Subversive publishing: a skillshare
DIY publishing workshop at Scarabocchio
Together we will talk about, try out and look at different ways in which we can use publishing as a means to take knowledge into our own hands and write history in our own words. We will look at different practices of DIY publishing, ranging from punky zines to artsy books, and will experiment around. The workshop is thought to be very hands-on and will be built around the ideas and contributions of all those who take part. We have different tools and materials already there, but everyone is welcome to bring materials if they want (paper, photos, texts, tools, magazines to cut and collage etc ...)
About Scarabocchio
Scarabocchio was born in 2024, when a heavy, old riso printer found its way up the stairs into a flatshare. From there, Damian and Val began printing posters, zines and books, learning new techniques and acquiring new tools along the way, while the focus stayed the same: the publication and distribution of radical political thought. For the past year, a studio has served as their base, but also as a meeting place where anyone can contribute and explore printmaking for themselves.
Damian (he/him) grew up in Basel, Switzerland, and moved to Vienna four years ago to study Digital Arts at the Angewandte. Long passionate about printing, he co-founded Scarabocchio in 2024 to further explore the worlds of ink and paper. Val (she/they) grew up in Italy and has been living in Vienna, by her own admission, for too long. She is completing her master's in philosophy and works around and within Scarabocchio, playing with prints and designs.
For registration please write an email to scarabocchio@disroot.org
*Limited spaces
The workshop is part of counter-document curated by Rosa Nahid Bertsch & Gabriel Zúñiga
Supported by BMWKMS, MA7, 15. Bezirk
The exhibition and public programme is the culmination of the Curatorial Laboratory, a four-month paid mentoring programme, conceived as a model for more equitable curatorial practice, offering emerging curators who are systematically excluded from institutional structures the chance to gain experience in a supported, non-gatekept environment.