Quaranzine
A COVID-era internet scene brought isolated artists together into a recurring, contributor-curated publication and full live concert series across 25 editions.
Launched in the first months of the pandemic to centralize art being made in isolation around the world, Quaranzine grew from a publication into a recurring editorial and live-concert platform across 25 editions.
Role
EditorCuratorPublisherConcert organizer
Outcome
A 25-edition recurring publication and live concert series, built on open contributor submissions from artists isolated around the world.
The distributed scene
Twenty-five editions grew from one open call.
When studios, galleries, and venues closed, Quaranzine created a shared destination for work made in isolation. A standing global open call became a repeatable cycle of submission, curation, layout, and publication across twenty-five editions. The project then extended into a live concert series, giving the same distributed scene a performance format without requiring a physical venue. Source submissions and finished issues preserve both the working layer and the editorial result.
At a glance
25 published editions · Continuous open-call program · Publication and live-concert series
In the record
Contributor submission archive · Volume / edition organization system · Quaranzine live concert series · Open-call submission intake · Contributor and commissioning correspondence · Performance programs and recordings
Centralize the isolation
A standing open call gathered art being made around the world with no shared venue to land in.
Curate, don't just collect
Diverse commissioned and submitted work was organized into a coherent editorial voice, edition by edition.
Take it live
A concert series extended the same centralizing idea from the page into performance.