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A party to print

The current libre / open source toolset allows pushing the boundaries of book making. During the last 10 years, in a wish to go beyond limits imposed by proprietary software, designers, artists and collectives researched new ways of thinking the publishing chain. PrePostPrint, initiated by Sarah and myself in 2017 is a network made up of such people, events and tools. The collective shares ways of crafting graphic objects, with alternative, libre or DIY tools or made in a certain context constrained by its economy, its emergency or its collaborative nature.

During the seminar A Party to Print we will organize a party within the school, get it documented, and print a publication about it. The book is the party, and the party is the book. Students will have to develop and design dedicated digital protocols and tools to live document the event, using automation, HTML to print, single source publishing, live collaboration, generative typography / layout / content…

Even if no specific knowledge is required, we will make sure to create a balanced group to collaborate on code, design, food, and event organisation.

Each team will have to take care of both the party version and the book version of their mission. E.g. The cooking team will have to prepare and serve food during the party, and will also have to imagine and develop how “food” will be present in the book. For instance the cooking team will prepare a table with food presented in a specific grid already compatible with the final book format and grid. A photograph device will shot this table being emptied and the resulting sequence will appear in the “food” section of the book.

Objective

Create hybrid and performative publishing experiments,
designed to be compatible with the event
and the publication.

Skills needed

• -event organisation-
• -book making-
• -cooking-
• -electronics-
• -programming-
• -performing-
• -documentation-

References

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TODO

• shemas pour exemple de presentation
• imprimer le text

5min presentation 

• presentation S & R
• prepostprint / code to print / free software
• performative book making
• party 29 of june
• dates
we are sarah garcin and raphaël bastide - gfx designer, dev, cook, radio - artist, sound performances, programmer, graphic designer we are both interested in alternative publishing systems with free software we have imagined a seminar called A party to print where students will have to organise a party that will be printed as a book using custom software and specific devices. Party is the 29 of June, you are all invited! All thursdays every two weeks from May the 4th