19:00-21:30
Triple Books Launch & Live Stream Art
During the Expanded Publishing Fest, we will be launching three special INC publications:
- Screentime Airtime Facetime, our first ever event-as-book, edited by Carolina Pinto and Senka Milutinovic. This publication on forms of hybridity in culture is the final result of our research project Going Hybrid.
- Semiotics of the End by Alessandro Sbordoni is the first book in our new series Network Notions, a pamphlet-like series that are produced, printed, and distributed entirely in-house by the INC.
- De bevrijding van het mecenaat, edited by Sepp Eckenhaussen, is the 49th book in the most prolific INC series Theory on Demand. This book, published in collaboration with Platform Beeldende Kunst, critically examines the rising power of philanthropists in the Dutch visual arts.
In between the publication launches, friends and collaborators will join us on stage for conversations about expanded publishing. Some of the publishers presenting their work at the Micro Book Fair will join us to talk about the invisible but crucial work behind the final publication; UKRAiNATV will be making a stream art contribution; and INC co-founders Geert Lovink and Emilie Randoe will talk about how it all started, 20 years ago.
This program will be broadcast live on The Void, an audiovisual podcast platform for experimental publishing and artistic research started by the INC in 2022.
19:00-21:30
Micro Book Fair
In parallel to the live program, the Micro Book Fair will take place. Independent cultural publishers from the INC network will present their publications. The participating publishers are:
- HumDrumPress
- Institute of Network Cultures
- Outline – Publishing Platform and Floating Collective
- Platform BK
- Starfish Books
- Ghost Town Publishers
- ErrantJournal
- Valiz
You can read more about the concept of the Micro Book Fair and the work of each participating publisher here. Make sure to bring some cash and a big bag to take those beautiful publications home!
22:00-03:00
Club Night
After the live program and book fair, the Expanded Publishing Fest will turn into a club night.
Line up: