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 Publishing. These conversations form a key building block of this model.

The consortium members interviewed Clusterduck, Silvio Lorusso, Thomas Spies, Irene de Craen, Geoff Cox, Gijs de Heij, Yancey Strickler,  Kenneth Goldsmith, and Dušan Barok.

Although already available online and in its web-to-print version, the conversation will also be published in a new edition of .𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙪𝙗 | 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, an experimental digital and print book that explores the practical applications of expanded publishing. This edition will also include a publishing manifesto and essays by Tommaso Campagna, Marta Ceccarelli, Sepp Eckenhaussen, Geert Lovink, Carolina Valente Pinto, Ezequiel Soriano, Annette Gilbert, Jordi Viader Guerrero, and Ilan Manouach.

The book will be launched on 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺, at the Expanded Publishing Fest #4, at 𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗧𝟯𝟬𝟭 (@𝗼𝘁𝟯𝟬𝟭𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗺)! SAVE THE DATE! More info soon!

Just like its subject of research, the project is open and expandable. What we are publishing today, is one current and possible version of it. From speech mediated by video call, to collaborative note-taking on etherport, to hyperlinked online text and printable versions – the expandable conversations are a theoretical and practical exploration of the moving elements of publishing.

This project has been funded with the support from the European Commission through the Creative Europe Program.