DIFFUSION
 
AN ONLINE PUBLISHING IMPRINT FROM PROBOSCIS
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AN INTRODUCTION TO DIFFUSION
DIFFUSION eBook Construction

DIFFUSION eBooks are shareable paper books that are free to download, print and make up (in A4 and US Letter PDF formats). Designed for viral distribution at almost no cost to readers, Proboscis regularly commissions new writing and creative publications which broaden discussion and debate around themes relating to our own projects and research. Proboscis also provides online design schematics, welcoming anyone, anywhere to adopt or re-interpret the format for their own uses.

Sharing Creativity
By using the internet as the distribution mechanism, DIFFUSION eBooks are accessible to a diverse readership across parts of the world that it would not be economical, or physically possible, to distribute traditional books to. Readers are encouraged to share the eBooks electronically or as material objects. DIFFUSION aims to bridge analogue and digital media by taking the reader away from the computer screen and engaging them in the process of making with their hands. Through the physical act of making the eBook, a dynamic is created that blurs the distinctions between producers and consumers.

DIFFUSION GENERATOR
Proboscis is building a web service enabling people to create their own DIFFUSION eBooks without the need for graphic design expertise or access to professional DTP software. A private test of the system began in November 2006 and a programme of Case Study Residencies with artists and writers exploring the uses of the Generator at Proboscis' London studio begins in Summer 2007. Examples of eBooks created using the Generator will be added to the Library below on a rolling basis.
>Generator | Example Generator eBooks

DESIGN
The format was conceived by Giles Lane with designer Paul Farrington.
 
SUPPORT

DIFFUSION is supported by Proboscis as part of our core artistic activity, but receives no direct funding itself. The Performance Notations and CODE series were funded by Arts Council England (Collaborative Arts Unit, 2000 & 2001). Several of the commissions for Species of Spaces were funded by London Arts (New Publishing Initiative, 2002 & 2003) and the original three commissions for Liquid Geography were published in collaboration with InIVA.

Please Donate
DIFFUSION is a self-funded project developed by Proboscis. Donations of any amount are important to support both the development of the Generator and to publish DIFFUSION eBooks and StoryCubes as free resources. Please click the button below to make a secure donation by Credit Card or Paypal (no account necessary):

THE DIFFUSION eBOOK LIBRARY
 
SERIES AUTHOR TITLE
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DATE
 
CODE Michael Atavar
 - - - -
November 2002
CODE Joe Banks
 The Case of Authors, Designers, Engravers, Etchers, Film Makers, Musicians, Photographers, Scientists, Sculptors, Conceptual and Sound Artists &c
November 2002
SPECIES OF SPACES Caroline Bassett
 How Many Movements?
May 2003
CODE Steve Beard

The Anthropofferjist Charles Dickens: "Wapping Ghost Ship"

March 2001
SPECIES OF SPACES Raoul Bunschoten
 Stirring Still
The city soul and its metaspaces
June 2005
SPECIES OF SPACES Heath Bunting Single Step Guide to Success – Day Planning
October 2006
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Mohini Chandra
 Voiceover

A4 | US Letter
+ sound file
mp3
June 2002
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Loren Chasse Paths for a Listener
October 2006
SPECIES OF SPACES Nina Czegledy
 On Spatial Perception
June 2005
SPECIES OF SPACES Scott deLahunta
 Separate Spaces: some cognitive dimensions of movement
June 2005
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Gair Dunlop
 Keep Focus
June 2002
SPECIES OF SPACES John Foot
 Immigration, Memory, Place
May 2003
SPECIES OF SPACES William Firebrace
 specious spacious
March 2002
SPECIES OF SPACES Anne Galloway Spaces and Places of Convergence
October 2006
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Rob Gawthrop ONE
September 2000
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Marcelyn Gow SPeeLINE: Electronically Purveyed Spatial Envelopes
September 2000
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Marina Grzinic Hybrid Spaces & Forms in Contemporary Art
September 2000
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Jim Harold Caesura
Cyprus • Kibris • Kypros
October 2006
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Kevin Henderson Between the Eyes Evil Shaved
September 2000
CODE Stewart Home The Psychogeography of Zeros and Ones
March 2001
SPECIES OF SPACES Melanie Jackson
 Spreading Like Wildfire
May 2003
SPECIES OF SPACES Patrick Keiller
 The Robinson Institute
March 2002
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Roshini Kempadoo
 Sole Rights
June 2002
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY David Key No Words
October 2006
SPECIES OF SPACES Brandon LaBelle
 Figuring Space...1...2...3...4
March 2002
URBAN TAPESTRIES Giles Lane Urban Tapestries: a brief introduction
A4 | US Letter
March 2004
URBAN TAPESTRIES Giles Lane, Alice Angus & Victoria Peckett Urban Tapestries: Bodystorming Experience documentation
A4 | US Letter
April 2004
SOCIAL TAPESTRIES Giles Lane & Sarah Thelwall Social Tapestries: Creative Lab documentation
A4 | US Letter
October 2004
URBAN TAPESTRIES Giles Lane & Nick West Urban Tapestries: Archilab 2004 The Naked City
A4 | US Letter
October 2004
SPECIES OF SPACES Lisa LeFeuvre Urban Time Travel:
Odd-Lots and Floating Islands
October 2006
SPECIES OF SPACES Deborah Levy
 Out Of It, Into It
March 2002
CODE Matt Locke
 P2P & Mobility: Rethinking the Roles of Networks in Content Distribution
March 2001
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Yve Lomax & Vit Hopley Real Time
September 2000
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Hayden Lorimer & Kate Foster Cross-bills
November 2005
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Joyce Majiski Confluences, Influences, Passages
November 2005
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Katharine Meynell The Island Bell
September 2000
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Johnny de Philo [Sue Golding] Nomadic Codes: Skin, Taste, Burn
September 2000
SPECIES OF SPACES Simon Pope
 Out Of Our Tree
May 2003
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Dr Andy Pratt
It's space Jim, but not as we know
June 2002
SOCIAL TAPESTRIES Proboscis Robotic Feral Public Authoring: Pollution Mapping Workshop
A4 | US Letter
November 2005
SOCIAL TAPESTRIES Proboscis Robotic Feral Public Authoring: Pollution Sensing eNotebook
A4 | US Letter
November 2005
SOCIAL TAPESTRIES Proboscis Community Collaborations: Havelock Estate eNotebook
A4 | US Letter
November 2005
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY John Schofield Constructing Place:
When artists and archaeologists meet
October 2006
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Declan Sheehan Toxin: Truth, Multimedia & Conceptual Art
September 2000
SPECIES OF SPACES Anne Sobotta
 Resnullius
May 2003
SPECIES OF SPACES Minna Tarkka
 Labours of Location:
acting in the pervasive media space
June 2005
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Anne Tallentire & Monica Ross  The Fact of the Matter
September 2000
PERFORMANCE NOTATIONS Aaron Williamson Phantom Shifts: Performance Notations
September 2000
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Louise K Wilson Aerial Stories:
notes about gravity, bodies and the view out the window
November 2005
LIQUID GEOGRAPHY Kathryn Yusoff Landscape
Return • Dispersal • Circulation
October 2006
 
DIFFUSION eBOOKS CREATED USING THE GENERATOR
CONTEXT AUTHOR TITLE
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DATE
Generator Kevin Flude *** NEW*** Kensington Walk
October 2007
Case Study Residencies Eloise Mitchell *** NEW*** Deep_'n_Dark Mo(u)rning Rises
October 2007
Case Study Residencies Eloise Mitchell *** NEW*** Deep_'n_Dark Dusk Descends
October 2007
Re-visioning Black Urbanism Paul Goodwin *** NEW*** Peckham Rising
October 2007
Curating.info Michelle Kasprzak Curating.info Conversations:
Alyssa Firth-Eagland
September 2007
Experiencing Democracy Year 4 Jenny Hammond Primary School Experiencing Democracy Workshop eBook
July 2007
Experiencing Democracy Loren Chasse & Giles Lane Student Diary for Experiencing Democracy Workshop
June 2007
DIFFUSION Generator Karen Martin for Proboscis This is not a book.
about the DIFFUSION Generator
June 2007
Topographies & Tales Alice Angus & Joyce Majiski Dawson City Journals 2
June 2007
Topographies & Tales Alice Angus & Joyce Majiski Dawson City Journals 1
June 2007
Enter Conference 2007 Giles Lane for Enter Conference

Enter Conference Participant eNotebook
April 2007
Enter Conference 2007 Sean Dodson Enter Conference Day 1 Blog Posts
April 2007
SOCIAL TAPESTRIES

Kevin Harris for Shipley UK Online Centre

 My Learning eNotebook
April 2007
SOCIAL TAPESTRIES Giles Lane MA Spatial Design Workshop,
Ravenbourne College
November 2006
 
DIFFUSION eBOOKS DESIGNED & PUBLISHED BY OTHERS
CONTEXT AUTHOR TITLE
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DATE
Critical Infrastructure Jeff Maki Critical Infrastructure Walking Guide
August 2007
Modes of Production Otto von Busch & Karl Palmas Design Management:
a reinterpretation on the theme
of Modes of Production and
Design Hacking
May 2006
This is Tomorrow Gair Dunlop & Daniel Norton This is Tomorrow
November 2004
  Lucy Gibson Silence Dropped
June 2004
Changing Room Exhibition Lucy Gibson Past Standing
July 2003
         
 
HOW TO DESIGN A DIFFUSION eBOOK

Below are a series of schematics which detail the imposition (placement and orientation of DIFFUSION pages) on a larger sheet, such as A4, US Letter or even A3. The maximum number of sheets that can comfortably be folded through each other is seven, therefore we have only designed schemetics for eBooks of up to 7 Sheets (28 pages).

The schematics are applicable to any sheet size depending on the size of the desired eBook: e.g. to create an A5 DIFFUSION eBook, the sheet size would need to be A3. To create an A4 size eBook, the sheet size would be A2.

8 Page Booklet Schematics

12 Page Booklet Schematics

16 Page Booklet Schematics

20 Page Booklet Schematics

24 Page Booklet Schematics

28 Page Booklet Schematics

 
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