“out of the grid”, a cura di dafne boggeri

OUT OF THE GRID. Italian zines 1978—2006 è un volume, realizzato con il bando Italian Council 11° edizione 2022, immaginato come una mappatura di quelle realtà indipendenti che dalla fine degli anni ’70 al primo decennio del 2000 si sono sviluppate sul territorio italiano attraverso l’autoproduzione di riviste amatoriali o fanzine (dall’abbreviazione di Fan Magazine).

Con una selezione di 100 progetti la pubblicazione mette in luce un ampio movimento intergenerazionale con una pluralità di estetiche, approcci stilistici e immaginari. Il lavoro di ricerca e catalogazione restituisce così una ricchezza finora inesplorata di percorsi, accomunati dalla stessa passione per le scene underground e dal desiderio di creare alternative per mezzo della musica e delle espressioni creative del periodo.

Tra i titoli inclusi nella pubblicazione: Harpo’s Bulletin [Bologna], Mazquerade [Perugia], Megawave [Napoli], T.V.O.R. [Como], Drynamil [Milano], Rebel Soul [Bari], Skate or Sucks! [Vercelli], Trance [Pisa], CROM! [Grosseto], Gommina [Alessandria], Tribe [Milano], Tendencies [Siena], Adenoidi [Perugia], Neoclima [Torino], Aelle [Genova], GOSH! [Bologna], Trap [Milano/Treviso], Bad Attitude [Torino], Zap [Catania], Link Project [Bologna], Clit Rocket [Roma], Speed Demon [Milano], Equilibrio Precario [Trento], Codici Immaginari [Roma], TRAX [Forte dei Marmi], Xerox [Milano].

Il volume di 400 pagine, in lingua inglese, curato in collaborazione con Sara Serighelli è edito da Les Presses du réel, realizzato e pubblicato a seguito della vittoria della XI edizione del bando Italian Council, stampato su carta Sappi, con il supporto di VANS

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Out Of The Grid presents a critical selection of 100 Italian zines from 1978 to 2006 that display a broad spectrum of social, political, aesthetic, and technological changes in the use of language and communication strategies across the territory of self publishing. Widely mapping Italian society, particularly youth culture – over an extended period that can be symbolically defined as the post-movement and pre-internet3.0 – this outpouring of creativity give visibility to small, imaginative and technical shifts on paper that made mimeographs, photocopiers and offset machines tremble, and often erupted into the need to communicate through other mediums. The titles selected originated from different scenes – musical, social, artistic, literary… – within which the distances between authors and readers is eliminated. To help navigate this multitude of subcultures, each zine is introduced by a profile that provides further analysis and information and a generous iconographic apparatus. No specific structure has been imposed, leaving room for the specific characteristics of each project to emerge. 100 titles ∞ paths.

Project realized thanks to the support of the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture under the Italian Council program [11th edition, 2022]

Paper supplied by Sappi

Supported by VANS

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A project by Dafne Boggeri

for SPRINT, O’ associazione non profit

Curated by Dafne Boggeri with the collaboration of Sara Serighelli

Contribution by Marta Zanoni

Interviews with Dafne Boggeri, Gino Gianuizzi, Stefano Gilardino, Glezös,

Fabiola Naldi, Lorenza Pignatti, Pietro Rivasi, Giulia Vallicelli [Compulsive Archive]

Photoeditor: Ilenia Arosio

Fundraiser & Project Coordinator: Leonardo Caldana

Editorial Assistant: Maddalena Manera

Art Direction: Dafne Boggeri

Translations: Marina Calvaresi, Georgeanne Kalweit, Vicky Milleris, Daniela Travaglini

Proofreading: Bradford Bailey

Type: Apfel Grotezk by Luigi Gorlero for Collletttivo
Published by Les Presses du réel

Printed by Ediprima [Piacenza]

Dedicated to – Francesca Alinovi, Marcello Baraghini, Betty S.Q.O.T.T., Chiara Fumai, Matteo Guarnaccia, Giorgio Maffei, Bruna Miorelli, Primo Moroni, Phase 2, RAMMELLZEE, Marika Rock

Thanks to – Vilma Bruno e Paolo Vitolo, Silvia Carollo, Giuseppe Fabio Berrettini, Srdjan Brankovic, Fabio Carboni, Filippo Cauz, Marco Cendron, Andrea Cernotto, Giulia Kimberly Colombo, Mauro Corbetta, Dan Edman, Fabrizio Floris, Luca Font, Funkly, La Guenda Di Genova, Marco Gulino, Teresa Macrì, Marco Maniglia, Laura Marino, Klaus Miser, Ludovico Pratesi, Iolanda Ratti, Andrea Rebecchi Mari, Cristiano Renzoni, Stefano Ricetti, Oderso Rubini, Giorgio Senesi, Felice Serreli, Olimpia Zagnoli

Special Thanks to – Pierluigi Arosio, Vittore Baroni, Anna Bolena, Leonardo Caldana, Martina Censi, S. Gustav Hägglund, Anna Levati, MP5, Ludovico Pratesi, Giacomo Spazio, Stefano Gilardino, Francesco Shadrack Magnocavallo

Archives – Brenna Alinovi; Archivio dello Spazio di via Lazzaro Palazzi – Museo del Novecento di Milano; Archivio Primo Moroni c/o c.s.o.a. COX18, Milano; Associazione Culturale RetroEdicola Videoludica, Bergamo; Compulsive Archive, Milano; Dafne Boggeri, Milano; Stefano Gilardino, Milano; MuseoTeo, Milano; Alessandro Pacella, Napoli; Andrea Rebecchi Mari, Milano; Alberto Scabbia ‘Adstar’ Milano; Sara Serighelli, Milano; Felice Serreli, Milano; as well as all the authors of the zines whose names are included in the respective text sheets

Paper : Magno Volume 130 g/m2 [pages] + Algro Design Advanced 350 g/m2 [cover] by Sappi

This book is printed on Sappi’s Magno Volume 130 g/m2, a superior high bulk matt paper combining a natural uncoated feel with coated image reproduction. The cover uses Sappi’s Algro Design Advanced 350 g/m2 paperboard which delivers ultimate quality consistency on its full coated top side and new levels of colour brilliance through advanced ink lift on the light coated reverse side.

Sappi, a leading global provider of sustainable woodfibre products and solutions, delivers the papers, services and expertise that place print at the heart of modern communication. Sappi also integrates sustainability into all operational aspects of their business and maintains a suite of certifications to ensure their actions are independently assessed and validated.

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an exhibition at printed matter: “out of the grid: italian zines (1978–2006)”

Printed Matter is pleased to present Out of the Grid: Italian Zines (1978–2006), an exhibition (also from a —sadly sold-out— book) bringing together a selection of historical underground publications that exemplify the aesthetic language and approaches of various subcultural movements across Italy. The exhibition is developed by artist Dafne Boggeri and photographer Alien, drawn from the research for the publication of the same name. The publication, published by Les presses du réel (2023), was created by Boggeri for SPRINT and O’ non-profit association, in collaboration with Sara Serighelli and Marta Zanoni.

The work on view—including original fanzines, facsimiles, in-progress materials and related tools—traces the ways in which independent publishing in Italy was shaped by social, political, aesthetic, and technological shifts across three decades. The zines are of an era characterized by Boggeri as ‘post-movement to pre-internet3.0’—a period of time shaped by the loss of collective political purpose following the uprisings of ‘68, the subsequent rise of 80s punk mentality, and a lively print culture that thrived before digital space became a primary mode for communication and the dissemination of ideas. This outpouring of creativity was captured by mimeographs, photocopiers and offset machines, resulting in printed works that articulate a shared language around subcultural identity, as well as an evolving visual and typographic sensibility, often grounded in cut-and-paste.

The publications on display include projects like the Metal zine Fireball, queer productions Fuck bloc, PH+TXT and Clit Rocket, and role-playing game zines like Spell Book and Crom! alongside their original paste-ups. Also on view are some international publications that played a pivotal role in shaping local movements and served as precursors to the emergence of a distinct Italian scene.

On the walls, metal offset plates from the printing of Out of the Grid offer insight into the materiality of industrial print production in contrast to a DIY zine-making.

A selection of posters draws attention to scanned fragments from the zines themselves—amplified illustrations, slogans, and typographic experiments that convey the raw energy and attitude of the movements they represent.

On occasion of the presentation, Printed Matter releases ‘Mattone,’ an A2-sized poster by Boggeri available for free takeaway. The work features a brick-texture borrowed from a found 1980s Letratone sheet, once used by architects and graphic designers for dry transfers of letters, numbers, and motifs. The wall is reminiscent of typical gathering spots for young people across Italy, known colloquially as the ‘muretto’ (‘small wall’) and evokes references such as the iconic 1976 Ramones album cover and historic divisions like the Berlin Wall, serving as a potent symbol of rebellion and counterculture.

Special thanks to Roberto Di Meglio and Roberto Rog Gigli for lending their original material.

This exhibition is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The exhibition graphic uses a cropped image from the cover of the zine Clit Rocket n.03, 2004, edited by Veruska Outlaw.

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