During the talk, Ceschel showed a large number of the publications SPBH had collected over the past few years, each by independent authors, from all over the world. He talked of the importance of self-publishing from many perspectives; how self-publishing is an art form that can be perfected but can also be abused, with either one creating new and innovative outcomes. People publish to push their own limitations as artists and designers, and with this, the limitations of what a physical publication can be are also tested. Publications today might not be made from paper at all, but from wood, or rubber, or metal, or any other material that could be used as a vehicle for expressing information.
He also stressed the importance of self-publication in the context of social climates; people self-publish to express ideas and opinions, and at certain times in history, self-publication becomes the only way to correctly preserve the politics and the backlashes, the emotions and the expressions.
Ceschel also seemed to be a big believer in the power of the internet in creating and sharing works and ideas. SPBH, despite centring itself around physical print, embraces the digital age, working with technology instead of against it. Although acknowledging the effect that the internet has had on printed media, SPBH utilises it's online connections to work with and gather work from people all around the world, curating a global collection of publications and continuing to share them with new people. And looking forward to the future of publications Ceschel seemed confident that physical publications would never cease to exist, and never cease to be important, simply because people love to publish.