<p><summary> XPUB is the Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design: Experimental Publishing of the Piet Zwart Institute. XPUB focuses on the acts of making things public and creating publics in the age of post-digital networks. </summary></p>
<p>XPUB’s interests in publishing are therefore twofold: first, publishing as the inquiry and participation into the technological frameworks, political context and cultural processes through which things are made public; and second, how these are, or can be, used to create publics.</p>
<ahref="https://pzwart.nl/experimental-publishing/">Read more on pzwart.nl</a>
<summary>
XPUB is the Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design: Experimental
Publishing of the Piet Zwart Institute. XPUB focuses on the acts of
making things public and creating publics in the age of post-digital
networks.
</summary>
<p>XPUB’s interests in publishing are therefore twofold: first,
publishing as the inquiry and participation into the technological
frameworks, political context and cultural processes through which
things are made public; and second, how these are, or can be, used to
create publics.</p>
<ahref="https://pzwart.nl/experimental-publishing/">Read more on
pzwart.nl</a>
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<summary> Welcome to the XPUB homepage with links to tools and webpages we use in the course. </summary> An important part of the XPUB course is considering the implications of the technologies and tools we use, how the choices have an impact socially, environmentally, politically. In this spirit, rather than relying heavily on cloud services, XPUB (self-) hosts and maintains many of the servers and services that the course uses. Students learn and practice skills of programming and server maintenance in order to gain first hand experience with the materials of software and networks.
<summary>
Welcome to the XPUB homepage with links to tools and webpages we use in
the course.
</summary>
An important part of the XPUB course is considering the implications of
the technologies and tools we use, how the choices have an impact
socially, environmentally, politically. In this spirit, rather than
relying heavily on cloud services, XPUB (self-) hosts and maintains many
of the servers and services that the course uses. Students learn and
practice skills of programming and server maintenance in order to gain
first hand experience with the materials of software and networks.
</details>
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<p><summary><strong><spanclass="big">Making Things Bubblic 🫧: Experimental Publishing Graduation Show & Shop 2023</span></strong><br/>
<summary>
✨ XPUB is at Zine Camp 2023! 4 + 5 Nov, WORM ✨
</summary>
<p><imgsrc="2023/zinecamp2023.hotglue.360x.png"
alt="Radio Worm: Protocols for an Active Archive, 5 Nov 15:30-16:30, Zinecamp" /></p>
<p>Special Issue #21 starts from a single technical object: a teletype machine. The teletype is the meeting point between typewriters and computer interfaces, a first automated translator of letters into bits. Equipped with a keyboard, a transmitter and a punchcard read-writer, it is a historical link between early transmission technology such as the telegraph and the Internet of today.</p>
<p>Special Issue #21 starts from a single technical object: a teletype
machine. The teletype is the meeting point between typewriters and
computer interfaces, a first automated translator of letters into bits.
Equipped with a keyboard, a transmitter and a punchcard read-writer, it
is a historical link between early transmission technology such as the
<p><summary>not-just-a-fair: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 7-9 April</p>
<p><imgsrc="2023/not-just-a-fair-xpub.jpg"/></summary> XPUB students + staff will be on hand at the <ahref="https://platformpost.nl/programma/events/alliances-not-just-a-fair">not-just-a-fair</a> .</p>
<p>Come meet students + staff in person, and sample recent and in-progress publications!</p>
<summary>
<p>not-just-a-fair: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 7-9 April</p>
<imgsrc="2023/not-just-a-fair-xpub.jpg"/>
</summary>
<p>XPUB students + staff will be on hand at the <a
<p>Come meet students + staff in person, and sample recent and
in-progress publications!</p>
</details>
</div>
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<h2>public servers</h2>
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<p><summary> Special Issues</p>
<imgsrc="images/issue2021.webp"alt="Special Issues"/></summary><ahref="https://issue.xpub.nl">Special Issues</a> are multi-form publications related to a theme initated by a guest editor and produced collectively by XPUB first year students.
<ahref="https://issue.xpub.nl">Special Issues</a> are multi-form
publications related to a theme initated by a guest editor and produced
collectively by XPUB first year students.
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<p><summary> Graduation projects and theses</p>
<p><imgsrc="images/grad.webp"title="Graduation projects"alt="Screenshot of project.xpub.nl"/></p>
</summary><ahref="https://project.xpub.nl">Graduation projects and theses</a>; representing the culmination of their two year Masters study, each XPUB student produces a graduation work and a thesis.
<ahref="https://project.xpub.nl">Graduation projects and theses</a>;
representing the culmination of their two year Masters study, each XPUB
student produces a graduation work and a thesis.
</details>
<details>
<p><summary> Course wiki</p>
<summary>
<p>Course wiki</p>
<p><imgsrc="images/wiki.webp"alt="Wiki"/></p>
</summary><ahref="https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/">The wiki</a> is the lifeblood of the course: visit the <ahref="https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Calendars:Networked_Media_Calendar">calendar</a> to get an idea of a typical week, or see the list of current <ahref="https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Students">students</a> to see traces and sketches of work in progress. NB: The wiki is shared with the lens-based master, items specific to XPUB are indicated by <em>XPUB1</em> and <em>XPUB2</em> (to indicate the first and second years). The wiki is an example of a self-hosted instance of <ahref="https://mediawiki.org">mediawiki</a>, the free software that underpins Wikipedia.
</summary>
<ahref="https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/">The wiki</a> is the
to get an idea of a typical week, or see the list of current <a
href="https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Students">students</a> to see
traces and sketches of work in progress. NB: The wiki is shared with the
lens-based master, items specific to XPUB are indicated by
<em>XPUB1</em> and <em>XPUB2</em> (to indicate the first and second
years). The wiki is an example of a self-hosted instance of <a
href="https://mediawiki.org">mediawiki</a>, the free software that
underpins Wikipedia.
</details>
<details>
<p><summary> Piet Zwart Institute</p>
<imgsrc="images/pzwart.webp"alt="Piet Zwart Institute"/></summary> XPUB is one of six masters programs collectively known as the <ahref="https://www.pzwart.nl/experimental-publishing/">Piet Zwart Institute</a>.
<imgsrc="images/wdka.webp"alt="Willem de Kooning academy"/></summary> XPUB is a part of the <ahref="https://www.wdka.nl/programmes/master-media-design-experimental-publishing">Willem de Kooning</a> academy, and can be found on the fourth floor of the Wijnhaven building, with convenient access to the many facilities of the Art academy.
<summary>
<p>Willem de Kooning Academy</p>
<imgsrc="images/wdka.webp"alt="Willem de Kooning academy"/>
de Kooning</a> academy, and can be found on the fourth floor of the
Wijnhaven building, with convenient access to the many facilities of the
Art academy.
</details>
<details>
<p><summary> Gitea</p>
<imgsrc="images/gitea.webp"alt="GIT"/></summary> XPUB self-hosts a <ahref="https://git.xpub.nl">gitea code respository</a>. This provides a public outlet to support the many code works done within the course such as <ahref="https://git.xpub.nl/XPUB/xpub.nl/src/branch/master/index.md">this page</a>.
<summary>
<p>Gitea</p>
<imgsrc="images/gitea.webp"alt="GIT"/>
</summary>
XPUB self-hosts a <ahref="https://git.xpub.nl">gitea code
respository</a>. This provides a public outlet to support the many code
<imgsrc="images/pad.webp"alt="Etherpad"/></summary> The <ahref="https://pad.xpub.nl">XPUB etherpad</a> is another crucial piece of course self-hosted infrastructure. Etherpads are all about realtime group collaboration with a minimum of prescriptive structures. Pads are used heavily in the course as a means of collective note taking, planning, <ahref="https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Methods_xpub">writing and annotation</a>.
<summary>
<p>Etherpad</p>
<imgsrc="images/pad.webp"alt="Etherpad"/>
</summary>
The <ahref="https://pad.xpub.nl">XPUB etherpad</a> is another crucial
piece of course self-hosted infrastructure. Etherpads are all about
realtime group collaboration with a minimum of prescriptive structures.
Pads are used heavily in the course as a means of collective note
taking, planning, <a
href="https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Methods_xpub">writing and
annotation</a>.
</details>
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</section>
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<h2>servers for students & staff</h2>
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<details>
<p><summary> Hub</p>
<imgsrc="images/hub.320x.jpg"alt="hub"/></summary> The <ahref="https://hub.xpub.nl/">xpub hub</a> is a public relay to a collection of self-hosted and student-maintained local servers. Using a combination of <ahref="https://tinc-vpn.org/">VPN</a> (virtual private network) and <ahref="https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/reverse-proxy/">reverse proxy</a>, the hub enables experimentation with self-hosting, server portability, local-first and low power infrastructure and <ahref="http://damaged.bleu255.com/Convivial_Computing/">convivial</a> and <ahref="http://damaged.bleu255.com/Feminist_Technology/">feminist</a> server practices.
<summary>
<p>Hub</p>
<imgsrc="images/hub.320x.jpg"alt="hub"/>
</summary>
The <ahref="https://hub.xpub.nl/">xpub hub</a> is a public relay to a
collection of self-hosted and student-maintained local servers. Using a
combination of <ahref="https://tinc-vpn.org/">VPN</a> (virtual private
<imgsrc="images/zulip.webp"alt="Zulip"/></summary> The <ahref="https://zulip.xpub.nl">zulip</a> server functions as a private bulletin board system for the XPUB community, and as a <ahref="https://zulip.com/">self-hosted free software</a> acts as an alternative to centralized proprietary services like Slack and Discord.
<summary>
<p>Zulip</p>
<imgsrc="images/zulip.webp"alt="Zulip"/>
</summary>
The <ahref="https://zulip.xpub.nl">zulip</a> server functions as a
private bulletin board system for the XPUB community, and as a <a
href="https://zulip.com/">self-hosted free software</a> acts as an
alternative to centralized proprietary services like Slack and Discord.
The course uses a mailing list provided by neighbor network <ahref="https://we.lurk.org">lurk.org</a>.
<summary>
<p>Mailing list</p>
<imgsrc="images/we.lurk.org.320x.jpg"/>
</summary>
The course uses a mailing list provided by neighbor network <a
href="https://we.lurk.org">lurk.org</a>.
</details>
<details>
<p><summary> Hotline</p>
<imgsrc="images/jitsi.320x.jpg"title="hotline"alt="Hotline"/></summary> The <ahref="https://hotline.xpub.nl">hotline</a> is a self-hosted <ahref="https://jitsi.org">Jitsi Meet</a> server, an alternative to proprietary services like Zoom, Teams, and Meet.
The <ahref="https://hotline.xpub.nl">hotline</a> is a self-hosted <a
href="https://jitsi.org">Jitsi Meet</a> server, an alternative to
proprietary services like Zoom, Teams, and Meet.
</details>
</div>
</section>
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<h2>2022</h2>
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<p><summary> XPUB@zinecamp</p>
<p><imgsrc="2022/zinecamp2022.hotglue.png"/></summary> XPUB was a proud participant in 2022’s edition of <ahref="https://zinecamp2022.hotglue.me/">zinecamp Rotterdam @ WORM</a>. Watch the <ahref="https://media.xpub.nl/2022/zinecamp.mp4"class="video">video impression</a>, featuring current and past XPUB/Media Design staff and students: Clara Balaguer, Aymeric Mansoux, Mara Karagianni, joak and a plotter, and more!</p>
<p>Special Issue #19 was launched in December, 2023 at <ahref="https://www.leeszaalrotterdamwest.nl/">Leeszaal</a>, a local library and community center in Rotterdam West.</p>
<p><imgsrc="./images/650x400_thumb_pagedjs.png"/></summary> Julie Blanc and Julien Taquet from the paged.js project share their experiences at the intersection of design practice and technical standards.</p>
<p><ahref="https://pagedjs.org/">Paged.js</a> is a rendering tool for previewing, inspecting and designing a PDF in the browser, that is known for specifically accommodating designers using web-to-print techniques in their publications and book making practice. Julie and Julien both work (or have worked) as developers on the project, so the workshop gave students an opportunity to ask them about Paged.js as an open source project, and what it means to develop and maintain it. A nice example of paged.js in action is <ahref="https://media.xpub.nl/2022/walkie-talkie-final.email.pdf">Walkie Talkie</a>, the 2022 XPUB graduation catalog.</p>
<summary>
<p>Paged.js Workshop</p>
<imgsrc="./images/650x400_thumb_pagedjs.png"/>
</summary>
<p>Julie Blanc and Julien Taquet from the paged.js project share their
experiences at the intersection of design practice and technical
standards.</p>
<p><ahref="https://pagedjs.org/">Paged.js</a> is a rendering tool for
previewing, inspecting and designing a PDF in the browser, that is known
for specifically accommodating designers using web-to-print techniques
in their publications and book making practice. Julie and Julien both
work (or have worked) as developers on the project, so the workshop gave
students an opportunity to ask them about Paged.js as an open source
project, and what it means to develop and maintain it. A nice example of
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<h2>2021</h2>
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<p><summary> SWAAT #00</p>
<p><imgsrc="2021/SWAAT.320x.jpg"/></summary> Software with an Attitude (SWAAT), Issue #00</p>
<p>Zine edited by Manetta Berends and Michael Murtaugh reflecting on the experiences of teaching programming and alternative tools in the context of the XPUB <ahref="https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Prototyping">Prototyping</a> class.</p>
<p><summary> Screen Walk with Aymeric Mansoux and Roel Roscam-Abbing</p>
<p><imgsrc="images/dropinvsengagement.320x.jpg"/></summary> Online presentation by Aymeric Mansoux & Roel Roscam-Abbing including a description of XPUB as an example of making “systemic shifts” with alternative infrastructure.</p>
<ahref="https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/watch-screen-walk-aymeric-mansoux-and-roel-roscam-abbing"class="video">Recorded video presentation</a>
<summary>
<p>Screen Walk with Aymeric Mansoux and Roel Roscam-Abbing</p>
<imgsrc="images/dropinvsengagement.320x.jpg"/>
</summary>
<p>Online presentation by Aymeric Mansoux & Roel Roscam-Abbing
including a description of XPUB as an example of making “systemic
<p>This site is made with <ahref="https://pandoc.org/">pandoc</a>, <ahref="https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-markdown">markdown</a>, and <ahref="https://git.xpub.nl/XPUB/xpub.nl/">git</a>.</p>
<p>This site is made with <ahref="https://pandoc.org/">pandoc</a>, <a
href="https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-markdown">markdown</a>, and
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<summary>
✨ XPUB is at Zine Camp 2023! 4 + 5 Nov, WORM ✨
</summary>
<https://zinecamp2023.hotglue.me/>
We will bring publications and zines in diverse forms from current and past projects (Special Issues and Graduation works) 📚. And you can meet and talk with tutors and students from the program!
Come and visit the XPUB stall this weekend: Saturday 4 + Sunday 5 November.
And on Sunday, you can join us in person and live on Radio WORM between 15:30 and 16:30 for a talk/live radio broadcast of "Radio Worm: Protocols for an Active Archive". 📻
You have been summoned by Experimental Publishing second year (XPUB2) students! Feel free to join them on the 7th of November at Leeszaal West. The evening aims to make their graduation proposals public and open for judgement :)
