Nomenclature is the manner in which names are assigned. We collect names and titles and then we reveal the story behind that name.

Coming up with a name is probably the hardest thing Static Zine has gone through so far. There were months of back-and-forths of how words feel. One person takes a word different than another, how does that work? But it does. Names are the first impression, that special hook, and they also help steer where the project goes. Words were thrown around in conversation, organized in magnets-on-refrigerator fashion, chalked on a chalkboard, emailed, written throughout notebooks.

Static came when I heard the lyric, “Blinking lights are guiding you away / Static voices telling you to stay” in the Junip song “It’s Alright”. I liked that static voices were telling people to stay, and thought that fitting for a collaborative zine based around a place. “Static Voices” didn’t work for us, but Static was quick, electrifying and a little eccentric. Paired with Static Zine, it flowed off the tongue, everyone was fine with it and we pushed forward.

- Jessica Lewis, editor/writer for RoundLetters and Static Zine