Independent publishing isn't just ink on paper, it's resistance, visibility, and care. It tears through silence, carves space for the unheard, and makes space where there was none.




Overview




Is Not Magazine #3 – Habit is/not Addiction, August/September 2005. Edited and designed by Mel Campbell, Stuart Geddes, Natasha Ludowyk, Penny Modra and Jeremy Wortsman. Photographed on Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. Photograph courtesy Stuart Geddes.





Whose stories get printed?
Whose voices fill the pages?
Independent publishing tears through the silence, carving space for the voices that refuse to be erased.
From underground zines to radical manifestos, from risograph prints to hand-bound books, publishing has long been a tool of resistance, resilience, and rebellion. 
It is where the marginalized take control of their own narratives, where 
ink becomes activism, and where paper holds the weight of histories yet 
to be told.
This exhibition invites you to step inside the messy, urgent, and unapologetic world of independent publishing— where words spark movements, pages hold power, and creativity knows no limits.






Process


                           




Event Details



Day 1Friday, May 16
5-9 pm
Day 2Saturday, May 17
10 am - 2 pm
Day 3Sunday, May 18
10 am - 2 pm
AddressWurru Wurru Biik
219 Albion Street #215 Brunswick, VIC 3056

Free entry - Book Online











Acknowledgement of Country 
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork ‘Sentient’ by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.