Republished Books
“Republished books by artists, designers and independent publishers 2005–2012. Books 1516–1997” presents a collection of republished books initiated by artists and designers. Today, when the means of production and distribution are so close at hand, books with very diverse content-related and formal qualities occur. Yet the motives and urgency behind the publication of these books are different. When republishing someone else’s content the questions of addition and level of engagement are the most prominent. The aspect of publication itself and everything that surrounds it gains a lot of attention. Yet in some of the cases the republication is merely a side-effect of a project of a larger scope. This publication wishes to both analyse the phenomenon of republishing as well as to share its creations.