“Out of the Grid” was initially a book published by SPRINT and Les presses du reel on November 2023 and curated by artist Dafne Bogger, presenting a selection of 100 Italian zines spanning from 1978 to 2006.
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 gave 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.
The exhibition offers insights into various subcultures through original materials, facsimiles, and ephemera, providing a better and deeper understanding of the titles presented in the book. It also gives the opportunity to see original material in real life (often rarities or one of a kind objects) as well as the integration of off-set printing plates.
OUT OF THE GRID. Italian Zines 1978–2006 takes place in the context of Italian Language Week with the kind support of the Instituto Italiano de Cultura in Athens.
Athens Art Book Fair 