Publishing Publishing Manifestos is an essay by visual artist and author Michalis Pichler that aims to unravel the behind-the-scenes of the hype in recent art book scenes.
Published in book form by Tokyo Art Fair to introduce ‘Publishing Manifestos’, which marked the 10th anniversary of the Berlin Art Book Fair and Festival in 2018, the essay appears as part of the Tokyo Art Book Fair 2024. Unlike typical book fair catalogues, Publishing Publishing Manifestos consists of manifestos by artists and writers. 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.