“Antipode” Zinebook Series Announces Open Call for Volume II
The ongoing DIY zinebook project documenting underground punk scenes invites contributions from SWANA, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and their diasporas.
“Antipode” is an independent zinebook series that focuses on a different region in each volume, documenting punk, hardcore, and DIY cultures within their local contexts. The project seeks to make scenes visible through the narratives of their own participants. Its aim is not to produce representation on behalf of others, but to document and archive the voices of those directly involved, building a long-term collective record.
Released in 2025, the first volume focused on the SWANA region (South West Asia & North Africa) and its diasporas. The publication was based on extensive interviews with bands, collectives, zines, independent labels, and scene people. Texts, archival materials, and local scene reports were brought together to create the documentation.
The project was not limited to the zinebook format alone. The first volume was accompanied by a compilation album and a launch tour consisting of live shows in different countries.
“Antipode” is conceived as an ongoing series. Each October, a new volume will be released, accompanied by a compilation and a launch tour. The second volume is scheduled for release on October 1, 2026.
The second volume will continue where the first left off, further deepening the documentation of the SWANA region and its diasporas before expanding its scope toward South Asia, Southeast Asia, and beyond.
Like the first volume, Volume II focuses on documenting the diversity of punk music, local forms of organization, and networks of solidarity within and across scenes. In this sense, the series positions itself as an independent archival project that invites a reconsideration of center-periphery hierarchies in global punk history.
Open Call for Volume II
Underground punk and hardcore bands, artists, collectives, zines, labels, alternative spaces, and individuals who wish to share stories or reports related to their local scenes from SWANA, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and their diasporas are invited to contribute.
Submissions may include written texts, interviews, archival documents, scene histories, visual materials, personal narratives, or more.
If you would like to collaborate on organizing launch shows, please feel free to get in touch as well.
Contributions can be sent to [email protected] until April 20, 2026.
Thank you so much in advance for every contribution!
Read more:
- Music, Memory, and Resistance: Doğa Sultan is Documenting the SWANA Punk Underground (DIY Conspiracy)
- “Antipode”: An Interview with Doğa Sultan on Her Zine-Book Archiving SWANA Punks (Maximum Rocknroll)
- For the Love of Swana Punk·x and Beyond (TOYZ Webzine)
