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We are in two places at once🧙🏼♀️🧚🏽♀️ Today you can not only find us at the Brussels Ass Book Fair but also at DRUK in Amsterdam. Come and browse through our books!
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We are in two places at once🧙🏼♀️🧚🏽♀️ Today you can not only find us at the Brussels Ass Book Fair but also at DRUK in Amsterdam. Come and browse through our books!
Interested in pluralities, mothers or gardens? Time to browse through the books and join the programme at Brussels Ass Book Fair this weekend… On Sunday afternoon, there is even a collective manifesto reading in the context of the new publication ‘Love & Lightning’ (Valiz and Girls Like Us)! 🗯️💥
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Interested in pluralities, mothers or gardens? Time to browse through the books and join the programme at Brussels Ass Book Fair this weekend… On Sunday afternoon, there is even a collective manifesto reading in the context of the new publication ‘Love & Lightning’ (Valiz and Girls Like Us)! 🗯️💥
We had a wonderful night in a fully packed Cafe Saarein!
Yesterday the Lesbian film club Pottenkijkers screened a documentary about The Lesbian Avengers, an activist group from New York. Noor de Vries recited their 'Dyke Manifesto' (1993), that is featured in 'Love & Lightning' 😍
👉 lnkd.in/eBjHFAJF
Yesterday the Lesbian film club Pottenkijkers screened a documentary about The Lesbian Avengers, an activist group from New York. Noor de Vries recited their 'Dyke Manifesto' (1993), that is featured in 'Love & Lightning' 😍
👉 lnkd.in/eBjHFAJF
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We had a wonderful night in a fully packed Cafe Saarein!
Yesterday the Lesbian film club Pottenkijkers screened a documentary about The Lesbian Avengers, an activist group from New York. Noor de Vries recited their 'Dyke Manifesto' (1993), that is featured in 'Love & Lightning' 😍
👉 lnkd.in/eBjHFAJF
Yesterday the Lesbian film club Pottenkijkers screened a documentary about The Lesbian Avengers, an activist group from New York. Noor de Vries recited their 'Dyke Manifesto' (1993), that is featured in 'Love & Lightning' 😍
👉 lnkd.in/eBjHFAJF
Have you seen our latest release 👉 'Slow Technology Reader' ?
This volume gathers contributions from diverse disciplinary fields and knowledge traditions to consider technology through a ‘Slow’ lens.
By Carolyn F. Strauss & many contributors.
📖https://valiz.nl/publicaties/slow-technology-reader
This volume gathers contributions from diverse disciplinary fields and knowledge traditions to consider technology through a ‘Slow’ lens.
By Carolyn F. Strauss & many contributors.
📖https://valiz.nl/publicaties/slow-technology-reader
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Have you seen our latest release 👉 'Slow Technology Reader' ?
This volume gathers contributions from diverse disciplinary fields and knowledge traditions to consider technology through a ‘Slow’ lens.
By Carolyn F. Strauss & many contributors.
📖https://valiz.nl/publicaties/slow-technology-reader
This volume gathers contributions from diverse disciplinary fields and knowledge traditions to consider technology through a ‘Slow’ lens.
By Carolyn F. Strauss & many contributors.
📖https://valiz.nl/publicaties/slow-technology-reader
Today is the first day of 'Valiz in Montréal'! A series of talks and an exhibition will present the content and design of selected Valiz titles, including 'Performing Mourning', 'Trust', 'Sensing Earth' and 'Slow Technology Reader'.
Go to more info 👉 lnkd.in/e5gBGpcP
Go to more info 👉 lnkd.in/e5gBGpcP
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Today is the first day of 'Valiz in Montréal'! A series of talks and an exhibition will present the content and design of selected Valiz titles, including 'Performing Mourning', 'Trust', 'Sensing Earth' and 'Slow Technology Reader'.
Go to more info 👉 lnkd.in/e5gBGpcP
Go to more info 👉 lnkd.in/e5gBGpcP
We were too late to get our hands on tickets... but our books did make it to tonight's amazing programme at Nieuwe Instituut with Haraway, Tsing and Braidotti! 👏
For those who did get a ticket: Have an inspiring evening and look out for the book shop 🍄 🕷️
nieuweinstituut.nl/events/haraw...
For those who did get a ticket: Have an inspiring evening and look out for the book shop 🍄 🕷️
nieuweinstituut.nl/events/haraw...
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We were too late to get our hands on tickets... but our books did make it to tonight's amazing programme at Nieuwe Instituut with Haraway, Tsing and Braidotti! 👏
For those who did get a ticket: Have an inspiring evening and look out for the book shop 🍄 🕷️
nieuweinstituut.nl/events/haraw...
For those who did get a ticket: Have an inspiring evening and look out for the book shop 🍄 🕷️
nieuweinstituut.nl/events/haraw...
This Friday #Stedelijk will host the 10th edition of the Wim Crouwel lecture: 'Staring into the Dark', given by Vasyl Cherepanyn.
Astrid Vorstermans (founder of Valiz) will be there as rep of the Wim Crouwel Instituut.
Go to programme 👉 lnkd.in/eUb4PbYd
(Photo: Vasyl Cherepanyn by Diana Iwanova)
Astrid Vorstermans (founder of Valiz) will be there as rep of the Wim Crouwel Instituut.
Go to programme 👉 lnkd.in/eUb4PbYd
(Photo: Vasyl Cherepanyn by Diana Iwanova)
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This Friday #Stedelijk will host the 10th edition of the Wim Crouwel lecture: 'Staring into the Dark', given by Vasyl Cherepanyn.
Astrid Vorstermans (founder of Valiz) will be there as rep of the Wim Crouwel Instituut.
Go to programme 👉 lnkd.in/eUb4PbYd
(Photo: Vasyl Cherepanyn by Diana Iwanova)
Astrid Vorstermans (founder of Valiz) will be there as rep of the Wim Crouwel Instituut.
Go to programme 👉 lnkd.in/eUb4PbYd
(Photo: Vasyl Cherepanyn by Diana Iwanova)
Come to Cafe Saarein for an evening with lesbian film club Pottenkijkers! An evening dedicated to our new title 'Love & Lightning' and 'The Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire, Too' (1993).
When: 26 October, 8 pm
Where: Café Saarein, Elandsstraat 119-HS, Amsterdam
Entry: Free
When: 26 October, 8 pm
Where: Café Saarein, Elandsstraat 119-HS, Amsterdam
Entry: Free
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Come to Cafe Saarein for an evening with lesbian film club Pottenkijkers! An evening dedicated to our new title 'Love & Lightning' and 'The Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire, Too' (1993).
When: 26 October, 8 pm
Where: Café Saarein, Elandsstraat 119-HS, Amsterdam
Entry: Free
When: 26 October, 8 pm
Where: Café Saarein, Elandsstraat 119-HS, Amsterdam
Entry: Free
Join author and editor Eva Fotiadi and contributing author Renata Pękowska to discuss multisensory encounters with art and the publication 'Exhibiting for Multiple Senses' during Dublin Art Book Fair @tbgands.bsky.social 🫳 👂 👃
Reserve a seat 👉 www.eventbrite.ie/e/dabf25-pub...
Reserve a seat 👉 www.eventbrite.ie/e/dabf25-pub...
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Join author and editor Eva Fotiadi and contributing author Renata Pękowska to discuss multisensory encounters with art and the publication 'Exhibiting for Multiple Senses' during Dublin Art Book Fair @tbgands.bsky.social 🫳 👂 👃
Reserve a seat 👉 www.eventbrite.ie/e/dabf25-pub...
Reserve a seat 👉 www.eventbrite.ie/e/dabf25-pub...
What a busy opening at Offprint Paris yesterday! It was great to meet so many enthusiastic readers! The fair is taking place until sunday at Césure. Come to chat and have a look our newest releases!
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What a busy opening at Offprint Paris yesterday! It was great to meet so many enthusiastic readers! The fair is taking place until sunday at Césure. Come to chat and have a look our newest releases!
We look back on a fun launch of 'Love & Lightning' @San Serriffe in Amsterdam with editors Sarah van Binsbergen, Jessica Gysel and project editor Eli Witteman. Special thanks to designer Lotte Lara Schröder, who surprised us with her witch act!
Go to 'Love & Lightning'
👇
lnkd.in/eBjHFAJF
Go to 'Love & Lightning'
👇
lnkd.in/eBjHFAJF
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We look back on a fun launch of 'Love & Lightning' @San Serriffe in Amsterdam with editors Sarah van Binsbergen, Jessica Gysel and project editor Eli Witteman. Special thanks to designer Lotte Lara Schröder, who surprised us with her witch act!
Go to 'Love & Lightning'
👇
lnkd.in/eBjHFAJF
Go to 'Love & Lightning'
👇
lnkd.in/eBjHFAJF
Today Offprint Paris kicks off @ Césure (Grand Plateau) and Valiz is present! Find our colleague Simon at the Valiz table and dive into our latest releases 🤿
For more information
👇
lnkd.in/eKj2bCfy
For more information
👇
lnkd.in/eKj2bCfy
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Today Offprint Paris kicks off @ Césure (Grand Plateau) and Valiz is present! Find our colleague Simon at the Valiz table and dive into our latest releases 🤿
For more information
👇
lnkd.in/eKj2bCfy
For more information
👇
lnkd.in/eKj2bCfy
Tomorrow (Thursday 13th) we will be celebrating the release of Geert Lovink's 'Platform Brutality' in OT301. Feel free to join!
Doors open: 5:30 pm
Program: 6 to 7 pm, with drinks after
Doors close: 8 pm
More about the launch
👇
valiz.nl/en/activitie...
Doors open: 5:30 pm
Program: 6 to 7 pm, with drinks after
Doors close: 8 pm
More about the launch
👇
valiz.nl/en/activitie...
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Tomorrow (Thursday 13th) we will be celebrating the release of Geert Lovink's 'Platform Brutality' in OT301. Feel free to join!
Doors open: 5:30 pm
Program: 6 to 7 pm, with drinks after
Doors close: 8 pm
More about the launch
👇
valiz.nl/en/activitie...
Doors open: 5:30 pm
Program: 6 to 7 pm, with drinks after
Doors close: 8 pm
More about the launch
👇
valiz.nl/en/activitie...
A visual recap of the launch of 'Exhibiting for the Multiple Senses' in Kunstmuseum Den Haag with Vincent Bijlo, Caro Verbeek (PhD) and Eva Fotiadi, that was all about addressing the non-visual senses in relation to art.
Couldn't make it?
👇
lnkd.in/e-YpnB5H
Couldn't make it?
👇
lnkd.in/e-YpnB5H
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A visual recap of the launch of 'Exhibiting for the Multiple Senses' in Kunstmuseum Den Haag with Vincent Bijlo, Caro Verbeek (PhD) and Eva Fotiadi, that was all about addressing the non-visual senses in relation to art.
Couldn't make it?
👇
lnkd.in/e-YpnB5H
Couldn't make it?
👇
lnkd.in/e-YpnB5H
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Right after the official award ceremony!
Second to left is Astrid 💐 🎈She is standing between laureates Jordi Conejos Sancho and Cristina Taverner (Elisava), Christoph Niemann and representatives of the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Art & Design.
We are super proud!☺️
Right after the official award ceremony!
Second to left is Astrid 💐 🎈She is standing between laureates Jordi Conejos Sancho and Cristina Taverner (Elisava), Christoph Niemann and representatives of the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Art & Design.
We are super proud!☺️
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Right after the official award ceremony!
Second to left is Astrid 💐 🎈She is standing between laureates Jordi Conejos Sancho and Cristina Taverner (Elisava), Christoph Niemann and representatives of the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Art & Design.
We are super proud!☺️
Right after the official award ceremony!
Second to left is Astrid 💐 🎈She is standing between laureates Jordi Conejos Sancho and Cristina Taverner (Elisava), Christoph Niemann and representatives of the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Art & Design.
We are super proud!☺️
We are proud to announce that Valiz will be the recipient of the Ladislav Sutnar Prize 2025!🥂 💥
Astrid Vorstermans, founder of Valiz, has been invited to accept the award in Plzeň (Pilsen) on Wednesday 5 November, 5 pm, in the Plzeň City Hall.
For more information👉
www.fdu.zcu.cz/en/Faculty/L...
Astrid Vorstermans, founder of Valiz, has been invited to accept the award in Plzeň (Pilsen) on Wednesday 5 November, 5 pm, in the Plzeň City Hall.
For more information👉
www.fdu.zcu.cz/en/Faculty/L...
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We are proud to announce that Valiz will be the recipient of the Ladislav Sutnar Prize 2025!🥂 💥
Astrid Vorstermans, founder of Valiz, has been invited to accept the award in Plzeň (Pilsen) on Wednesday 5 November, 5 pm, in the Plzeň City Hall.
For more information👉
www.fdu.zcu.cz/en/Faculty/L...
Astrid Vorstermans, founder of Valiz, has been invited to accept the award in Plzeň (Pilsen) on Wednesday 5 November, 5 pm, in the Plzeň City Hall.
For more information👉
www.fdu.zcu.cz/en/Faculty/L...
On 31 October Valiz and Girls Like Us Magazine present the new publication Love & Lightning at San Serriffe. In a conversation, Jessica Gysel and Sarah van Binsbergen will explain more about the book. Next to the book, there is another special item for sale. Come and discover, and drink a glass!
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
On 31 October Valiz and Girls Like Us Magazine present the new publication Love & Lightning at San Serriffe. In a conversation, Jessica Gysel and Sarah van Binsbergen will explain more about the book. Next to the book, there is another special item for sale. Come and discover, and drink a glass!
Come to Kunstmuseum Den Haag on Sunday 9 November for the official launch of Exhibiting for Multiple Senses!
With editor and author Eva Fotiadi, author Caro Verbeek and cabaretier and theatre maker Vincent Bijlo.
14:30-16:00, followed by drinks
Entry is free, email to [email protected] to RSVP
With editor and author Eva Fotiadi, author Caro Verbeek and cabaretier and theatre maker Vincent Bijlo.
14:30-16:00, followed by drinks
Entry is free, email to [email protected] to RSVP
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Come to Kunstmuseum Den Haag on Sunday 9 November for the official launch of Exhibiting for Multiple Senses!
With editor and author Eva Fotiadi, author Caro Verbeek and cabaretier and theatre maker Vincent Bijlo.
14:30-16:00, followed by drinks
Entry is free, email to [email protected] to RSVP
With editor and author Eva Fotiadi, author Caro Verbeek and cabaretier and theatre maker Vincent Bijlo.
14:30-16:00, followed by drinks
Entry is free, email to [email protected] to RSVP
Astrid and Eli are roaming around Frankfurt for the Buchmesse! Come find us to talk about (your and our) plans, 2025 and beyond…
October 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Astrid and Eli are roaming around Frankfurt for the Buchmesse! Come find us to talk about (your and our) plans, 2025 and beyond…
🌟 New release!
Love & Lightning is a collection of manifestos with a queer, feminist or queer-feminist perspective. Discover how the manifestos jump across time and space, and sometimes even outside of it.
This book is in collaboration with Girls Like Us Magazine.
🛒 👉 valiz.nl/en/publicati...
Love & Lightning is a collection of manifestos with a queer, feminist or queer-feminist perspective. Discover how the manifestos jump across time and space, and sometimes even outside of it.
This book is in collaboration with Girls Like Us Magazine.
🛒 👉 valiz.nl/en/publicati...
October 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🌟 New release!
Love & Lightning is a collection of manifestos with a queer, feminist or queer-feminist perspective. Discover how the manifestos jump across time and space, and sometimes even outside of it.
This book is in collaboration with Girls Like Us Magazine.
🛒 👉 valiz.nl/en/publicati...
Love & Lightning is a collection of manifestos with a queer, feminist or queer-feminist perspective. Discover how the manifestos jump across time and space, and sometimes even outside of it.
This book is in collaboration with Girls Like Us Magazine.
🛒 👉 valiz.nl/en/publicati...
Another glorious day at #Recreo Valencia. Saturday 4 Oct, 11-15 and 16-21 hr. Come and chat with Astrid and/or browse through our and our neighbours’ books!
October 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Another glorious day at #Recreo Valencia. Saturday 4 Oct, 11-15 and 16-21 hr. Come and chat with Astrid and/or browse through our and our neighbours’ books!
Currently at the GLUE Art Book Fair in London!
September 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Currently at the GLUE Art Book Fair in London!
✈️📚 Next stop: Queens! Valiz is packing up our books and heading to MoMA PS1 for the New York Art Book Fair 2025
📍 MoMA PS1, Queens, New York
🎟 Tickets & info: nyabf2025.printedmatterartbookfairs.org
We can’t wait to share our latest and classic titles with the global art book community.
📍 MoMA PS1, Queens, New York
🎟 Tickets & info: nyabf2025.printedmatterartbookfairs.org
We can’t wait to share our latest and classic titles with the global art book community.
September 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
✈️📚 Next stop: Queens! Valiz is packing up our books and heading to MoMA PS1 for the New York Art Book Fair 2025
📍 MoMA PS1, Queens, New York
🎟 Tickets & info: nyabf2025.printedmatterartbookfairs.org
We can’t wait to share our latest and classic titles with the global art book community.
📍 MoMA PS1, Queens, New York
🎟 Tickets & info: nyabf2025.printedmatterartbookfairs.org
We can’t wait to share our latest and classic titles with the global art book community.
Beyond vision: Exhibiting for Multiple Senses brings a lively exchange on multisensory art and curating to GLUE / ICA London
📖 The book is available during the GLUE bookfair at the Valiz booth
🗓 13 September, 14:30–16:00 | ICA London
🎟 Free entry, please book in advance → www.ica.art/book/601001
📖 The book is available during the GLUE bookfair at the Valiz booth
🗓 13 September, 14:30–16:00 | ICA London
🎟 Free entry, please book in advance → www.ica.art/book/601001
September 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Beyond vision: Exhibiting for Multiple Senses brings a lively exchange on multisensory art and curating to GLUE / ICA London
📖 The book is available during the GLUE bookfair at the Valiz booth
🗓 13 September, 14:30–16:00 | ICA London
🎟 Free entry, please book in advance → www.ica.art/book/601001
📖 The book is available during the GLUE bookfair at the Valiz booth
🗓 13 September, 14:30–16:00 | ICA London
🎟 Free entry, please book in advance → www.ica.art/book/601001