offing press
Created in 2024, The Offing Press is an independent, non-profit publisher dedicated to design, art, theory, critique, and urban studies. Founded to bridge the gap between academic research and cultural critique for a wide readership, we strive to produce books that resonate through both content and form, raising vital cultural and socio-political questions.
Our approach centers on the three key phases of publishing: content creation and design, the act of publication, and post-publication engagement. We seek to bring the spirit of CARE to publishing, fostering collaborative and respectful relationships between editors, authors, and designers as well as ecological and ethical considerations in materials and partners. As a commons-inspired publisher, we are committed to maximizing access to knowledge and creativity—working under ‘creative commons’ whenever possible. To do this, we offer diverse formats for both printed and digital content, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility.
The Offing Press proudly serves as the official publisher for the Experimental Observatory on Artistic Freedom (OoAF), furthering our mission to support critical discourse and creative exploration.
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Forthcoming
Dominia
COMMONING FOR, WITH, AGAINST, BEYOND OR DESPITE THE STATEBook
Editors: Xenia Katsigianni, Pieter Van den Broeck
Language: English
This book is the output of the 4-year research project DOMINIA, which explored
the role of the state in the governance of landed commons in Europe and beyond. The interdisciplinary research team joined forces and built an integrated framework to underpin the amalgamation of political economy of land, law and socio-spatial science/geography towards a holistic understanding of commons governance.
Previously
From the Foldings
MagazineArt & Politics
Publisher: Offing Press, 2024
Language: English
A magazine amplifying voices and narratives or angles often overlooked or marginalized by the cultural and political mainstream.
The # ZERO APRIL-MAY 2024: On Artistic Freedom, freedom of expression,
community, the criminalization of the blank paper, Lesia Pcholka’s Belarus, censorship, memory, participation, salesmen with bad haidos, and the 70th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention.
community, the criminalization of the blank paper, Lesia Pcholka’s Belarus, censorship, memory, participation, salesmen with bad haidos, and the 70th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention.
Previously
Voice Over n°9
Magazine Art & Politics
Publisher: Offing Press, 2023
Language: English
voice-over-issues.com
Voice Over Issues is an artist magazine created by Davo Liver as mean of dialogue (and crash-test) with the Council Of Europe at the end of 2020. Our first goal was to move the lines between the audiences, and put to the test an art based political thinking within a diplomatic political environment.
More than 50 international artist and thinkers have contributed since its first issue with Jimmie Durham.
Also
Intramural Sports
Book
Contemporary Poetry
Publisher: Segno Editore, 2023
Language: English, Dutch
Poetry by
Davo Liver, Aliah Rosenthal, Ai Weiwei
Art by Ai Weiwei
Second edition, revised and augmented upcoming with offing press.