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Pastel Life 01 is collaborative Audio\/Visual Offering from Michael Ziobrowski & Randy Jim that was released as a collage zine and an audio cassette in 2015. The 32-page collection of 27 original, hand-cut collage works were made by Ziobrowski utilizing a strictly aerosol-based, pastel colour palette, mixed with magazine clippings from 1940s-70s Life<\/em>, Ebony<\/em> and Playboy<\/em> magazines.<\/p>\n Old articles and adverts are deconstructed, then re-transformed into modern works of minimalist art, touching on sexuality, fashion, music, technology, ice cream and abstraction. A companion piece, a 30-minute instrumental cassette of Electro\/Vaporwave Beats by Randy Jim of Dragonsoundz sets the audio landscape for this book.<\/p>\n The book was featured in Kolaj<\/em> #14<\/a>.<\/p>\n We wrote:<\/p>\n PURCHASE KOLAJ #14<\/a><\/p>\n ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong> The limited edition book is sold out, but you can still purchase the audio cassette for $5 US (digital download) or $10 US (audio cassette) at the Pastel Life Bandcamp site HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Something-in-the-Stars-by-Michael-Ziobrowski.jpg\")
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One could call it a visual journal were it not for the fact that most of the collages are particularly strong in their own right…The balance and simplicity of the collages make the zine a joy from start to finish. We look forward to seeing the next volume.<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nPastel Life 01<\/em>
\nby Michael Ziobrowski and Randy Jim
\n8.25″x5.25″; 32 pages
\nsaddle-stitched; printed on 100 lb. card stock
\nincludes a 60 minute cassette, containing a 30 minute album (repeated on both sides) wrapped in a two colour, RISOgraph cover
\nEdition of 50
\nX Is the Weapon<\/a>, Santa Ana, California, 2015<\/p>\n