Hardcore Art Book Fair is a new independent publishing fair, celebrating its first edition in 2025 at LagoAlgo, Mexico City. Conceived as a space to consume, think, print, and share editorial practices through an experimental and collective lens, the fair brings together over 90 local and international projects working at the intersection of design, art, community, and printed culture.
As part of the public program, the fair presents Hardcore Zamme Talks and Hardcore Zamme Workshops, a collaboration with Zamme, a hybrid creative community focused on knowledge exchange. The fair also features a curated music program by Mexican Rarities, a label, archive, and distribution platform dedicated to Mexican music.
The Hardcore Zamme Talks are an extension of Hardcore Art Book Fair’s mission, reinforcing its dedication to publishing as raw, unfiltered, and honest expression. The talks offer a structured, thematic dive into topics that explore the evolving role of publishing beyond traditional models—embracing it as a space for culture, experimentation, and collaboration.
The Hardcore Zamme Workshops are fast-paced, collaborative sessions designed to ignite intuitive creativity and exchange. Rooted in radical, independent, and experimental methodologies, these workshops provide a hands-on space for participants to actively explore new processes, tools, and ideas in publishing and visual communication. Embracing spontaneity, participants work quickly to bypass creative blockages and produce tangible riso-printed outcomes.
The fair also includes a curated sound program by Mexican Rarities, exploring the printed medium through vinyl as a living archive of Mexican musical memory. Throughout the fair, Mexican Rarities curates a sound program tracing the country’s underground scene and sonic history.
