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OUT OF THE GRID: Italian Zines 1978-2006
A mapping of independent Italian publishing realities in a timeframe between ‘post-movimento ’77’ and ‘pre- web 3.0’.
November 24, 2023
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‘OUT OF THE GRID: Italian Zines 1978–2006’ is a 450-page book curated by Dafne Boggeri with the collaboration of Sara Serighelli, for SPRINT and O’ associazione non profit. Imagined to be a rhizomatic mapping of independent Italian publishing realities in a timeframe between ‘post-movimento ’77’ and ‘pre- web3.0’. The book highlights 100 projects that span music genres, social movements, sci-fi literature and creative expressions of the period, from role-playing games to hybrid formats of arts.
Each zine is presented to include detailed information and original scans, while interviews with key figures provide a deeper context of understanding. ‘OUT OF THE GRID: Italian Zines 1978–2006’ aims to be a research tool and to offer a valuable archive of the past, present, and future of Italian underground culture.
Dafne Boggeri is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice and background crosses various subcultural dimensions. From the hip hop scene [1990-2000] to the first Italian queer collective [2000-2004], to the current experience with TOMBOYS DON’T CRY [2011-ongoing].
Since 2013 she curates the multi-faceted platform SPRINT, in collaboration with Sara Serighelli. SPRINT is an artist-led non-profit initiative dedicated to investigate how contents, media and languages emerge in independent and artist publishing.
The book 'OUT OF THE GRID: Italian Zines 1978-2006' will be launched at SPRINT—Independent Publishers & Artists' Books Salon, the annual fair hosted at Spazio Maiocchi [Milan].
