Dirty Dishes Collective // DDC Press
ddc press publishes zines, books, and print ephemera with a focus on artist projects, queer narratives, and critical theory.
The Dirty Dishes Collective is a collaborative project co-founded by dani neira and Cassia Powell. Grounded in friendship as a mode of working and producing knowledge, our practice centers care, collaboration, and gathering.
Dirty Dishes by the Dirty Dishes - zine
By Cassia Powell and dani neira (Dirty Dishes Collective), published by ddc press. Risograph printed by Moniker Press, edition of 100.
Dirty Dishes by Dirty Dishes invites readers to learn more about the dirty dishes collective + ddc press through a series of drawings, found images, and text.
2025
Dog Ears - zine (contributor)
By dani neira. Risograph printed by Lucky Punch Press, edition of 100. A3 poster + accordion-folded zine
Dog Ears explores material kinships in independent publishing. Taking the form of a reading list compiled from and by independent publishers from Vancouver and Berlin, the zine seeks to map out a network of print-based relationships.
Contributions from: Nina Prader (Lady Liberty Press), Malte Spindler (Lucky Punch Press), Erica Wilk (Moniker Press), Kitt Peacock (Dane Press), Julia Fabricius (Krater Books), Rachel Lau (Queer Reads Library), Cassia Powell (DDC Press)
2024
Needlework & Queer Gossip - print series
By Cassia Powell, published by ddc press. Risograph printed by Moniker Press, edition of 100. 4 x 5”
2025
Crash - print series
By Cassia Powell, published by ddc press. Risograph printed by Moniker Press, edition of 100. 8.5 x 11”
2025
Eat in Take out - zine co-publisher
Project and collaboration with artist Snack Witch/Joni Cheung at Flux Media Gallery. Printed and facilitated by the Dirty Dishes Collective (Cassia Powell + dani neira).
The Eat in Take out zine consists of community-generated recipes, stories, and photographs from Paolino Caputo, Alanna Edwards, Mel Granley, Dani Neira, Josh Ngenda, and Rudra Manani. Prompted by personal and cultural experiences with food, we were pleasantly surprised to find our email inbox filled with recipes for doughy comfort food: bread, bannock, arepas, pancakes, and dhokla.
2023
dear diary - zine creator
By Cassia Powell. Published by ddc press.
dear diary is a part of Powell’s project series in between you and me, researching gossip as a form of queer counter-archive. This zine functions as a tool to learn more about tender moments, juicy secrets and intimate details shared with a close friend.
2023
RIPPLES - zine publisher & contributer
By Kitt Peacock, Cassia Powell, and dani neira as part of the RIPPLES residency. Published by ddc press .
Looking to the sea edge’s resistance of colonial mapping, and the tidal zone as a space that’s constantly erasing, rewriting, and leaving traces through erosion, RIPPLES considers the queer possibilities of shapeshifting geographies which refuse finitude..
2022-2023