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Fri 29 Apr 2016 - Second Special Issue: Interfacing the Law

[libgen.io]

We have adjusted and simplified the course structure a bit. Now we have
just two components on which the curriculum will be developed.

One is the periodicals that were drafted less than two months ago, and
that are recurring lectures, seminars, and workshops, each following one
of the six tracks: Histories of Experimental Publishing; Publishing as
Practice; Reading, Writing, and Research Methodologies Seminar;
Techno-legal Templates and Sandbox Culture; The Importance of Being
Archive; and Tools for Procedural Publishing.

The other is _Special Issues_, which will be the category under which we
will place the different themes explored throughout the year. The themes
will be explored following different means and methods and often be
linked with external collaboration and events. Next to that each special
issue will materialise itself in the publishing of a ... special issue,
which will be documented on this site.

A few months ago, we announced that one of such themes would be
developed in parallel to the next edition of the Zine Camp. We are very
excited to now announce that the second special issue confirmed is
_Interfacing the Law_, in collaboration with collective Constant.

The special issue _Interfacing the law_ will be an attempt to build a
platform, both in the sense of an on-line interface and as a public
discourse, that would allow us to openly discuss, reflect and respond to
increasing court cases and legal threats occurring whenever the right to
access to knowledge is held up against claims of copyright. We think it
is urgent that we find ways to make the public debate transcend the
juridical binary of illegal vs. legal, and claim political legitimacy
for sharing electronic publications.

For a draft description of this special issue, check the curriculum
page.

We are working confirming another special issue, and hope to announce it
in the coming weeks! (hint)


Mon 11 Apr 2016 - Advisory Board

_One month later..._

[advisory_board]

Hey, we have invited some very fine people to the xpub board. The three
of them have been long time friends of PZI, and their task will be to
give us feedback on the course development. So without further a do, let
us introduce you to:

THOMAS CASTRO

Thomas Castro is co-founder of LUST, a trans-disciplinary design
practice established in 1996, based in The Hague, Netherlands. LUST’s
design methodology is generative-based, founded upon the development of
an analytical process which leads eventually to systems and algorithms
that produce design. This fascination led to the establishment of a new
research-based media & technology studio laboratory dubbed LUSTlab in
2010. Since 2002 Thomas has taught at the ArtEZ Academy of Arts, Arnhem
department of Graphic Design, becoming head of the department in 2012.
Thomas has also served in various design commissions and juries such as
the Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB) and
the Mondriaan Fund. He has taught numerous workshops and given lectures
at design conferences, academic institutions and cultural institutes all
around the world.

OLGA GORIUNOVA

Olga Goriunova is a Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of
London. She is the author of _Art Platforms and Cultural Production on
the Internet_ (Routledge, 2012), editor of* Fun and Software: Exploring
Pleasure, Pain and Paradox in Computing* (Bloomsbury, 2014) and
co-editor, with Alexei Shulgin, of _Readme. Software Art and Cultures_
(University of Aarhus Press, 2004). She is a co-founder and co-editor of
_Computational Culture, A Journal of Software Studies_
(computationalculture.net). She has also worked as a curator,
co-organizing, among other, _Readme, software art festivals,_ 2001-2005
and _Runme.org_ software art repository. In 2015, she was a fellow at
the University of Leuphana’s Digital Cultures Research Lab. In 2014-2016
she is part of the _Posthumanities_ research network and member of the
_Visual Social Media Lab_, working on the project _Picturing the
Social_. She is currently working on a monograph on digital subjects and
on a co-authored book on environmental ethico-aesthetics.

ALESSANDRO LUDOVICO

Alessandro Ludovico has been an artist, media critic and editor in chief
of _Neural magazine_ since 1993. He has published and edited several
books, and has lectured worldwide. He's one of the founders of _Mag.Net_
(Electronic Cultural Publishers organization). He also served as an
advisor for the _Documenta 12_'s Magazine Project. He has been guest
researcher at the Willem De Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and he teaches
at the Academy of Art in Carrara[1] and NABA in Milan.[2] He is one of
the authors of the _Hacking Monopolism_ trilogy of artworks (_Google
WIll Eat Itself_, _Amazon Noir_, _Face to Facebook_). Currently he’s PhD
candidate at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK).


Fri 11 Mar 2016 - Complete Draft Periodicals

As mentioned previously, we are building the course around three levels,
named according to their occurrence and purpose: periodicals, special
issues, and flyers.

The _periodicals_ are providing the practice and theory backbone of the
course, and each periodical will happen at a regular frequency, building
up throughout the whole first year of the Master.

TODAY, WE HAVE JUST FINISHED DRAFTING ALL THE PERIODICALS!

There are six in total: Histories of Experimental Publishing; Publishing
as Practice; Reading, Writing, and Research Methodologies Seminar;
Techno-legal Templates and Sandbox Culture; The Importance of Being
Archived; and Tools for Procedural Publishing. You can read an abstract
for each of these courses in the curriculum.

[celebration]


Fri 19 Feb 2016 - Curriculum Update

Ohai.

Looking at the beginning of curriculum, it looks like we're going to be
quite busy next year! We'll be essentially developing the content at
three (maybe four) levels: the recurrent lessons and lectures
coordinated by core staff (periodicals), collaboration with outside
public events (flyers), and short intense one-time workshops focused on
particular things (special issues). Some of these levels are already
populated with some draft blurb, and we'll be adding more and refine
further in the coming weeks!

Oh and BTW ...

[zinecamp]
...super happy to announce that the first _flyer_ confirmed is the 2016
edition of the Zine Camp! The only place where you'll find zines ranging
from floppy diskmags to hand-drawn underground newspapers :)


Thu 11 Feb 2016 - Open House

[xpub3]

Saturday the 13th of February, PZI will host its annual Open House!

For the occasion, we thought it would be good to have posters to both
promote and highlight the new study paths of the Media Design and
Communication Master: lens-based, and of course experimental publishing.
After agreeing on a very simple communication model (one quote +
illustration, 3 posters for each study path, displayed as pair), we
decided for the experimental publishing series to put forth three
aspects of publishing we are keen to explore in the new course: control,
property and censorship over publishing; the paratextual aspect of
publishing; and the errors and defects in publishing technology. There
are more (yes), but that should already help give the tone of this new
study path.

The concept was further improved, refined, and fantastically finalised
by Pleun Gremmen (@Onomatomato), who is currently studying with us.

As for the Open House itself, if you want to drop by and have questions
about the new course, we'll be at the Karel Doormanhof 45, Rotterdam, to
answer them all! (hopefully)

[xpub2]

[xpub1]


Tue 9 Feb 2016 - Credits + Colophon

Hey, meet the team (in progress)!

In the coming 4 weeks we will start pushing elements of next year
curriculum. Essentially the different tracks (theory and practice) that
will constitute the backbone of the course, and some information about
the planned thematic projects.


Tue 2 Feb 2016 - test publishing 0, 1

[scaling issues]

Hi!

Welcome to the curriculum development blog of the experimental
publishing study path of the Piet Zwart Institute. For this new MA
course we decided that in order to bring some context to this new
programme, as well as to help us articulate and shape what this is all
about, the best way was simply to start documenting and publishing
ourselves this process, slightly adopting the infamous "release early,
release often" approach.

This is the reason why we created this small space, where during the
coming weeks we will post information about the new study path, upcoming
thematic projects, guest tutors and advisors who we will be working
with, friends and partners of the course, etc.

Regarding the platform used for this website, we will also write from
scratch the software and workflow for publishing our course content, as
the latter evolves itself. For instance, right now what you're reading
is essentially the result of the combination from: a simple Makefile,
the pandoc software, and a couple of git repositories.

Stay tuned for more.

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