Distribution Models with Clara Balaguer

Sunday 13th September , 5 - 7 PM

Publishing can be a radical redistribution of cultural resources and capital. Central to this is distribution: ensuring that information, knowledge, and connection circulate within the communities and spaces where they are most needed.

Community publishing pushes against the hoarding of resources and opens up access to information, platforms and reach. It becomes a way of circulating stories, building connections, and expanding who participates in cultural production.

Taking place alongside the Cubitt Community Book and Zine Fair, this discussion and presentation led by Clara Balaguer explores distribution, asking: What does it mean to treat distribution as a core part of our publishing practice?

Clara Balaguer is a cultural worker interested in the decolonisation of cultural production most especially through the lens of the contemporary vernacular. She founded The Office of Culture and Design in 2010, a platform through which she articulates research, residencies, and social practice projects in the Philippines. She explores collaborative authorship through the clandestine publishing of Hardworking Goodlooking, a cottage-industry fuelled imprint she co-founded in 2013.