
e an
art
inst
alla
tion!
Be
mag
ical
! Be
a hy
per
vent
ilatin
g gl
itter
bag
(wha
teve
r th
at is
)! Sk
ies
the
limit!
Hal
low
een
can
still
exi
st in
all
its
glor
y w
ith w
onde
rful
es
capa
des,
tras
hy p
artie
s, in
cogn
ito b
ehav
ior,
and
endl
ess
mid
nigh
t-tal
es. B
ut fi
rst:
Rea
d th
is ‘z
ine
and
thin
k of
BA
M/
PFA
fond
ly, a
s it
too
will
be
taki
ng o
n a
new
“co
stum
e” (i
f yo
u w
ill) i
n th
e sp
ring
. Enj
oy!
From
a P
erso
n W
ho D
ress
ed U
p as
a L
ion
for
Thr
ee Y
ears
,A
lé
