Constant

DiVersions v2

Femke Snelting — 2021-01-06T17:51:33Z

Second version of a digital and printed publication with new and reworked contributions by among others Rahel Aima, Anaïs Berck, Gert Biesta, Z. Blace, Daniel Blanga Gubbay, Cristina Cochior, Sarah Kaerts, Anne Laforet, Phil Langley, Marie Lécrivain, Nicolas Malevé, Elodie Mugrefya, Zoumana Meïté, Mia Melvær, Martino Morandi, Michael Murtaugh, Colm o'Neill, Hari Prasad Adhikari-Sacré, Kris Rutten, Amir Sarabadani, Femke Snelting, Saskia Willaert. Wiki-to-print publication designed and developed with Open Source Publishing (Sara Magnan + Gijs de Heij).

Printed copies: 10 euro (excl. shipping). To order, send an e-mail to info@constantvzw.org

View online : DiVersions v2

2019 publications

An — 2020-01-21T14:05:07Z

The website of Books with an Attitude has been updated with the 2019 publications of Constant and friends. Feel free to discover the catalogues of Constant_V, Diversions and Data Workers; and the fascinating publications Footfall Almanac 2019 and Networks of One's Own (Varia Zone).
For each of the publications you can either download the pdf or order a printed copy.

Happy reading!

View online : https://www.books.constantvzw.org/

Books with an attitude @ FLAT

Femke Snelting — 2018-09-24T16:40:47Z

At the FLAT Art Book Fair of Torino, Femke will present Books With an Attitude.

According to Constant, books deserve the hallmark "with an Attitude" when they are made with Free, Libre and Open Source Software and published under an open content license. The books and their ingredients are free to be read, redesigned, redistributed, recompiled and reprinted. Over more than ten years, Constant collaborated with designers and collectives to experiment with the interrelation between aesthetics, digital production and content. Their catalog now includes e-books, manuals, software-releases, workbooks, pamphlets, theory collections, literary works and a cookbook. Through bespoke publishing platforms, custom-made fonts and collaborative editing, these Books with an Attitude play each in a different way with the conditions for sharing.

View online : http://www.flatartbookfair.com/

Networks of Ones Own episode 1: Etherbox

Femke Snelting — 2018-07-16T16:51:47Z

Networks Of One's Own is a periodic para-nodal publication that is itself collectively written in a network. Each of the episodes is thought of as the 'release' of a software stack, contextualised in its specific practice. The series aims to document a set of tools, experiences, ways of working that are diverse in terms of their temporality, granularity and persistence.

This first episode in the series includes documentation, manuals, essays and a software release of Etherbox, a constellation of practices and tools developed in and around Constant. The publication will be launched at the Techno Galactic streaming event.

View online : http://networksofonesown.constantvzw.org

Cyberfeminisme / Cyberféminisme

Femke Snelting — 2017-03-27T00:58:57Z

"This is a book of translations - because translation permits dissemination - of certain selected texts which seem ti us to pose important questions, and which enable us to conceptualise our actions and our position in the future, in technology, in society, and in the network. Questions such as: what is feminism in the age of technology? How do we position ourselves in relation to biotechnology? What action can we take against globalisation? How do we gauge the impact of our creative work - of our images, liberated from the nostalgic baggage of the words "auteur" and "oeuvre", etc." (introduction, 2001)

At the occasion of Donna Haraway visiting Brussels in March 2017,
a facsimile edition of the bilingual (NL/FR) publication, edited by Constant in 2001.

Download facsimile [51MB]: http://video.constantvzw.org/Cyberfeminisme/cyberfeminisme.pdf
Texts: http://cyberf.constantvzw.org/book/
Files: http://video.constantvzw.org/Cyberfeminisme/

View online : http://cyberf.constantvzw.org/book/

The Catalogue!

An — 2016-11-28T10:42:21Z

Download the catalogue & order your favourite Books with an attitude:

Books with an Attitude

An — 2016-11-28T10:36:56Z

Books with an Attitude are published by Constant, designed with Free and Open Source software and published under open content licenses. This is why they deserve the hallmark 'Book with an Attitude'. Books with an Attitude showcases the publishing activities of Constant, looking into and reflecting upon the specific ways of creation, production and distribution that emerge in the meeting between F/LOSS designers, authors and 'books'.

- Books with an Attitude / Archived, Project description, Publication

TYPE.CODE: Books with an attitude

An — 2016-11-03T19:58:50Z

During one week Constant will show her books in the framework of the exhibition 'TYPE.CODE' in La Maison du Livre in Saint-GIlles. These books are published by Constant, made with 100% Free and Open Source and published under open content licenses. This is why they deserve the hallmark 'Book with an Attitude'.

You are warmly invited for the opening on Sunday 13-11 at 19h.

Books with an Attitude will continue in 2017 as a way to showcase and develop the publishing activities of Constant, looking into and reflecting upon the specific ways of creation, production and distribution that emerge in the meeting between F/LOSS designers, authors and 'books'.

View online : http://www.lamaisondulivre.be/spip....

Conversations

denis — 2015-06-18T14:51:18Z

Publication of an extensive collection of conversations between developers and designers involved in the wider ecosystem of Libre Graphics. Speaking to each other about tools for typography, lay-out and image processing they render a portrait of a community gradually understanding the interdependencies between Free Software and design. Conversations was edited by Femke Snelting in collaboration with Christoph Haag and published by Constant.

To order: http://freeze.sh/_/2015/conversations/

With: Agnes Bewer, Alexandre Leray, An Mertens, Andreas Vox, Asheesh Laroia, Carla Boserman, Christina Clar, Chris Lilley, Christoph Haag, Claire Williams, Cornelia Sollfrank, Dave Crossland, Denis Jacquery, Dmytri Kleiner, Eleanor Greenhalgh, Eric Schrijver, Evan Roth, Femke Snelting, Franziska Kleiner, George Williams, Gijs de Heij, Harrisson, Ivan Monroy Lopez, John Haltiwanger, John Colenbrander, Juliane De Moerlooze, Julien Deswaef, Larisa Blazic, Ludivine Loiseau, Manuel Schmalstieg, Matthew Fuller, Michael Murtaugh, Michael Terry, Michele Walther, Miguel Arana Catania, momo3010, Nicolas Malevé, Pedro Amado, Peter Westenberg, Pierre Huyghebaert, Pierre Marchand, Sarah Magnan, Stéphanie Vilayphiou, Tom Lechner, Urantsetseg Ulziikhuu, Xavier Klein.

View online : http://conversations.tools