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Varia prints SomeTimes 6
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Varia prints all the news that can fit in *SomeTimes*. In this (sixth) Some Times issue, we trace the slow pulses and tangled contradictions of Seasonal Computing. A year haped by breakdowns and recalibrations, by small gatherings and structural questions. We start with a member text, Ode to Our Discomfort, that unsettles the tired gospel of “growth through discomfort,” naming the violence in asking the already-exposed to shed more safety. What does comfort mean when some never had it? What does risk require, and of whom?
Common Dirt Map - Presentation
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Get to know the common dirt of Charlois: from the neglected patches of earth around the plane trees to the communally managed facade gardens. On the 13th of July, we will present a map that takes you along some of the most fascinating pieces of urban nature that the district has to offer; from the Arie Berkelaarpad to the Kromme Zandweg and beyond. Together we will look at how nature finds its way between buildings and pavement. Let's go for a walk!
Varia prints SomeTimes 5 on Seasonal Computing
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Varia prints all the news that can fit in *SomeTimes*. The fifth issue is dedicated to the temporary, the not quite ready yet, the flourishing, and the almost over. Our public programme in 2024 is titled Seasonal Computing. This issue of SomeTimes is dedicated to Seasonal Computing and all its seeds, apple-cores, mini-pears and the flourishings and wiltings that have happened and will soon come to be.
Dysfluent Issue 2 Magazine Launch
Saturday, October 21, 2023
The launch of Dysfluent Issue 2, a magazine about people who stammer.
Book launch: Cyberfeminism Index
Sunday, February 12, 2023
On February 12 at 5 p.m., Varia will host the book launch for designer and editor Mindy Seu’s Cyberfeminism Index. The event will feature a performative reading by Seu, a casual conversation with audience members, and light refreshments.
Booklaunch: Volumetric Regimes
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Join us to celebrate the launch of the paper edition of *Volumetric Regimes: Material Cultures of Quantified Precence*, a book compiled by Possible Bodies (Femke Snelting en Jara Rocha)!
Double publication launch: Learning How to Walk While Catwalking and Vernaculars come to matter
Friday, December 17, 2021
XPUB and Varia are delighted to invite you to this double launch of the publications *Learning How to Walk While Catwalking* and *Vernaculars come to matter* on Friday the 17th of December.
Magiun magazine & Fizz club launch
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Join us for an afternoon of food! Alice Strete presents the new food magazine Magiun and Varia announces the start of a new open membership food and fermentation club. Expect Kombucha, sourdough bread, ASCII art and other tasty treats.
Entreprecariat: Everyone Is an Entrepreneur. Nobody Is Safe. Mini Book Launch
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Join us for an image roulette session: together with Lìdia Pereira, Silvio Lorusso will randomly dig into his research directories to exhume entreprecarious memes, illustrations, screenshots, artworks, etc.
One evening, Two launches, Three takes
Saturday, September 28, 2019
We are all very glad to invite you to the launch of the second issue of **Networks of One's Own
Activating an archive
Friday, May 31, 2019
At the end of last year, **De Player** approached **Varia** to develop a web-publication for their Pushing Scores project archive. The project investigated the state of the arts of composing scores in a contemporary environment and spanned over 2-3 years.
Woodstone Kugelblitz: Druk in Varia
Friday, November 23, 2018
Some things are more useful to know than others.
Choreo-Graphic-Hypothesis Book Launch
Thursday, November 15, 2018
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Streaming The Techno-Galactic Guide to Software Observation Stream @ Varia
Friday, September 7, 2018
*The Techno-Galactic Guide to Software Observation* is the obsessive fantasy of optimization turned on its head and stuck to the ceiling of a self-reflecting elevator. It is the ultimate book, with almost 300 pages of dos and don’ts, of forgotten histories and un-inevitable futures, of mindful agile actions and improvisational service architectures, of any and all things that you can and cannot imagine needing in a techno-galaxy.
It Is As If We Were Doing Work
Saturday, March 10, 2018
A few months have passed since the 11th issue of the Pervasive Labour Union zine was launched, but the topics that were touched upon are yet to be digested.