Linder sterling was a artist and a radical feminist from within the punk and post punk scene, She created collage montages by combining pornographic images from pornographic magazines with images from domestic magazines with mainly domestic appliances being used. This was to make a point about the cultural expectations of women and the treatment of female body as a commodity. These images where created to provoke shock a common tactic used within the punk movement to create a jolt of impact which would immediately catchs people attention. Linder sterling had alot of her work published in the fanzine secret public, This was her way of sharing her work with the world. She also had her work put onto record sleeves another very common way for designers and artists to share there work in the punk era. Her work feated within buzzcocks orgasm addict.
Now a days fanzines and record sleeves as a means for work to be shared is obsolete as the internet is a much more accessible and cheap way to share work. So when we compare linder starling to designer scientwehst we can see very clearly the link between there process and there aesthetic, However it has evloved to fit the current environment. It is also very clear that they are making similar messages about the female body with a big emphasis on causing a stir. Scientwehst has used cut and paste on a digital platform where as linder sterling has used a analog plateform. So taking from the internet instead of a magazine, I would argue that this holds Punks DIY ethos, as Scientwehst is using the tools she has at hand to get her message across. Instead of using fanzines scientwehst has the opotunity to use social media an even cheaper and easier means of sharing, It has the same sense of self publishing although does come with limitation that a fanzine may not of come with. For example work uploaded can be taken down by instagram if they deem it unappriate I think scientwehst is purposely challenging these limitations however this is pretty punk in instelf, fighting against the establishment.
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