New Silk Roads supported the production of Vertical Atlas, a book exploring the geopolitics of digital technology. Featuring artwork and essays from over 50 international designers, artists, and thinkers, the book examines topics from lithium mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo to global fiber-optic networks. The launch and exhibition at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam included lectures by Kenyan writer and activist Nanjala Nyabola, and American philosopher of technology Benjamin H. Bratton, as well as a performance by Francois Knoetze, a South African performance artist.