21 February 2026 10:00am 
CoCA Gallery, Gloucester Street 
CoCA presents: CHOMP: The Paste-ups of Earwig Magazine, features original paste-up artwork from Earwig (1969-1973), an underground magazine created by John Milne. Curated by Claudia Long.
‘Prior to the introduction of the desktop computer, paste-ups were created by graphic designers to place typography and imagery into multi-layer compositions that would be combined in print to form a final page design. The evidence of the human hands behind the design of Earwig communicates care and effort that is uncommon in many design practices today. To physically plan and construct a paste-up design exercises a level of thought, craft and complexity that is at odds with the resources, space, and time available in our contemporary world.’ – Claudia Long.
In revisiting this past practice through the lens of a designer in the current age of computer automation and AI, this exhibition aims to highlight the slow manual craft of analogue design and how it could be used to subvert the digital mainstream of mass generation, producing work with real meaning and agency.
Exhibition runs from 21 February until 29 March.