Bebe Books is an ongo­ing col­lec­ti­ve expe­ri­ment that ope­ra­tes through sha­red agen­cy in cre­a­ti­ve labor, care and friends­hip in the field of com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on design and publis­hing. By wor­king together, we resist the modern myth of a sin­gu­lar heroic desig­ner — what Ursula K. Le Guin refer­red to as ​“the nar­ra­ti­ve of the arrow or spear.” We con­si­der our­sel­ves as a queer col­lec­ti­ve not mere­ly as a sta­te­ment of iden­ti­ty, but as that of metho­do­lo­gy. Besides the fact that the majo­ri­ty of our con­sti­tu­ents are gen­der-non-con­for­ming, we use our cre­a­ti­ve capa­ci­ty and resour­ces to design a con­text – be it a book, a gay bar, a tem­ple, or a poli­ti­cal cam­paign – whe­re diver­se mar­gi­na­li­zed expe­rien­ces and voi­ces can be represented.

Bebe Books has been a resi­dent at Kunstencentrum Viernulvier sin­ce September 2021 and is a resi­dent at Netwerk Aalst sin­ce 2023.