Two Stories of Feminist Publishing
Research/ Website/ Web-to-print
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Bachelor thesis and documentation. This research focused on the Women in Print Movement in the Netherlands during the second feminist wave. Its aim was to shed light on histories unjustly excluded from the book history, highlighting their relevance and resonances in contemporary design and publishing practices. Through the analysis of the movement's archives, but also through interviews with its participants, emerge a rich and varied reservoir of ideas and approaches for more sustainable, inclusive and emancipatory publishing practices, but also stories of love, friendship and solidarity.
In resonance with the feminist publishing practices observed, giving a central place to the circulation of knowledge, to the commoning of resources, the thesis website aims to make the research work accessible and to document it. A printable web-to-print version of the dissertation (using paged.js) is available for download. The archive materials mentioned can be consulted in the ‘publications’ tab, while a map of the initiatives studied is available in the ‘map’ tab.
Vernacular Photography in Conversation
Editorial Design/ Editing
2020, 56 pages, 10 × 29,7 cm
A study of vernacular photography, through a series of interviews with the ones who make it and/or use it as
an artistic medium. All of the interviews were prepared, conducted and transcribed exclusively for this
publication.
Colour Block
Image/ Writing
2021, 180 × 75 cm
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A journey in the dry and ominous landscape of a creative block.
What happens when ideas dissapear, when they become elusive, volatile, out of reach? A tale about feeling
lost, being stuck and other internal struggles related to creation.
“The world of ideas is a strange place to be in.
It is a land where mountains grow within seconds and where the ground threatens to crumble beneath your feet at any time.
Its geology have vexed the greatest scientist of the kingdom.
Each stratum is the relic of a thought.
Bending every laws the universe holds.
Lately I found myself stuck in a desert where colours don’t exists.
Few rocks at my feet and tideless seas of oil.
Jet-black skies
Pristine sand
Starless nights
Windless days
Even shadows seem to have run away, far beyond the horizon.
In my desolated empire, I am the king of nothingness.
Exhausted by the weight of the clouds, I decided to stay there.
Slowly merging back into the mineral world.
Resolute to make uncertainty my best friend.
Resolute to find the colourful richness in black and white.”
Letters From the Sublime
Image/ Writing
2021, 11 riso-printed postcards
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A literary and visual dissection of my Sublime. 11 envelops were sent to 11 persons, asking them about their
Sublime.
“At the crossing between time and space
tip-toe on the edge of the world
you can contemplate the universe falling
the grass the flowers the sky
spilling everywhere
and your heart raising so high
that it could escape your body
there is no night and there is no day
there is nowhere to be except right there
it tastes like metal and honey
it feels like eternity
a promise of storms and edens
so silent that you could hear the noise
of your own existence
and the clouds colliding
suddently a strike of clarity
an evidence echoing
in every particule of your being
it is simple
it is so simple
it feels like you uncovered
the best kept secret the universe holds
you feel thankful
you feel sorry
you feel sacred
an overwhelming empathy
for each living cell that exists
and have existed
including yours
finally weightless
defying gravity and reason
you think
it must feel like that to be god
you could run and never stop
there is no windows
no doors
no fences
fresh soil under your feet and in your hair
quiet flames in your open palms
and this sensless hope bouncing
between your ribs
greatness beyond any possibility of
measurement.”
Inside Out
Image/ Video
2020, 4:59'