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Mark Pezinger Books

Mark Pezinger Books is run by graphic designer Astrid Seme and artist Thomas Geiger since 2010. For us, publishing is a collaborative process that begins with a conversation—shaping a raw idea through design, editing, and production techniques, and bringing it to audiences through our distribution. At the core of our practice is a strong commitment to experimental approaches that turn ideas into tangible, thought-provoking publications.
Cuaderno de tareas / Work planner
andrea ancira & Nina Hoechtl, Cuaderno de tareas / Work planner, Mark Pezinger Books & Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 2006 © andrea ancira & Nina Hoechtl

Cuaderno de Tareas is a weekly, not year-specific, planner for invisible and unpaid labor, drawn from the unrealized vision of Mexican artist and activist Ana Victoria Jiménez and re-imagined by andrea ancira and Nina Hoechtl. While the planner addresses unseen labor, the book itself makes hidden work visible. It is intentionally left unfinished: untrimmed, uncovered, and raw.

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Rotting Sounds
Thomas Grill, Almut Schilling, Till Bovermann, Rotting Sounds, Mark Pezinger Books, 2025 © Thomas Grill, Almut Schilling, Till Bovermann

Durinh their research on the decay of digital the participants of the research project "Rotting Sounds" collected all waste: From yogurt cups to hard disks, USB sticks, cables, clothing. This mountain of waste was finally shredded and turned into paper, which was then processed into this very publication, which is a scientific publication on the decay of digital music.

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Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
Saffi Adler, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Mark Pezinger Books & Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 2025 © Saffi Adler

Dead Dove: Do Not Eat is a theater play by artist and author Saffi Adler. In it, the artists’ own accessories and gadgets take the floor to discuss their working conditions. The microphone, the mobile phone, the stapler, and many other objects debate across five acts, creating a delightful parody of the mechanisms of the art world.

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Textile, Trade and Terror
Fabricating Adjacency (eds.), Textile, Trade and Terror, Mark Pezinger Books & Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 2026 © Fabricating Adjacency (eds.)
Beigeification
Edgar Rodriguez, Beigeification, Mark Pezinger Books, 2026 © Edgar Rodriguez