OUT OF THE GRID. ITALIAN ZINE 1978–2006
Out Of The Grid presents a critical selection of 100 Italian zines from 1978 to 2006 that display a broad spectrum of social, political, aesthetic, and technological changes in the use of language and communication strategies across the territory of self publishing. Widely mapping Italian society, particularly youth culture - over an extended period that can be symbolically defined as the post-movement and pre-internet3.0 - this outpouring of creativity give visibility to small, imaginative and technical shifts on paper that made mimeographs, photocopiers and offset machines tremble, and often erupted into the need to communicate through other mediums. The titles selected originated from different scenes - musical, social, artistic, literary... - within which the distances between authors and readers is eliminated. To help navigate this multitude of subcultures, each zine is introduced by a profile that provides further analysis and information and a generous iconographic apparatus. No specific structure has been imposed, leaving room for the specific characteristics of each project to emerge. 100 titles ∞ paths.
Project realized thanks to the support of the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture under the Italian Council program [11th edition, 2022]
Paper supplied by Sappi
Supported by VANS
– 23,5x33,5 cm
– 400 pages
– English
– Ed. of 1000
– 2023
– 47,00€
– ISBN 978-2-37896-481-8
A project by Dafne Boggeri
for SPRINT, O’ associazione non profit
Curated by Dafne Boggeri with the collaboration of Sara Serighelli
Contribution by Marta Zanoni
Interviews with Dafne Boggeri, Gino Gianuizzi, Stefano Gilardino, Glezös,
Fabiola Naldi, Lorenza Pignatti, Pietro Rivasi, Giulia Vallicelli [Compulsive Archive]
Photoeditor: Ilenia Arosio
Fundraiser & Project Coordinator: Leonardo Caldana
Editorial Assistant: Maddalena Manera
Art Direction: Dafne Boggeri
Translations: Marina Calvaresi, Georgeanne Kalweit, Vicky Milleris, Daniela Travaglini
Proofreading: Bradford Bailey
Type: Apfel Grotezk by Luigi Gorlero for Collletttivo
Published by Les Presses du réel
Printed by Ediprima [Piacenza]
Dedicated to – Francesca Alinovi, Marcello Baraghini, Betty S.Q.O.T.T., Chiara Fumai, Matteo Guarnaccia, Giorgio Maffei, Bruna Miorelli, Primo Moroni, Phase 2, RAMMELLZEE, Marika Rock
Thanks to – Eleonora Arosio, Vilma Bruno e Paolo Vitolo, Silvia Carollo, Giuseppe Fabio Berrettini, Srdjan Brankovic, Fabio Carboni, Filippo Cauz, Marco Cendron, Andrea Cernotto, Giulia Kimberly Colombo, Mauro Corbetta, Dan Edman, Fabrizio Floris, Luca Font, Funkly, La Guenda Di Genova, Marco Gulino, Teresa Macrì, Marco Maniglia, Laura Marino, Klaus Miser, Ludovico Pratesi, Iolanda Ratti, Andrea Rebecchi Mari, Cristiano Renzoni, Stefano Ricetti, Oderso Rubini, Giorgio Senesi, Felice Serreli, Olimpia Zagnoli
Special Thanks to – Pierluigi Arosio, Vittore Baroni, Anna Bolena, Leonardo Caldana, Martina Censi, S. Gustav Hägglund, Anna Levati, MP5, Ludovico Pratesi, Giacomo Spazio, Stefano Gilardino, Francesco Shadrack Magnocavallo
Archives – Brenna Alinovi; Archivio dello Spazio di via Lazzaro Palazzi - Museo del Novecento di Milano; Archivio Primo Moroni c/o c.s.o.a. COX18, Milano; Associazione Culturale RetroEdicola Videoludica, Bergamo; Compulsive Archive, Milano; Dafne Boggeri, Milano; Stefano Gilardino, Milano; MuseoTeo, Milano; Alessandro Pacella, Napoli; Andrea Rebecchi Mari, Milano; Alberto Scabbia ‘Adstar’ Milano; Sara Serighelli, Milano; Felice Serreli, Milano; as well as all the authors of the zines whose names are included in the respective text sheets
Paper : Magno Volume 130 g/m2 [pages] + Algro Design Advanced 350 g/m2 [cover] by Sappi
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