Review: From Reproducing to Passing On - Publishing as Part of a Critical Spatial Practice

Abstract

Making Futures (Specor Books, 2021) presents a critical, experimental and collective architectural practice that focuses on a project of the same name that took place between 2018 and 2021. Beyond the strong content contributions, the publication is an attempt to find an adequate publication format for this contemporary architectural practice, i.e. to not only question the norms and standards of the editor’s own disciplines, but also of bookmaking and project documentation. In my review, I attempt to address the difficulties of such an endeavor in general and the specific approach of the Making Futures publication.