Tomorrow the Dublin Art Book Fair launches it's 15th edition. Part talk, part tour, guest curator Selina Guinness will introduce her chosen theme for this year’s Fair: Flock 🐑 This will also be the first look for visitors at what's on offer. Temple Bar will represent our books ☺️!

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We are in two places at once🧙🏼‍♀️🧚🏽‍♀️ Today you can not only find us at the Brussels Ass Book Fair but also at DRUK in Amsterdam. Come and browse through our books!

Interested in pluralities, mothers or gardens? Time to browse through the books and join the programme at Brussels Ass Book Fair this weekend… On Sunday afternoon, there is even a collective manifesto reading in the context of the new publication ‘Love & Lightning’ (Valiz and Girls Like Us)! 🗯️💥

For this wonderful Slow Technology Reader, I wrote about wondering to what extent human minds were shaped by the ocean, and about whales, floods and robotic crows..

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Edited by the wonderful #CarolynStrauss

We had a wonderful night in a fully packed Cafe Saarein!
Yesterday the Lesbian film club Pottenkijkers screened a documentary about The Lesbian Avengers, an activist group from New York. Noor de Vries recited their 'Dyke Manifesto' (1993), that is featured in 'Love & Lightning' 😍
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Have you seen our latest release 👉 'Slow Technology Reader' ?

This volume gathers contributions from diverse disciplinary fields and knowledge traditions to consider technology through a ‘Slow’ lens.

By Carolyn F. Strauss & many contributors.

📖https://valiz.nl/publicaties/slow-technology-reader

We were too late to get our hands on tickets... but our books did make it to tonight's amazing programme at Nieuwe Instituut with Haraway, Tsing and Braidotti! 👏

For those who did get a ticket: Have an inspiring evening and look out for the book shop 🍄 🕷️

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This Friday #Stedelijk will host the 10th edition of the Wim Crouwel lecture: 'Staring into the Dark', given by Vasyl Cherepanyn.

Astrid Vorstermans (founder of Valiz) will be there as rep of the Wim Crouwel Instituut.

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(Photo: Vasyl Cherepanyn by Diana Iwanova)

Come to Cafe Saarein for an evening with lesbian film club Pottenkijkers! An evening dedicated to our new title 'Love & Lightning' and 'The Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire, Too' (1993).

When: 26 October, 8 pm
Where: Café Saarein, Elandsstraat 119-HS, Amsterdam
Entry: Free

Join author and editor Eva Fotiadi and contributing author Renata Pękowska to discuss multisensory encounters with art and the publication 'Exhibiting for Multiple Senses' during Dublin Art Book Fair @tbgands.bsky.social 🫳 👂 👃

Reserve a seat 👉 www.eventbrite.ie/e/dabf25-pub...

What a busy opening at Offprint Paris yesterday! It was great to meet so many enthusiastic readers! The fair is taking place until sunday at Césure. Come to chat and have a look our newest releases!

We look back on a fun launch of 'Love & Lightning' @San Serriffe in Amsterdam with editors Sarah van Binsbergen, Jessica Gysel and project editor Eli Witteman. Special thanks to designer Lotte Lara Schröder, who surprised us with her witch act!

Go to 'Love & Lightning'
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Today Offprint Paris kicks off @ Césure (Grand Plateau) and Valiz is present! Find our colleague Simon at the Valiz table and dive into our latest releases 🤿

For more information
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Tomorrow (Thursday 13th) we will be celebrating the release of Geert Lovink's 'Platform Brutality' in OT301. Feel free to join!

Doors open: 5:30 pm
Program: 6 to 7 pm, with drinks after
Doors close: 8 pm

More about the launch
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A visual recap of the launch of 'Exhibiting for the Multiple Senses' in Kunstmuseum Den Haag with Vincent Bijlo, Caro Verbeek (PhD) and Eva Fotiadi, that was all about addressing the non-visual senses in relation to art.

Couldn't make it?
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Right after the official award ceremony!
Second to left is Astrid 💐 🎈She is standing between laureates Jordi Conejos Sancho and Cristina Taverner (Elisava), Christoph Niemann and representatives of the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Art & Design.

We are super proud!☺️

We are proud to announce that Valiz will be the recipient of the Ladislav Sutnar Prize 2025!🥂 💥

Astrid Vorstermans, founder of Valiz, has been invited to accept the award in Plzeň (Pilsen) on Wednesday 5 November, 5 pm, in the Plzeň City Hall.

For more information👉
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On 31 October Valiz and Girls Like Us Magazine present the new publication Love & Lightning at San Serriffe. In a conversation, Jessica Gysel and Sarah van Binsbergen will explain more about the book. Next to the book, there is another special item for sale. Come and discover, and drink a glass!

Come to Kunstmuseum Den Haag on Sunday 9 November for the official launch of Exhibiting for Multiple Senses!

With editor and author Eva Fotiadi, author Caro Verbeek and cabaretier and theatre maker Vincent Bijlo.

14:30-16:00, followed by drinks

Entry is free, email to marieke@valiz.nl to RSVP

Astrid and Eli are roaming around Frankfurt for the Buchmesse! Come find us to talk about (your and our) plans, 2025 and beyond…

🌟 New release!

Love & Lightning is a collection of manifestos with a queer, feminist or queer-feminist perspective. Discover how the manifestos jump across time and space, and sometimes even outside of it.

This book is in collaboration with Girls Like Us Magazine.

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Another glorious day at #Recreo Valencia. Saturday 4 Oct, 11-15 and 16-21 hr. Come and chat with Astrid and/or browse through our and our neighbours’ books!

Friday 3 Oct, 16 hr: Start of #Recreo València, come and browse in our brand-new and other titles!

Currently at the GLUE Art Book Fair in London!

✈️📚 Next stop: Queens! Valiz is packing up our books and heading to MoMA PS1 for the New York Art Book Fair 2025

📍 MoMA PS1, Queens, New York
🎟 Tickets & info: nyabf2025.printedmatterartbookfairs.org

We can’t wait to share our latest and classic titles with the global art book community.

Beyond vision: Exhibiting for Multiple Senses brings a lively exchange on multisensory art and curating to GLUE / ICA London

📖 The book is available during the GLUE bookfair at the Valiz booth
🗓 13 September, 14:30–16:00 | ICA London
🎟 Free entry, please book in advance → www.ica.art/book/601001

✨ !OUT NOW! ✨
We’re excited to announce Exhibiting for Multiple Senses: Art and Curating for Sensory-Diverse Bodies, (editor/author Eva Fotiadi).

Available now:https://valiz.nl/en/publications/exhibiting-for-multiple-senses

✨ Yesterday we celebrated the launch of Moments of Meaning-Making by Mieke Bal. It was a special evening: warm and personal, yet also engaging with the political and social themes that run through Mieke’s work.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to the speakers for their inspiring contributions

On Wednesday 10 September, our friends at the Wim Crouwel Instituut and Pakhuis de Zwijger present a new edition of It’s All Graphic:

'Between Archive and Urgency'

📍 20:00 | Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam

More info and tickets: dezwijger.nl/programma/be...

Join us for the launch of Mieke Bal’s newest and most personal book.

📅 Monday, 9 September 2025
🕔 17:00–18:30
📍 SPUI25, Spui 25-27, Amsterdam
🎁 The book will be available for purchase at the event.

RSVP here:https://spui25.nl/programma/moments-of-meaning-making/make_reservation