Books are the beginning; research, exhibitions, education and public dialogue extend those ideas into culture. Our ambition is to become Canada’s leading publisher of experimental ideas: intellectually rigorous, formally inventive and culturally consequential.
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We believe meaningful advances begin with disruption—when existing ideas, institutions or ways of thinking no longer suffice. Our publications investigate unresolved cultural, ethical, technological and institutional questions, crossing disciplines and resisting easy classification.
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What is Disruptive Texts? Disruptive Texts is an independent Canadian publisher based in Guelph, Ontario. It publishes literary, philosophical, conceptual and activist works that challenge established forms, institutional assumptions and conventional ideas about authorship and culture. What is Jury of Peers? Jury of Peers: Artists …
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What happened? Library and Archives Canada granted Cataloguing in Publication data to Jury of Peers: Artists on AI • AI on Art, the launch publication of Disruptive Texts, on an exceptional basis.The decision followed correspondence concerning the press’s eligibility for the Canadian Cataloguing in Publication …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELibrary and Archives Canada Grants Exceptional CIP Approval to Disruptive Texts – New Canadian publisher enters the national bibliographic system with Jury of Peers, an experimental work examining art, authorship and artificial intelligence. GUELPH, ON — [September 1st 2026] — Library and Archives …
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Disruptive Texts is an independent Canadian publisher established in Guelph, Ontario, in 2025. It publishes literary, philosophical, conceptual and activist works that challenge inherited assumptions, conventional forms and established boundaries of authorship, culture and public thought. Its defining premise is simple: disruption is the product. …
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Disruptive Texts identifies, develops and publishes works that challenge established assumptions, expand public discourse and inspire cultural change. We begin from the belief that meaningful advances in art, science, philosophy, technology and society often begin with disruption—when existing ideas, institutions or ways of thinking no …
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Can artificial intelligence create art?A thousand years of artistic thought confront one of the defining cultural questions of the twenty-first century.
Read MoreSecrets of the Culture Machine
Who decides what becomes culture?An investigation into the hidden systems that determine what is published, recognized and remembered.
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Have a project worth investigating? We’re interested in ambitious, unconventional work that challenges assumptions, crosses disciplines, and opens new conversations. Submit a Project.
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