Publishing

Archive Futures, the publishing strand of the Re:assemblages programme, is the inaugural publishing project of the Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.). This foundational editorial series expands on three years of comprehensive research, residencies, and convenings to introduce new publishing on African and Afro-diasporic art and literature archives. The 2026-27 release will result in the publication of print editions, essay commissions, and the Archive Futures digital repository, which archives the three-year Re:assemblages programme and Year 1 of the African Arts Libraries Lab (AAL Lab) and Affiliates Network.

G.A.S. Publish

Archive Future Essay Series
Launch: Winter 2026
Hosted on G.A.S. Publish, this digital series commissions ten essays across two strands:

Strand 1: Notes on Convenings — A reflection published after each convening; part document, part argument, sitting with the archives, ideas, and unresolved questions each convening presents.

Strand 2: Artists as Libraries — Pairs senior artists with early-career writers around themes the artist defines, responding to the relative absence of public archives on contemporary African and Afro-diasporic artistic practice.

Archive Futures Repository
Launch: January 2027
A digital toolkit archiving the three year Re:assemblages programme and the inaugural year of the African Arts Libraries (AAL Lab) Network.

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Print Publications

Ilẹ̀ Mọ Wa: The Land Knows Us
Print zine launch: 18 September 2026 (accompanying the London convening).
Concept, text, and design: Funmi Ogunshina, Naima Hassan, Catherine Bardi, and Samantha Russell.

Planetary Afterimages: After The Short Century
Print zine launch: 24 September 2026 (accompanying the NYC convening).
Concept, text, and design: BlackMassPublishing (Yusuf Hassan).

Annotations in Four Acts
Print publication launch: November 2026
Developed in parallel with Annotations, the first chapter of the Re:assemblages programme at the Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation in 2024. As the inaugural publication of the foundation, it examines major pan-African cultural festivals, exploring their dual role as both historical events and sites of postcolonial pan-African exchange.

Co-published by Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.), this publication is supported by Arts Council England and Yinka Shonibare Foundation. It is edited by Naima Hassan, Maryam Kazeem and Billy Fowo, with book design by Rose Nordin. Contributors include Adeyosola Adeniran, Osayame Emokpae-Ozoro, Dr Merve Fejzula, Billy Fowo, Naima Hassan, Theophilus Imani, Maryam Kazeem, Liz Kobusinge, Missla Libsekal, Ufuoma Ogbemudje, Justin Randolph Thompson, Ryan Tenney and Dr Uhuru Phalafala.

The publication will be distributed through the co-publishers and selected distribution partners.