Pen Plotting Party: Difference between revisions

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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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-PPP can mean many things. Today, it means PPP's Project Page, which means Pen Plotting Party's Project Page. Papers pending.
+<!-- PPP can mean many things. Today, it means PPP's Project Page, which means Pen Plotting Party's Project Page. Papers pending. -->
+ <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>
+* Reach us at [mailto:penplottingparty@outlook.com penplottingparty@outlook.com] or reach out to Alessia, Thijs or Victor directly
+* [https://www.instagram.com/penplottingparty/ Instagram]
 <big>'''Workshops and parties'''</big>
 * Pen Plotting Party (Rotterdam, XPUB studio, 2024-02-12)
 ** [https://media.xpub.nl/2024/PEN-PLOTTING-PARTY_12-Feb-2024/ Photo documentation]
+** [https://media.xpub.nl/2024/20240212-pen-plotting-party.420p.mp4 Video documentation]
 ** [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Notes_on_SI23#Pen_Plotting_Party|Thijs's notes]]
+** [https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/d/df/Ppposter.jpg poster]
 * Pen Plotting Party with OSP (Brussels, Meyboom Artist Spaces, 2024-05-04)
-** [[Pen_plotters/20240504_OSP_Party|Presentational material for OSP party]]
+** [[Pen_Plotting_Party/20240504_OSP_Party|Presentational material for OSP party]]
 ** [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Notes_on_SI24#Pen_Plotting_Party_at_OSP|Photo documentation]]
-* [[Pen_plotters/20241104_PPP_colloquium|Pen plotting party colloquium]] (Rotterdam, WH, 2024-11-04)
+** [https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/b/b5/PPP-20240504-poster-square.jpg poster]
+* [[Pen_Plotting_Party/20241104_PPP_colloquium|Pen plotting party colloquium]] (Rotterdam, WH, 2024-11-04)
 ** [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Notes_on_The_New_Year#Pen_Plotting_Party_Colloquium|Thijs's notes]]
-* [https://pad.xpub.nl/p/ppp-worm-20250328 WORM Crème de la Crème 2025-03-28 pad]
+* Ice Cream Assembly Line at [https://worm.org/production/creme-de-la-creme-pen-plotting-and-dance-performances/ WORM Crème de la Crème] (Rotterdam, 2025-03-28, part of Rotterdam Art Week 2025)
+** [https://pad.xpub.nl/p/ppp-worm-20250328 meeting and brainstorming pad]
+** [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Notes_on_Being,_Here#The_Ice_Cream_Assembly_Line|Photo documentation 1]], [https://www.instagram.com/p/DH0zTNoth14/?img_index=2 2]
+* 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>
+* Interview on workshop based practices for a publication by [https://www.instagram.com/fivethirty.today/ 530 Typeclub] ([https://530type.club/ website], July 2025)
-<big>'''WORM open call'''</big>
+<big>'''Other events we participated in'''</big>
-* [https://pad.xpub.nl/p/pen-plotter-gang Main Pad]
+* The zinecamp parasitic event [https://zinecamp2023.hotglue.me/?program Machinecamp] (Rotterdam, WORM, 2023-11-04/05)
-* [https://pad.xpub.nl/p/ppp-worm-open-call Proposal Drafting Pad]
+* SWAP (Rotterdam, De Kroon, 2024-06-14)
-* [[PPP/Portfolio-WORM-20240521|Portfolio dump]] for [https://worm.org/2024/04/23/worm-x-amarte-open-call/ WORM open call]
+* 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]