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-internet 3.0"—this outpouring of creativity gave 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. No specific structure has been imposed, leaving room for the specific characteristics of each project to emerge. 100 titles,  infinite paths. 

With a contributions from Marta Zanoni. Includes interviews with Dafne Boggeri, Gino Gianuizzi, Stefano Gilardino, Glezös, Fabiola Naldi, Lorenza Pignatti, Pietro Rivasi, and Giulia Vallicelli [Compulsive Archive].

Designed by Dafne Boggeri

Edited by Dafne Boggeri with Sara Serighelli

Published by Les Presses Du Reel, 2024

Softcover, 456 pages, color and b&w images, 

ISBN: 978-2-37-896481-8