Join us at
@plooooooot on Wednesday, May 6, 6–9 PM for 𝚣𝚞𝚐 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 #𝟹: 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, hosted by
@zug.press and Plot田.
🎟️ RSVP link in bio and: plot.place/events
This gathering brings together publishers from Asia and Asian publishers based in the U.S., many of whom are visiting Los Angeles for
@printedmatter_artbookfairs , May 7–10 at ArtCenter College of Design
@artcenteredu
Each guest publisher will share their practice and thoughts on independent publishing across different places, communities, and conditions, followed by an open conversation with each other and the public.
We hope to create a warm and informal space for exchange around books, publishing, collaboration, and the different ways independent presses build connections across regions.
👉 Free and open to the public. A $15 donation is suggested to support the space.
📖 Free LAABF tickets, including Opening Night access, will be gifted to the first 5 attendees who arrive.
📍Plot 田, 937 Sun Mun Way, Los Angeles, CA 90012
🍵 Tea sponsored by
@chafolio
🧘 Event support Cuixi Lin
@lin.nil.lin
🖼️ Poster by
@plooooooot
𝘇𝘂𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 is an artist collective based in Brooklyn and Hong Kong, focusing on independent publishing, design, curation, and art direction.
𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁 田 is a living room for creative inquiry in Chinatown Los Angeles.
𝟱𝟭 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗲
@51personaeproject is a self-sustaining independent art publishing project, located in Shanghai.
𝗚𝘂𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶
@guearigaleri is a photobook gallery and independent publisher based in Jakarta, Indonesia, focusing on personal photobooks.
𝗡𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
@notranslation.wav
𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿
@squeezesour distributes self-published photobooks from China and runs its publishing branch, linlin Plum, which explores and expands the artist’s book.
𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 紙漿合作社
@unpressedpatch is a small publisher based in Los Angeles and Toronto, initiated by Howsem Huang, Sinistra Pan and Tung-Lin Tsai.
𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹
@specialspecial a creative studio and publisher of 4N magazine based in NYC.