Call for Issue 04: Winter 2019
Curated by Max-O-Matic

Deadline for submissions: October 1, 2019

Now! — Burning Bridges to the Past

After being one of the most defining elements of 20th century contemporary art, collage, has slowly, but persistently, lost its revolutionary aspects. It has become something shallower and emptier: an aesthetic. Collage, for many, is more a fixed combination of pre-defined elements (vintage, surreal, funny, etc.) than a medium that provides endless freedom to turn ideas into images in infinite ways.

Cut Me Up is a direct attack on this stale state of collage. Having to use collage as the main source to create more collage forces a fresh approach. Reappropriation of contemporary artworks, as opposed to forgotten cultural relics, compels us to examine our relationships to the materials we work with. It forces a breaking away from habitual patterns. In the process of transforming contemporary works the Cut Me Up audience shifts roles — the viewer/consumer of contemporary culture becomes the creator.

For Cut Me Up: Issue 4, I’d like to extend these ideas and unleash the possibilities of collage to respond to the present moment. Inspired by the innovative and radical spirit of the DADA movement, I encourage dynamic responses to contemporary culture through critique and social commentary.

– MAX-O-MATIC, Visual Artist, Director of The Weird Show

To submit artwork responses:

  • All clippings should be sourced from media published in 2019.

  • Black and white photography cannot be sourced from

    anywhere other than Cut Me Up: Issue 3.

  • Solid colors are very welcome.

  • Submissions have to make the reader think, so better to step away from the obvious and direct. Dare to be abstract!

  • All eligible submissions must incorporate some portion or portions of Cut Me Up: Issue 3.

  • Artwork responses may be in any media and may incorporate other materials.

Issue 4 Curator Max-o-Matic

Max-o-matic (Máximo Tuja), Buenos Aires, 1975, is an artist and image maker. Since 2002, Max has lived and worked in Barcelona, creating an imaginary world from torn pieces of the real one. His work has been exhibited in galleries in Barcelona, London, Madrid, New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Rome, Lima and México City, to name a few. His work with brands includes The New York Times, Electronic Arts and Universal Pictures, making his signature collage work for commercial and editorial projects.

Max is a founding member and director of The Weird Show, showcasing in exhibitions, on the internet and in printed matter the most outstanding contemporary collage worldwide.

Instagram: @maxomatic | @theweirdshowofficial
Web: maxomatic.net | theweirdshow.info

Cut Me Up Issue 4: Turning Point was published on January 1, 2019.