Among the many remarkable participants are: 51 Personae (Shanghai), A. T. Pratt (New York City), Bilder_Nische (Innsbruck), BL8D (Tallinn / Florence), CAVIE Project (Milan), Wagon + Goo (Berlin), Spyros Rennt (Berlin), Set Margins’ publications (Eindhoven), RudeFish (London), profundo ediciones (Buenos Aires / Berlin), Die Angewandte – Department of Drawing and Printmaking (Vienna), Jeroen Funke (Den Haag), Red Letter Distro (Wellington), and many others. Explore the Queer Zone, a curated space for LGBTQIA+ publications.
The fair also offers a diverse public program, featuring talks, presentations, concerts, screenings, and hands-on workshops. Among this year’s highlights are Anna Frey’s Bookbinding Workshop, Deniz Beser’s In Zines We Trust – Zine Workshop, Anna-Maria Wolf & Nicole Tanneberger’s book:collage:book Workshop, and Charlotte Hornung’s Fluo Pop: a 45-min Stencil-Printing Workshop. These sessions invite visitors to actively engage with the world of independent publishing and explore various creative techniques.
Talks, presentation by Jan Grambow – “A Daily Job / Comics Zine Presentation”, Tehran Zine and Its Space – The Role of Zines in the Iranian Art Scene, ArtiViStory Collective – “Comics as a Voice for Youth and Urban Innovation in Romania”, Boris Contarin – “The rich kid’s dilemma, On Envy by fffllleeessshhh”, Vera Koss – “Dogs in sweaters in Dwapara Yuga”, Kerry Ann Lee – “Evolution of Red Letter (Zine Distro), zines in Aotearoa, New Zealand”, The Rock Retreat Gibraltar tells a zine-making tale of women & home and many more.
Enjoy music by Elektro Hafiz, Tutti Dilemma, Wiener Planquadrat, Alexander Zaloopin, La Washa, TJ Tall, Arda Yildiz, Everyday I am Evi`ing, Winamp Power, THAO, and others.
Visiting Hours:
16 May: 16:00 – 21:00 // Party until 23:30
17 May: 13:00 – 20:00 // Party until 23:00
18 May: 12:00 – 18:00
Free Entrance!
Address:
Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (Semperdepot)
Lehárgasse 6–8, 1060 Vienna
Video screenings and online exhibitions will showcase works from international zinesters across platforms like fanzineist.com, YouTube, and Instagram.
Fanzineist Vienna is a non-profit initiative by Deniz Beser, organized under the Analog Dialog Art Association. Supported by SHIFT, Basis Kultur Wien, and ÖH Akbild.
