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Antivirus publication/productions was first founded in 2001, at the beginning of the first decade of this century, aiming those bugs that rusty presses have, ousting those rotting symbolic metals, for the wisdom of words... It is one of the rising international publication houses that is an artist led organisation and aim to promote excellence in the arts through affordable means, a collective ethos and skills of its members and yet work on regional grassroots levels. Antivirus is currently publishing a wide range of disciplines, from literature to social lingustics. During the 2002 February Bangla Academy bookfair, antivirus published a daily paper, simply called the daily antivirus, showcasing the exhibition of how so-called press-might is falling apart, which already should have been, by founding editors Saif Ibne Rafiq and Tanvir Ratul. The publication was held from the temporary daily antivirus office on inner circular road. The eventual move to the end of the mock-daily was to show the established mass media(?) of the new and current focal point of freedom of literature, and has continued since and actively seeking to continue a vibrant programme throughout the fields of arts and beyond...
Originally housed at Aziz Super Market in Shahbag, the hearth of Dhaka University, antivirus has provided space to hundreds of writers and creative's over the decades and with bases in Dhaka, New York, Toronto, Calcutta and Liverpool, antivirus continues its pursuasion of arts with socially driven perspective. This brings the topic of our ideology that 'opposes the concept of literary and art organisation based on profit making mechanism.' Even charitable entity is dark from this perspective. We are fully aware of the charitable organisations’ administrative costs and ass*****-bosses’ bonuses! Hence, since the inception in 2000 Lastbench- little magazine and Antivirus Publication both avoided ‘non-profit’ style and developed a mechanism of ‘non-monetary’ approach utilising public voluntary goodwill and ‘in kind’ services. We understand that, such method can only be practical in grassroots regional level. However, still can be a good example as an alternative model. But if that gets replicated all over the globe, it will be the ‘Internet of charity’. Didn’t mean to play own drumroll, just supporting initial sentiment with real scenario
