Pen Plotting Party

Pen Plotting Party 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.

Workshops and parties

• Pen Plotting Party (Rotterdam, XPUB studio, 2024-02-12)
  • Photo documentation
  • Video documentation
  • Thijs's notes
• Pen Plotting Party with OSP (Brussels, Meyboom Artist Spaces, 2024-05-04)
  • Presentational material for OSP party
  • Photo documentation
• 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

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)

Side projects

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