13.5.–17.6.2026

Our eighth PUBLICS COUPLING exhibition features an exhibition of selected publications by Semiotext(e) & Shelter Press. A curated selection of publications by Chris Krauss / Semiotext(e) and Bartolomé Sanson & artist Félicia Atkinson / (Shelter Press) runs alongside the coupling exhibition by artists Félicia Atkinson and Aino Lintunen at PUBLICS from May 13- June 17, 2026.

This Coupling exhibition comprises records, publications, out of print editions, archival material from both publishers and a pop up shop for the duration of the exhibition.

A record playing station wil be available at PUBLICS to play copies of Shelter press recent releases.

On June 5th at 15.10-15.40 Under the Leaf book fair #4 invites Félicia Atkinson and Bartolomé Sanson to introduce Shelter Press. This year Under the Leaf Book Fair #4 takes place at Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts, Taideyliopisto, Sörnäisten Rantatie 19, Helsinki.

Shelter Press and Semiotext(e) exhibition is open at PUBLICS Wednesdays – Friday between 12–16.00 and by appointment until June 17 2026.

Semiotext(e)
Best known for its introduction of French theory to American readers, Semiotext(e) has been one of America’s most influential independent presses since its inception more than three decades ago. Publishing works of theory, fiction, madness, economics, satire, sexuality, science fiction, activism and confession, Semiotext(e)’s highly curated list has famously melded high and low forms of cultural expression into a nuanced and polemical vision of the present.

Semiotext(e) authors include Jean Baudrillard, William S. Burroughs, Paul Virilio, Catherine Breillat, the Invisible Committee, Eileen Myles, Mark von Schlegell, David Wojnarowicz, Abdellah Taïa, Guy Hocquenghem, Félix Guattari, Michelle Tea, Penny Arcade, the Bernadette Corporation, Pierre Clastres, Guy Debord, Michelle Bernstein, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Christian Marazzi, and Peter Sloterdjik. An anthology, Hatred of Capitalism, was published in 2001 to mark Semiotext(e)’s move to the MIT Press as its distributor.

Semiotext(e) was founded by Sylvère Lotringer. Today, it is coedited by Chris Kraus and Hedi El Kholti.

Shelter Press
Shelter Press is a French record label / publishing platform founded in 2012 by Bartolomé Sanson and Félicia Atkinson, building up dialogues between contemporary art, poetry and experimental music through printed publications and records.

Distributed worldwide by Secretly.

Starting September 2021, Shelter Press is also carrying and collaborating on the releases of the Ideologic Organ, Recollection GRM and Portraits GRM labels.

Under the leaf Book Fair

Under the Leaf Art Book Fair (UTL) is a bi-annual festival hosting local & international artists-publishers during a weekend in Helsinki, Finland. It features a wide variety of work—from zines and other printed matters, to art publications and artist books. In each edition, events such as music performances, poetry readings, installation art, radio broadcast and food art are happening as part of the Book Fair programme. The location is changing yearly. UTL is an event for the publishing practices and its community in Finland and around the world.