散颼颼文件展—「脫機晾紙：自出版行動備忘」

2024-05-25 - 2024-06-15

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本展以「脫機晾紙：自出版行動備忘」為題──「晾紙」原為印刷用語，指將待印的紙張分開晾置於通風良好處調濕，使其回復至自然安定的狀態。「脫機」（offline，亦作離線）指向自出版實踐中分散且與手工混成的生產形式——相對於印刷資本主義生產線的「聯機」（in-line）作業，又引申為以自發和自主的游離運動，來回應「機心」、「機器」、「機制」等當代文化生產之關鍵紐結。在數位倦怠成為普遍症候的當下，重訪基於紙媒介的自出版行動，「脫機晾紙」在提示類比、及手、具身的「舊媒介」潛能的同時，亦包含「晾」的行動主義備忘：於靜中問動，緣時而生力，為潛在的改變積蓄勢能。

本次展覽基於對近年中國自出版的考察，初步描繪其間分散而自主的形態與路徑，同時集結多家自出版單位之勞作成果，在一個晦暗不明的時刻，落地現身，連結朋友。

日期：2024.05.25 — 2024.06.09，週三至日，2pm – 8pm

地點：立方計劃空間

策劃 ：散颼颼

關於散颼颼（Saansausau）

散颼颼（Saansausau）是以自出版為主要關注的另類知識生產小組。散颼颼本為粵語用詞，「散」象徵著小組成員來處各異，而「颼颼」一方面意味著紙張被風吹落的形態，如同自出版實踐本身，充滿多重媒介的可能性；另一方面，散颼颼音近於「『散』收收／修修」，同時有把散落各處的文件收集起來的意味，這就像小組成員因緣際會而展開重構自出版面貌的工作，嘗試以策展與出版，連結物質媒介與情感結構的討論，和其間種種張力的形態扎根於環環相扣的歷史脈絡。

企劃／主辦 ｜散颼颼

協辦｜立方計劃空間

主視覺｜印刻部小龐

贊助 ｜國立陽明交通大學文化研究國際中心

saansausau documenta — Airing Paper (offline): Rise of Self-publishing Waves

Airing paper, a technical term in the printing industry, refers to a procedure of paper moisture conditioning to restore its nature and resilience, where paper lies flat in a ventilated space. Offline indicates the decentralized mode of production combining mechanical printing and craftsmanship in the course of zine making, unlike the capital-intensive in-line production in print capitalism. The term further connotes the spontaneous, autonomous, and ambiguous self-printing movement, prompting a dialogue with contemporary cultural production in terms of calculation self-interest (jixin), machinery (jiqi), and institutions (jizhi).

While digital fatigue seeps into our contemporary life, (offline) serves as a visual index of disconnection from computer networks. By revisiting the self-publishing movement, Airing Paper (offline) sheds light on the potentiality of the analog, tactile, and embodied medium, which is seemingly out-of-date. Further seen in a dialectic of movement and stillness, the act of airing implies an undercurrent of social transformation waiting in the wings.

Airing Paper (offline): Rise of Self-publishing Waves offers a contour of the self-publishing practice in contemporary China and charts their scattered, autonomous configurations and routes by featuring a significant number of zine publishers’ works. Amid the time of obscurity and uncertainty, Airing Paper (offline) rises to the horizon and encounters friends via curatorial practice.

Dates: 2024.05.25 — 2024.06. 09 (Wed-Sun 2pm – 8pm)

Venue: TheCube Project Space

Curator: Saansausau

About Saansausau

Saansausau is an alternative knowledge production group on zine studies. Saansausau is a Cantonese idiom, which indicates the diverse social and cultural backgrounds of their members. Sausau, the ​​onomatopoeia for wind, represents papers blown in the wind, which further symbolizes the experimental possibilities of self-publishing practices with collage, juxtaposition, parodies, and explorations of multimedia. Saansausau also bears resemblance with shou and xiu in Cantonese pronunciation, which implies their aspiration of collecting various self-publications. The group seeks to map the self-publishing practice and articulate the dimensions of materiality, media, structures of feeling, and affects through curation and publications. Their research project currently delves into the self-publishing networks in China and studies similar practices in Asia and the world as reference points. Rather than offering an overview of all self-publishing practice, Saansausau examines the medium specificity of zines and its formation of culture, aesthetics, and networks of activism.

Curator / Organizer:

Saansausau

Co-organizer:

TheCube Project Space

Visual Design:

Print & Carve Dept. Pong

Sponsor:

International Center for Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University