In a world where bodily fluids are viewed by a hysterical public as a potentially toxic substance, Demon Seed is a poignant if angry antidote. You hold it in your hand, and you hope it won’t bite. The angry red cover encloses grainy xeroxed images, collage and text. This is a very inventive and raw document about the travails of being HIV positive today. Urgent, angry, outspoken that is what Demon Seed is — like a compact ACT-UP in zine format — outlining the ramifications of recent court decisions surrounding HIV and sexual freedom that is being called into question over a recent spate of court cases from around the world. (RT)
zine, #1, Alex McClelland, $2, 20 Prince Arthur, Apt. 15G, Toronto, ONT M5R 1B1