Redtape

These included gentrification, the threat of nuclear war, sexual freedom, squatting, AIDS, no wave art and music, and the prevalence of hard drugs.

[1] From 1982 to 1992 Redtape Magazine provided a venue for both established and emerging East Village artists and writers of the downtown New York scene.

Michael Carter, the editor and publisher of Redtape, said that the purpose of the magazine was "to explore new possibilities and forms of expression, to develop craft and technique without becoming sequestered in an intellectual or academic ivory tower."

[3] Redtape Magazine literary contributors included Patrick McGrath, Kathy Acker, Max Blagg, Gregory Corso, Constance DeJong, Lynne Tillman, John Farris, Miguel Piñero, and Ed Sanders.

Visual art contributions were made by David Wojnarowicz, Mike Cockrill, Christof Kohlhofer, Kiki Smith, Kembra Pfahler, Barbara Ess, Joseph Nechvatal, Greer Lankton, Joe Coleman, James Romberger, and others.