YES YES YES is an exhibition of posters designed by artists, international designers who confront themselves with the alternative and underground press scene between 1966 and 1977.

Colli Gallery proposes an evocative display of original materials selected from a long research on alternative European and American press, entitled Yes Yes Yes Alternative Press / 1966-1977 from Provo to Punk. This research collects, as well as the displayed magazines, important contributions and texts given and written by people who have been directly involved in that process, among whom James Herod (Liberated Guardian), David Goines (San Francisco Express Time), Steven Heller (Screw, The New York Free Press), John Wilcock (Village Voice, Underground Press Syndicate).

Starting from Dutch Provo publications and their influence in Europe, to the British scene and to the wide American scenario of east and west coast, the research especially focuses on aspects of graphic design of a wide hidden publishing scene which has been mainly analyzed, until now, from the political and countercultural point of view. From a sample group of magazines such as Black Panther, The East Village Other, The International Times, Oracle, Avatar, 8 design studios / artists collectives / international graphic designers have been invited to develop a concept around this research.

Dallas, Dexter Sinister, Experimental Jetset, Will Holder, Pauline Kerleroux & Adéla Svobodová, Prill Vieceli Cremers, Studio Hato, Batia Suter will design specific limited editions poster projects produced with local printmaking laboratories.

For the duration of the exhibition a platform/website will be launched with the aim of archiving the historical source material and of hosting and disseminating the graphic projects produced for the exhibition. The works will be also published on a 500 pages catalog published by VIAINDUSTRIAE publishing and a+m bookstore edizioni. Moreover, the Dutch collective Experimental Jetset will design a Provo-inspired magazine.

COLLI Independent Art Gallery is a space for contemporary art in Rome, dedicated to printed matter, bookworks, editions and multiples. The structure is divided into three main areas: the art space that hosts the exhibition programs of the artists, the publishing platform (practical library), a collaborative tool for publishing and co-editing research projects, and the bookstore.