Pen Plotting Party: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:19, 11 June 2026

Pen Plotting Party is a Rotterdam based collective consisting of 3 interdisciplinary alumni from the PZI master Experimental Publishing who bonded over pen plotters. They host events to invite exploration of these enigmatic machines, to share publishing methodologies and foster collaborative making.

Contact

Reach us at penplottingparty@outlook.com or reach out to Alessia, Thijs or Victor directly
Instagram

Workshops and parties

Pen Plotting Party (Rotterdam, XPUB studio, 2024-02-12)
Pen Plotting Party with OSP (Brussels, Meyboom Artist Spaces, 2024-05-04)
Pen plotting party colloquium (Rotterdam, WH, 2024-11-04)
- Thijs's notes
Ice Cream Assembly Line at WORM Crème de la Crème (Rotterdam, 2025-03-28, part of Rotterdam Art Week 2025)
- meeting and brainstorming pad
- Photo documentation 1, 2
Ice Cream Assembly Line at Snackbar Frieda (Rotterdam, 2025-05-04)
- Photo documentation 1, 2
Coming up: Pen Plotting Party as SOS! June 12-13
- webpage

Publications and the likes

Interview on workshop based practices for a publication by 530 Typeclub (website, July 2025)

Other events we participated in

The zinecamp parasitic event Machinecamp (Rotterdam, WORM, 2023-11-04/05)
SWAP (Rotterdam, De Kroon, 2024-06-14)
TOFKAP PowerPoint presentation evening (Rotterdam, 2026-05-12)

Side projects

WORM Algorithms open call: Main Pad, Proposal Drafting Pad, Portfolio dump for WORM open call
Making music

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-  <b>Pen Plotting Party</b> is a Rotterdam based collective consisting of 3 interdisciplinary master alumni from the PZI master Experimental Publishing who bonded over pen plotters. They host events to invite exploration of these enigmatic machines, to share publishing methodologies and foster collaborative making.
+  <b>Pen Plotting Party</b> is a Rotterdam based collective consisting of 3 interdisciplinary alumni from the PZI master Experimental Publishing who bonded over pen plotters. They host events to invite exploration of these enigmatic machines, to share publishing methodologies and foster collaborative making.
 <big>'''Contact'''</big>
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 * Ice Cream Assembly Line at [https://radar.squat.net/en/rotterdam/snackbar-frieda Snackbar Frieda] (Rotterdam, 2025-05-04)
 ** [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Notes_from_Up_There#Snackbar_Frieda_Ice_Cream_Assembly|Photo documentation 1]], [https://www.instagram.com/p/DJPk9YQMZLa/?img_index=1 2]
+* Coming up: Pen Plotting Party as SOS! June 12-13
+** [https://sos.nospace.at/pen-plotting-party/ webpage]
 <big>'''Publications and the likes'''</big>
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 * The zinecamp parasitic event [https://zinecamp2023.hotglue.me/?program Machinecamp] (Rotterdam, WORM, 2023-11-04/05)
 * SWAP (Rotterdam, De Kroon, 2024-06-14)
+* TOFKAP PowerPoint presentation evening (Rotterdam, 2026-05-12)
 <big>'''Side projects'''</big>
 * WORM Algorithms open call: [https://pad.xpub.nl/p/pen-plotter-gang Main Pad], [https://pad.xpub.nl/p/ppp-worm-open-call Proposal Drafting Pad], [[PPP/Portfolio-WORM-20240521|Portfolio dump]] for [https://worm.org/2024/04/23/worm-x-amarte-open-call/ WORM open call]
 * [https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Alessia/Pen_plotter_music Making music]