Our Book of the Season
Unlike the original Penthouse magazine
the publication quickly gained a dedicated following and became a significant influence on the genre
Before Tape Op hit the scene as a modest self-published zine in 1996
each with their distinct ideologies and charismatic leaders
Rapid Eye 2 science Our Book of the SeasonPainters, cyberpunks, dog boys, mad scientists, occultists, neoists, performance artists, film makers, writerss, leopard girls and voodoo horsemen. Hacking into the new virtual geography, where time and space do not exist, but where thought survives, as in art. In this age of transition and sensory overload, new ideas and organisations of perception form. To be marginalised, misunderstood, ignored, reviled. But melancholy can fuel creation.