Possible Worlds

Possible Worlds Project space, shop and DIY independent publisher located in Ottawa, Canada.

🤹‍♂️Call for volunteers!🤹‍♂️ Object//Project 2026 is an entirely volunteer-run initiative and we appreciate any and all ...
04/06/2026

🤹‍♂️Call for volunteers!🤹‍♂️ Object//Project 2026 is an entirely volunteer-run initiative and we appreciate any and all support you’d like to give. We’re seeking volunteers to join us May 8-9 at in downtown Ottawa (290 Lisgar) as well as leading up to the fair.
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🤸‍♀️ Countdown to the 2026 edition of Object//Project, the Ottawa Art Book Fair for independent artist publishing, begin...
04/06/2026

🤸‍♀️ Countdown to the 2026 edition of Object//Project, the Ottawa Art Book Fair for independent artist publishing, begins! 📅Mark your calendars for May 8 and 9, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre , Carleton University’s centre for art, performance and learning in downtown Ottawa.

Over the Easter long weekend, check out the OPABF website as we update it with 2026 exhibitors, artist programming and more.

As a volunteer-organized event, we're looking for volunteers to join our awesome team - link in bio

Visual identity for the 2026 edition by .yugo, design brainstorming with .jpg

OPABF is a free, all-ages, public event that celebrates diverse and boundary-pushing independent artist publishing, book design, and artist books. Pick up works by 60+ Canadian and international exhibitors, attend talks, workshops and tours, view installations and more.

01/31/2026

Held our first Screenprinting 101 workshop of the year this past week. Thanks to participants who braved a cold Wednesday night to learn a new technique in our cozy studio with us!
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Spots still available in our February workshop, or sign up for a workshop reminder on our website to get first dibs on dates
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📣 Save the date! The second Object//Project Art Book Fair presented by will return May 8-9, 2026 at Carleton Dominion-C...
11/29/2025

📣 Save the date! The second Object//Project Art Book Fair presented by will return May 8-9, 2026 at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

We’re excited to host another year of amazing artists, designers and publishers 💫

✍️ Applications open December 3 for exhibitors and programming ideas from artists talks to performances to workshops.

We look forward to welcoming you back in 2026.

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Join us at PW for our Annual Holiday Open House on November 21 from 6-9 PM. Our studio doors will be open for one last g...
11/19/2025

Join us at PW for our Annual Holiday Open House on November 21 from 6-9 PM. Our studio doors will be open for one last gathering in 2025 to celebrate 10 years of Possible Worlds.
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PW’s shop section will be open: we’ve got lots of new books and cassettes alongside records, prints, merch and more. Plus find out what’s coming up next year, including Object//Project Art Book Fair 2026, and how you can get involved. Free entry, welcome to all.
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Back in Montreal this weekend 👋🏽 Come through November 15-16 where we'll be tabling alongside an amazing group of 200+ ...
11/15/2025

Back in Montreal this weekend 👋🏽 Come through November 15-16 where we'll be tabling alongside an amazing group of 200+ Canadian and international artists and independent publishers. Entry is free. Poster by past Possible Worlds exhibiting artist 🍍💫
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Plus Expozine is the first stop this month for the debut of two new zines fresh off our press: (1) is, shines, goes by .white and (2) Public Witness Ledger by , the culmination of our two inaugural artist-in-residents at Possible Worlds this summer. A limited number of copies will be available for sale this weekend. 🩷📓💚
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More details about the publications to come, including a zine launch party in the new year!

A few pics from last weekend's So great to see familiar faces and meet new folks. Thanks to all those who came out and ...
10/12/2025

A few pics from last weekend's So great to see familiar faces and meet new folks. Thanks to all those who came out and picked up our new publication Dreaming of New Structures, and big shoutouts to organizers . We'll be back in Montreal for tabling on both November 15 and 16. See you then!
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✨ Launching in Montreal at  this Saturday! Our newest publication, Dreaming of New Structures: Notes for Everyday Life i...
10/03/2025

✨ Launching in Montreal at  this Saturday! Our newest publication, Dreaming of New Structures: Notes for Everyday Life is one of the works that emerged from PW Co-Director's .yugo artist talk and workshop Reimagining Institutions: Publishing as a Civic Practice, part of Hypercolour Futures Experimental Publishing Summer School last August.

Participants were invited to think critically about art and cultural institutions, structures and systems based on a framework for art as a public good, social and civic practices and non-Western and collectivist logics. Publishing as a process beyond object-making was subsequently explored. Through a series of collective and individual brainstorming, reflection and writing activities, each participant created statements for a near future where communities are better served and art and culture is integrated into everyday life.

Their collective statements and thought experiments are published in a book, as well as on a t-shirt, with the hope that these ideas are shared widely and publicly to start a dialogue on what kind of a change is needed for a more equitable and plural art world.

Drop by our table at Volume MTL to pick up your copy. Available for order online soon.

Contributions from:
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Benjamin Woo

Art direction and editing by Melanie Yugo

Printed and published at Possible Worlds, September 2025

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Possible Worlds and Melanie Yugo gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the and

   

This Saturday October 4 we will be in Montreal at the 8th edition of alongside an amazing group of 60+ Canadian and int...
10/01/2025

This Saturday October 4 we will be in Montreal at the 8th edition of alongside an amazing group of 60+ Canadian and international artists and independent publishers. Entry is free. There is also a full slate of programming over the next few days. We will be launching Dreaming of New Structures: Notes for Art in Everyday Life, a new collaborative publication from our Hypercolour Futures experimental publishing school last summer, more details to come. Hope to see you there 👋🏽

Scenes from visits this summer to the to tour the NGC Library and Archives and collection. Visiting artists who were ...
09/04/2025

Scenes from visits this summer to the to tour the NGC Library and Archives and collection. Visiting artists who were leading Hypercolour Futures sessions, a few session participants, and micro-publishing resident artists viewed artists books and editions on their themes of interest.
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A beautiful space to visit and anyone can access books free of charge to peruse in their study room. Big thank you to Dom for taking the time to show us such a treasure trove of publications and significant works.
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It's back to school which means it's a good time for another Zine Club! 📚 This session we are mixing things up a bit and...
09/03/2025

It's back to school which means it's a good time for another Zine Club! 📚 This session we are mixing things up a bit and and headed down the street from the Rosemount Branch to Join us September 11 to meet up, share and make zines. With spinning some vinyl alongside zinemaking. Materials fee is $10, capacity is limited so only those who register in advance can participate. Registration through link in profile 🧮 📖 📥
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Big thanks to for leading the last Zine Club session in June!
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