"Rustic Airs" by Sybella Perry, designed and published by ATLAS Projectos, printed in risography by 'we make it'
Creative LAB: (Self-)publishing with Gonçalo Sena
48 hours on (self-)publishing and DIY processes - Workshop in English and German
"The analogue route has some advantages because self-publishing is not about distribution. It's about autonomy." - Gloria glitter, 2015
At its core, self-publishing not only includes the publication, layout, production and distribution of a specific publication format, but also the freedom to do this without permission or confirmation from an external, institutional or so-called 'established authority'.
This practice can take many forms and extend in different ways across time and space. It often enables unconventional editorial decisions, organic economies and means of production, irregular print runs and unexpected forms of distribution and thus contributes to the emergence of creative networks and synergies between equal (self-)publishers.
This two-day workshop led by Gonçalo Sena aims to reflect on self-publishing as an artistic practice. Commonalities and intersections between these two areas will be explored and participants will have the opportunity to transfer their artistic ideas and concepts into a printed format by experimenting within a collective editorial work process. The result is printed as risography by Moritz Grünke in his studio in Wedding, Berlin.
Registration: Registration takes place online and begins 4 weeks before the workshop date. It is only for our students Partner universities is possible.
Gonçalo Sena is sculptor, book designer and publisher. Through the use of industrial materials, organic elements and found objects, Sena's sculptures and spatial assemblages reflect on topics such as material (im)permanence, vernacular construction and displacement scenography. As a publisher, he co-founded the collective ATLAS Projectos in 2008, currently managed by Sena and Nuno da Luz. All publications are designed by the collective collaboration, and edited in close with the authors, artists, writers, and editors. Each project follows its own logic of production and print run.
Moritz Grünke is a Berlin based artist with a (self-)publishing practice. Together with Franziska Brandt he founded Gloria Glitzer their avatar and publishing project. Grünke also runs we make it, a studio dedicated to Riso printed matters and graphics, which also hosts the Herbarium Riso library. From 2015 to 2022 he has been an organizer of the Miss Read Festival at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, where he also edited and designed several readers on the publishing phenomena. Since 2023 he runs, together with Maja Milić, the podcast “Soft Cover – Hard Copy” that’s also aired on reboot.fm.
