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FRIDAY
27 NOVEMBER
6 – 9 PM
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SATURDAY
28 NOVEMBER
11 AM – 8 PM
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SUNDAY
29 NOVEMBER
11 AM – 8 PM
——————————————————ART BOOK FAIR
+ PUBLIC PROGRAM
🏁 OPENING NIGHT 🏁
📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 84
Via Sammartini 64
FREE
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ONLY 28 NOV – IN LOOP
📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 64
FORTUNATE RICERCHE
by Barokthegreat – Tracing the images of the fragments with the body and the sound.
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📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 84
SURPRIZE – SUPPORTING PUBLISHING PRACTICES
The 5th edition of SPRINT prize open to all ABF participants will unveil the selection.
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EXHIBITIONS
📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 84
MORNING ANXIETY
by Guadalupe Rosales – Departing from their new publishing projects, their contribution traces cultural narratives of marginalization and resilience across bodies, objects, walls, and public space.
ANTIPODE IN COLLABORATION WITH COMPULSIVE ARCHIVE: PUNK ACROSS THE BORDERS
Underground and DIY cultures from SWANA and beyound.
THE BIKINI ABC – COLD TYPE, HOT POLITICS AND FEMINIST APPROACHES TO TYPE – A journey animated by the dialogue between recent and forthcoming publications from Bikini Books.
THE MOST BEAUTIFULL SWISS BOOKS 🔗 Istituto Svizzero
Introducing the seventeen titles awarded.
XERRORX – An exploration of the beginning of the photocopy practices, from their origins in the US to their spread across Europe with a focus on the Italian experimental scene.
——————————————————ART BOOK FAIR
+ PUBLIC PROGRAM
📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 84
Via Sammartini 64
FREE
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📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 64
→ 2.00 PM | ITA
Extreme Music – Polemical Pamphlet: Anarcho-Punk on the ruins of the Communist Revolution (counterculture and music included) w/Helena Velena 🔗 Viaindustriae – Navigating music, publishing, and the socio-political context of the '77, Velena constructs an anti-narrative that highlights the cultural tensions and transformations of those years, the echoes of which still resonate today.
→ 3.00 PM | ENG
This Book is a Gathering
w/Nina Paim 🔗 Bikini Books – On feminist publishing as a collective practice, exploring the making of Fem Pub: Cold Type, Hot Politics 1960–1990
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
→ 4.00 PM | ENG
Archives Across the Borders w/Doğa Sultan/ANTIPODE & Giulia Vallicelli/Compulsive Archive –
On building archives from below, beyond institutions, mainstream publishing, and dominant cultural geographies
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
→ 5.00 PM | ENG
Cruising Pavilion: Architecture, Dissident Sex and Cruising Cultures w/Pierre-Alexandre Mateos & Charles Teyssou 🔗 Spector Books – What happens to architecture when desire becomes a way of navigating the city?
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
→ 6.00 PM | ENG
Materialising the Intangible w/Guadalupe Rosales 🔗 Veterans & Rucas / Map Pointz – As an artist & archivist connected to Latinx community and the '90s rave scene through their new books East of the River. A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood and Tumbados. Lowriding Memories and Cruising Futures.
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
→ 7.00 PM | ENG
Parapraxis: Publishing as a Practice of Knowledge Production w/Aurélia Niat Toundji & Salwat Idi 🔗 cahiers manufactoriel – Rooted in African oral and performative traditions, parapraxis understands knowledge as relational and in motion rather than fixed. It embraces non-linear and rhizomatic thinking, where meaning emerges through constellations of texts and images.
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
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EXHIBITIONS
📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 84
MORNING ANXIETY
by Guadalupe Rosales – Departing from their new publishing projects, their contribution traces cultural narratives of marginalization and resilience across bodies, objects, walls, and public space.
ANTIPODE IN COLLABORATION WITH COMPULSIVE ARCHIVE: PUNK ACROSS THE BORDERS
Underground and DIY cultures from SWANA and beyound.
THE BIKINI ABC – COLD TYPE, HOT POLITICS AND FEMINIST APPROACHES TO TYPE – A journey animated by the dialogue between recent and forthcoming publications from Bikini Books.
THE MOST BEAUTIFULL SWISS BOOKS 🔗 Istituto Svizzero
Introducing the seventeen titles awarded.
XERRORX – An exploration of the beginning of the photocopy practices, from their origins in the US to their spread across Europe with a focus on the Italian experimental scene.
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SATURDAY 28 NOV
11 PM – 4 AM
FUNDRAISING PARTY
📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 40
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SIAMO
DELLA NOTTE ?
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𖡬𖡬𖡬 PUTACASO CAGLIARI 𖡬𖡬𖡬
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𖡬𖡬𖡬 ALIENI 𖡬𖡬𖡬
CURATED BY TOMBOYS DON'T CRY
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——————————————————ART BOOK FAIR
+ PUBLIC PROGRAM
📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 84
Via Sammartini 64
FREE
——————————————————TALKS
📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 64
→ 2.00 PM | ITA
LE NEMESIACHE: Reclaiming Mythological Rituals w/Sonia D'alto 🔗 Mousse – The first monograph dedicated to Le Nemesiache, a group of feminist, pacifist artists from Naples, founded by Lina Mangiacapre in 1970.
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
→ 3.00–7.00 PM | ITA–ENG
HANGOVER TAKEOVER
Talks series curated by Istituto Svizzero
↓ ↓ ↓
→ 3.00-3.45 PM | ENG
Vincent Grange, The House of Dorothy, Ed. by Mousse 2026
Vincent Grange in conversazione con Sandra Cane. Moderato da Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti.
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
→ 3.45-4.30 PM | ITA
RM, Decay, Ed. by DISTANZ 2026
Marco Pezzotta in conversazione con Michele Bertolino. Moderato da Barbara Casavecchia.
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
→ 4.30-5.15 PM | ENG
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, silent speeches, Ed. by NERO 2026
Pauline Boudry in conversazione con Renate Lorenz. Moderato da Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti.
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
→ 5.15-6.00 PM | ITA
Alfredo Aceto, Alfredo Aceto, Ed. by JRP|Editions 2026
Alfredo Aceto, Fastcash, pubblicato da eeeditions 2026
Alfredo Aceto in conversazione con Milovan Farronato. Moderato da Barbara Casavecchia.
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
→ 6.00-6.45 PM | ENG
Doris Stauffer, Hexenkurse, Ed. by BilderAtlas 2026
Giorgia Basch in conversazione con Barbara Casavecchia. Moderato da Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti.
FREE ON RSVP → LINK HERE SOON ✎
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EXHIBITIONS
📍DROPCITY
Via Sammartini 84
MORNING ANXIETY
by Guadalupe Rosales – Departing from their new publishing projects, their contribution traces cultural narratives of marginalization and resilience across bodies, objects, walls, and public space.
ANTIPODE IN COLLABORATION WITH COMPULSIVE ARCHIVE: PUNK ACROSS THE BORDERS
Underground and DIY cultures from SWANA and beyound.
THE BIKINI ABC – COLD TYPE, HOT POLITICS AND FEMINIST APPROACHES TO TYPE – A journey animated by the dialogue between recent and forthcoming publications from Bikini Books.
THE MOST BEAUTIFULL SWISS BOOKS 🔗 Istituto Svizzero
Introducing the seventeen titles awarded.
XERRORX – An exploration of the beginning of the photocopy practices, from their origins in the US to their spread across Europe with a focus on the Italian experimental scene.
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GUIDELINES FOR NAVIGATING SPRINT26 SPACE
→ The entrance for the Art Book Fair/Exhibitions is at Via Sammartini 84, with the exit at Via Sammartini 72.
→ The Screening/Talks are at Via Sammartini 64.
→ The Bar offering vegetarian/vegan options is located at Via Sammartini 64c.
→ Public Restrooms are located at Via Sammartini 52.
→ Please note that bringing glass into the spaces and consuming food is not allowed.
→ Please keep in mind that the environment can be stressful for dogs due to the noise levels and crowds,
and that there are no designated areas to leave strollers or unattended luggage.