Michalis Pichler: Publishing Publishing Manifestos

The Japanese-English bilingual ‘Publishing Publishing Manifestos’ is an essay by visual artist and author Michalis Pichler that serves to introduce ‘Publishing Manifestos’, which marked the 10th anniversary of the Berlin Art Book Fair and Festival in 2018. Unlike other book fair catalogues, the book consisted of manifestos by artists and writers. This new essay appears as part of the Tokyo Art Book Fair 2024 and aims to unravel the behind-the-scenes of the hype in recent art book scenes. Offering a variety of perspectives, it touches on publishing as an artistic and political practice, the economy of independent publishing, art book fairs as public spheres, post-digital publishing, and more.