TAM Pub grew out of the TAM Festival project. If the festival is a moment of physical encounter, TAM Pub is the space where those encounters take shape through a shared publication.
We view publishing as a collaborative workspace: a space where artists, designers and cultural practitioners can meet, exchange practices and experiment with printing techniques, materials and design approaches. Rather than a finished product, the publication becomes a testing ground for ideas, collaborations and new approaches to publishing.
TAM Pub’s first publications start from Etruscan culture, with which the TAM project maintains a direct link. ‘Tham’, meaning ‘to build’ in Etruscan, is not only the origin of the festival’s name but also an indication of its method: bringing together different practices, knowledge and perspectives to generate new points of view.
TAM Pub consists of Livia De Magistris, Edoardo Cantarella and Elisa Basilissi, and each publication takes shape on a case-by-case basis through dialogue with various artists and professionals.
Etruschi Misti
Foldable Zine
42×29,7 cm
Risograph + Silkscreen
These Etruscans have travelled a long way!
They have passed from the hands of those who created them thousands of years ago to those who today are trying to view them from a different perspective.
Livia De Magistris takes a selection of artefacts from the Archaeological Museum of Florence and transforms them through illustrations and ceramics, blending ancient forms with new imaginative interpretations.
A meeting of archaeology and the contemporary, where the artefacts change in appearance without losing their history. The zine opens with a contribution from Giulia Basilissi — a conservator-restorer at the Archaeological Museum of Florence — on the relationship between memory, conservation and artistic research.
Bestie Componibili
Flip Book
21 x 10cm
Risograph + Silkscreen
These modular creatures can be whatever you want them to be.
They have many different personalities and tell stories that come from the distant world of the Etruscans. All the illustrations in this publication are inspired by the small bronze votive statues from the Etruscan period held at the Archaeological Museum of Florence.
Am I a Dalmatian, or perhaps a vase?
Am I a horse, or perhaps a warrior?
Am I friendly, or do I bite?
Have fun weaving their stories together and discovering new fantastical animals!
After all, are these creatures really so different from us?
How to?
Firenze: Todo Modo Dilà
Firenze: gattaccio
Email: info@tamfestival.com
Pratiche Collettive Urbane
Piazza Edison: a crossing point where a news kiosk stands.
Pratiche Collettive Urbane is a series of workshops and talks dedicated to exploring urban space through collective creative practices. Drawing, micro-sculpture and self-production become tools for reinterpreting the square and fostering a shared and mindful way of using it.
The activities, centred on being in the here and now, involve various users of the square of all ages and conclude with public discussions with guests, stimulating dialogue and participation amongst those who live in or pass through the square. Project in collaboration with GINGKOMAG and Periodico 11.11
