The second book in the Mediabus Manifesto series is a translation of the introduction to Publishing Manifestos (MIT Press, 2019), edited by German author and co-founder of Miss Read, Berlin Art Book Fair. This essay comprises 10 short chapters, from the description of the historical background of the 87 manifestos gathered, to the practice, the necessity and meaning of publishing, and the new publishing movement to lose its original vitality by commercial galleries, corporations, and institutions. It deals with a variety of issues, including concerns about the processes being done. It also briefly describes technical possibilities such as POD in the post-digital era and art book fairs that are prominent as new book spaces.
Instead of the missing 87 proclamations that correspond to the text of the original book, Publishing Publishing Manifestos contains an interview with the author for Korean readers, along with a bibliography of the manifestos.
Text in English and Korean