OUT NOW! Conversations on Expanded Publishing

By Tommaso Campagna, May 26, 2025

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 is part of .expub, an ongoing research and practice led by a consortium of artistic and independent publishers experimenting with new and hybrid publishing formats. Over two years, the Institute of Network Cultures, Aksioma, Echo Chamber, and Nero Editions conducted projects and experiments aimed at building an operational model for Expanded [...]

Exploring Expanded Publishing Experiments: Not Yet Another Tool

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, Geert Lovink and Carolina Pinto, November 13, 2024

‘The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters’ – Antonio Gramsci Over the past decade, the Institute of Network Cultures has led several applied research projects about new (digital) publishing models: the Hybrid Publishing Toolkit, Urgent Publishing and Going Hybrid. Time and again, publishers, [...]

‘Exit Reality’ with Valentina Tanni and Guests | Report from Ljubljana

By Rok Kranjc, September 2, 2024

Throughout April and May 2024, Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art launched two exciting publications and hosted two events in collaboration with art historian and curator Valentina Tanni. These delve into Tanni’s latest research into internet aesthetics and culture while experimenting with inter-format or expanded publishing practices, and are as such part of a broader [...]

Comics Smelling Funny – An Unfair and Judgmental Take on Comics Culture  

By Ilan Manouach, August 12, 2024

1. Comics Artists The self-appointed sentinels of the paneled page who revel in their imagined eminence. With the wave of a pen, they anoint the chosen few, granting passage into their illustrious ink-stained realm. “You, with the avant-garde, unfinished graphic novel, step forth! But you, peddler of superhero clichés, begone!” they decree from atop their [...]

Expanded Publishing Fest #2: Space-in / Space-out | REPORT

By Tommaso Campagna, July 16, 2024

This is a report and expanded publication based on the event "Expanded Publishing Fest #2: Space-in / Space-out", co-organized by Gytis Dovydaitis, Nero Editions, and The Insitute of Network Cultures. The event took place the on April 19th 2024 at OT301 in Amsterdam and is part of a series of event in the context of the [...]

Expanded Publishing Fest #2 – Space-In / Space-Out – INC X NERO EDITIONS – April 19th

By Tommaso Campagna, March 21, 2024

Expanded Publishing Fest #2 Space-In / Space-Out 10 April, 19:00-03:00 @OT301, Amsterdam talks * performances * live coding * micro book fair * tactical television * club night – free entry – Join us for a program of performances and talks 🎤, a micro book fair 📚, a live tactical television broadcast 📹, and a [...]

THE VOID X NERO EDITIONS Exit Reality | Liminal Rome 10-02-2024 – Report

By Tommaso Campagna, March 19, 2024

.expub Launch EXIT REALITY | LIMINAL ROME

By Tommaso Campagna, February 10, 2024

10/02/2024 - 11/02/2024 @ 21:00 - 03:00 - EXIT REALITY | LIMINAL ROME Oltre la soglia, al centro dei desideri feat. h 21:00 Priscilla De Pace e Valentina Tanni (Talk/THE VOID Livestream) h 22:00 POLYSICK (Live) h 23:00 LEE GAMBLE (Live) h 24:00 OPIUM CHILD, SelectXXX Watch the event livestream here (21:00-22:00) https://vimeo.com/networkcultures/exitreality?share=copy NERO invites you to EXIT REALITY | LIMINAL ROME: Oltre [...]

Expanded Publishing Fest #2 – Space-In / Space-Out – INC & NERO Editions

By Tommaso Campagna, April 19, 2024

19/04/2024 - 20/04/2024 @ 19:00 - 03:00 - Expanded Publishing Fest #2 Space-In / Space-Out 19 April, 19:00-03:00 @OT301, Amsterdam talks * performances * live coding * micro book fair * tactical television * club night - free entry - Join us for a program of performances and talks 🎤, a micro book fair 📚, a live tactical television broadcast 📹, and a [...]

Expanded Publishing Fest #1 | Report and Stream Archive

By Tommaso Campagna, January 19, 2024