An itinerant module on wheels, serving as a container for an important collection of publications created by students from various European educational institutions, primarily from Escola Massana. Its purpose was and is to possess and store publications generated at educational context to make them permanently accessible for consultation by other students as well as teaching staff.

The anarchive is established as a non-contemplative space, avoiding the traditional library/museum practice of preservation, due both to the type of documents we refer to and the context in which they are found.

Born in 2015 as a documentary collection, with the goal of collectively working on a reference archive, oriented towards reflecting on publications created in pedagogic contexts.

Most of these publications are ephemeral in nature, of no editorial interest, often considered “class assignments,” and can be regarded as materials of interest to the entire educational community in terms of research: experimental printing systems, unique formats, non-linear narratives, transfeminist perspectives on publication formats, body politics and the archive, etc. Many of these publications are sometimes threatened by oblivion, and this project is focused on their preservation.

The Archive is presented through two mobile devices: The Module and The Suitcase. Both function as itinerant and exhibition artifacts, allowing for engagement with other groups and spaces.

We teamed up with Espai Brut & Clara-Iris Ramos to create "La apisonadora," a large-format magazine (measuring 1m x 70cm when closed), printed on fabric using a small 50 kg pétanque lawn roller. It has sewn binding and is made with woodcut plates using black offset ink. This print-performance was carried out at the Gutter Festival in 2018.

It includes contributions from Arnal Ballester, Pau Masiques, Olga Capdevila, and L’Automàtica, among others.

In 2019, we bought a food & drink vending machine and customized it into a zine vending machine! We presented it at the Gutter Fest, and it was later on display at Espai Brut for a period of time. In the machine, you could find short zines presented in small boxes.

A performative debate around the concept of "participation," which took place within the cycle of conversations for social transformation at “elcrucrucru”.

The action was orchestrated jointly with the collaboration of apostrof.coop and etceteres_coop.

EVENTS & CONFERENCES

The project has been in circulation since 2017, participating in design festivals, illustration festivals, conferences, and workshops such as at  Caixa Forum, CCCB, Arts Santamónica, Gutter Fest, Art Libris, Konvent.0, Festival Impreses!, Stripart, Tenderete, Imagincafé, Graf, Escola Illa, EINA, CC Guinardó, Instituto Italiano de Cultura de Barcelona, and Bibliolab.

Project coordinated horizontally from 2015 to 2021 by:
Sara Isabel Àlvarez, Karo Buer, Judit Cuadros, Judit Saavedra, Anna Solé, Leily Khabiri Cabanillas, Clara-Iris Ramos, and Deiff Mg.

Project created/conceived by Arnal Ballester, Clara-Iris Ramos,
and Francesc Morera.
Our logo is the work of Olaf Ladousse.
Our expandable module is the idea of Amalgama Studio.
Our display case is made by Juan Cuadros.