Venom Zine Library is a DIY BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) and queer zine library, as well as a platform for exploring self-publishing. Based in Copenhagen, it was founded by Maya Acharya and Janna Aldaraji. The project stems from a desire to collectivize access to zines, share resources on zine-making, and promote self-publishing as a tool within communities, activist spaces, organizing, and academia.
Come and browse over 200 zines at ISBN+ or create your own using guided instructions from Venom Zine Library. Explore zine-making as a powerful tool for grassroots organizing, activism and sharing ideas and art.
To foster conversation and contextualize Venom’s collection within OFF-Biennale Budapest, Hungary, and Eastern Europe, curator Borbála Soós, in collaboration with the ISBN+ team, has selected additional publications. This selection aims to highlight grassroots organizing and intersectional struggles from marginalized perspectives, amplifying anti-fascist, feminist, disabled, queer, and Roma voices. These topics remain underrepresented in the region, influenced by the unique historical context and the lasting impact of far-right political regimes on such discourses.
As part of OFF-Biennale Budapest, Maya Acharya plans to visit Hungary to research artist self-publishing from the 1960s to today, exploring historical samizdat publications as well as contemporary self-publishing platforms.
Curator: Borbála Soós
Venue: ISBN+, Baross utca 42. (District 8)
Opening: May 10, 13:00
Open: May 8 – June 14, Tuesday–Friday 12.00–18.00, Saturday 14.00–18.00
Supported by: British Council
