Afraid of Modern Living: World Imitation & Monitor, 1977-1982 Punk Emerging as creators of collaged

Emerging as creators of collaged and photocopied mail art and publications in the late 1970s

the collective explored topics as disparate as exotica

psychedelia

Love and Rockets)

John Cockrill

Afraid of Modern Living: World Imitation & Monitor, 1977-1982 Punk Emerging as creators of collagedAvailable now is the authorized history of the obscure and influential Los Angeles art and music collective World Imitation Productions (WImP). Emerging as creators of collaged and photocopied mail art and publications in the late 1970s, World Imitation is perhaps best known in its musical incarnation, the band Monitor, which was active between 1978 and 1982, with live performances as well as two self produced 7" singles and one LP. (The LP was