We’re excited to present the Risograph and book specialists we make it from Berlin for an exhibition of their Herbarium Riso and to celebrate two new books that they published in close collaboration with the artists. Join us for the opening with talks and a deep listening session!
Refreshments will be served.
The next day we’ll get together in the new Riso space for the Radical sticker publishing workshop, more information below.
Friday 9th May: Herbarium Riso and book presentations
Doors open at 18:00
The programme starts at 18:30 and finishes at 20:00.
– Presentation: Archive to survive — DIY archiving of stencil-printed matters Herbarium Riso exhibition, opening with Moritz Grünke (Gloria Glitzer & we make it, Berlin)
– Launch: Stick(er) it to the Man, A Radical Form of Publishing and the (re)claiming of public space, by Matt Plezier
– Launch: Beneath The Surface: Deep Listening, Buried Narratives, and Embodied Resistance, by Luïza Luz, published by Archive Books & we make it, Berlin
Herbarium Riso
Herbarium Riso is a public archive and research project on risography and stencil printed matters like (artists’) publications, records, zines, ephemera or color charts based in Berlin.
»The Herbarium Riso confronts us with the roots of the self-publishing. The urge for self-enactment, visibility, accessibility and democratization of art and information. But also the low and no budgets, and the need for accessible machines and processes. And how limitations (e. g. space) leads to the consequence to use the stencil printer as the choice of reproduction.
For us, the Herbarium Riso is a political act that is linked to a clear mission. The collection manifests the intention to bring together aesthetic, artistic and political publications, but also to give vulnerable positions a place of presence and endurance.« — Gloria Glitzer
Herbarium Riso will be on show until 7 June 2025
This is the first presentation of the series “Vernacular Archives” on “archives of artist publishing” at PrintRoom, in the frame of the Books Are Bridges Publishing Summit. This year’s edition will transport its audience through various archives focusing on artist publications. Together with kindred spirits, we want to intimately explore our collections, discuss our vernacular archiving methods, and reflect on the questions often accompanying our archival practices.
Stick(er) it to the man
A Radical Form of Publishing and the (re)claiming of public space
Stickers in the urban landscape engage with public spaces in a direct manner. Public space is integral to people’s ability to express and claim the right to the city, “not merely a right of access to what already exists, but a right to change it after our heart’s desire” (David Harvey, 2003). Stickers are ideal for this task, they are cheap to make, they stick to any surface and are hard to clean. Many protest stickers are attempts to persuade, to bring attention to urgent themes, or are a form of territorial space-claiming. Whatever the goal, stickers participate in public debates, transforming the public space into a bulletin board.
Beneath the Surface
In a world where noise and silence perpetuate cycles of oppression and ecological destruction, Beneath the Surface invites us to pause, listen deeply, and use our voices to reclaim buried stories. This composition presents a radical approach to knowledge production, emphasizing embodied resistance as a crucial means of emancipation. Luïza Luz guides us in a deep listening session.
Saturday 10th May
14:00 – 17:00
Radical sticker publishing workshop by Moritz Grünke and Matt Plezier
To introduce the workshop Matt Plezier will present his Sticker Manifesto and he and Moritz Grünke will showcase their collections. After this presentation Matt and Moritz will introduce simple tools for easily creating and reproducing stickers. Together with the participants they will then use the RISO machine to print people’s own designs. At the end, everyone will receive a handful of stickers to take home.
Costs: 40 euro or pay what you can
To sign up for the workshop, please send an email to: printroomnl@gmail.com
PrintRoom
Van Speykstraat, 121*
Rotterdam
@printroom_rtm
*New address! Located around the corner from the old space.