#The Afterlife of Publications 

Presentations and discussion with Marc van Elburg, Krista Jantowski, and Alice Twemlow, moderated by Geert Lovink.

Plus: Project presentations: Cristina Garriga (Readers & Publishers) & Karolien Buurman (NXS).

Opening by Geert Lovink & Project Presentations: https://vimeo.com/345466909

What remains of a publication after it has been published? How does its status change in the post-production phase? Does it survive and thrive or will it suffer a slow, unnoticed death? Some works keep circulating, others do not. Fragments live on in search engines, on platforms, or in physical space, aggregated, fragmented, or re-contextualized. How does the materiality, positioning, and design of the work influence this afterlife? How to design for sustainability of the publication?

The constellation of readers, publishers, designers, and editors is under consideration. Why do we even publish and for whom? What does it mean to actually read nowadays? Why are aspects of time and space important in the positioning of a publication? When we shake off the idea of the book as a static object, we can start to look at other – social, emotional, material, and spiritual – aspects of publishing. The echoes of the afterlife will reverberate through new publishing strategies.