We understand publications as free and safe spaces in which self-determined political and aesthetic questions are negotiated and social communities are defined through publishing as an (artistic) practice.
The publications never refer only to themselves, but reflect critically, ironically, sometimes strikingly and sometimes enigmatically on art, society, feelings, objects, egos and always great comrades-in-arms from music and art whose work Gloria Glitzer celebrates and wants to say thank you to them with her publications.
— Gloria Glitzer*

Because of our artistic and political practice we understand we make it as a space that confronts us with the roots of self-­publishing. The urge for self-enactment, visibility, accessibility and democra­tization of art, politics and information. But also the low and no budgets, and the need for accessible machines and collaborative processes. And how limit­ations leads to the consequence to use the Risograph as the choice of reproduction.

Beside all said our space is also dedicated to experimentation and testing alternate approaches to publishing, to rethink the use and concepts of printed matters but also enable individuals as well as communities in their urge to express their thoughts, ideas and discourses.

*Gloria Glitzer is the avatar of the artists Franziska Brandt and Moritz Grünke. Founded in 2007, Gloria Glitzer develops, creates, and publishes artzines and artists’ books. Gloria Glitzer also runs we make it and founded the Herbarium Riso, a public archive dedicated to stencil printed artists’ publications.

From 2015 to 2022 Moritz Grünke organized, together with P. Obolo (2022), Y. Camps, M. Pichler and K. Mueller (2015) the Miss Read Festival at HKW, Berlin. Together with Maja Milic he also found the Miss Readio station.