PrintRoom

Join us for an evening with *new zines * panties show * fresh prints * tickling cocktails *  sticky snacks *

From 19.00 – 21.00 at our new location, Van Speykstraat 121, Rotterdam

You’re invited!

Book presentations:

~ Eggs by Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva 

+ Presentation of Masha’s Taboo zine collection by fellow artists and WdKA illustration students & a selection of PrintRoom’s zine archive

~ Reading My Panties 02: Queer Pillow Talk by Lu Lin

+ Reading my Panties installation

Eggs + Taboo zine collection | Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva

Eggs is a story by Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva that explores motherhood, identity, and the idea of home. The project consists of a zine published by PrintRoom and a series of prints. At its center is a character living in a mysterious forest. Eggs follows her journey while introducing other figures around her: queer bodies, scarred bodies, imperfect bodies, and bodies in transformation. Through her voice, we learn about the place she inhabits, the creatures around her, and the small obsession that keeps her moving forward.

Eggs reflects on the comic-strip format. The term “comic strip” often suggests something simple or even silly, and Masha deliberately embraces this. There is both beauty and horror in a simple story (like a folk tale, for example) where meaning emerges because so much is left open to interpretation.

Like many of Masha’s projects, this work is connected to her country of origin. In December 2022, a new law in Russia banned all “positive or neutral portrayals” of queer and trans people. Since 2024, LGBTQ+ activism has been outlawed and classified as a criminal offence, carrying potential prison sentences. Some of Masha’s recent work responds directly to these laws, highlighting the absurdity of turning real people’s lives into a taboo. She focuses on the relationship between images, representation, taboos, and censorship, examining how these forces shape artistic expression.

Alongside the new publication and prints, Masha will present her private Taboo zine collection, featuring works by fellow artists, WdKA illustration students, and selections from PrintRoom’s own zine archive.

Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva is a visual artist and illustrator, born in Ufa (RU) and now based in Rotterdam (NL). Masha describes what she does as a crossover of fine art and illustration. She worked both as an editorial, commercial illustrator for publishing houses around the world, and as an independent artist for galleries and museums. Since 2019 she has been teaching illustration at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.

Reading My Panties 02: Queer Pillow Talk | Lu Lin

Reading My Panties is a publishing practice by Lu Lin, focused on the subject of clothing, creating a space for showcasing the ways in which our underwear connects us with our bodies and identities. The project highlights discussions on femininity and how it structures our daily lives, and playfully aims to experiment with multiple ways of story-telling by using and remaking the most mundane item: the underpants. In many Asian cultures, talking about or showing one’s panties is considered taboo, unchaste, and rebellious. 

At PrintRoom Lu Lin will present the publication Reading My Panties 02: Queer Pillow Talk next to taking over the space with a panty-installation, hanging underwear on clotheslines, inspired by women protesting in Myanmar. 

While the first issue, A Collective Manifesto, confronted the unspoken politics of underwear, this second issue expands the conversation around the topic and centres queer’s panties. Queer Pillow Talk, addresses the intersection of femininity, feminism, and queerness through the lens of panties. It repositions panties—not merely as hidden garments, but as a substantial site of struggle, memory, reflection and transformation. 

​​The project has taken shape as a publication with two issues so far, as well as in various workshops, reading sessions, performances and installations.

Lu Lin (1992) is a self-publisher and socially engaged artist born in China, currently living and working in Arnhem (NL). As a self-publisher in the field, she utilizes artistic approaches to deconstruct the complexity of safe spaces and explore their socio-political and cultural factors in relation to marginalization, drawing on intersectionality, feminism, and queerness.
Through the involvement of social practices, her works are motivated by the alienation experienced in this era of fluidity, showcasing how different aspects of everyday life contribute to identity formation and discrimination. Her work takes various forms, including publishing practices, video essays, workshops, installations, and performances, all of which emphasize intimacy and collectivity. To maintain a strong connection with people, she applies her research into pedagogical and participatory practices within marginalized communities, aiming to foster a more engaging and thoughtful society.

Join us for an evening of conversations, readings, and shared inquiry!

~ Nocturnalities: Bargaining Beyond Rest by Andrea Knezović and Agata Bar

~ The Mountain, The Mountain by Moosje Goosen

18:30 – 21:00
Talks start at 19:00

PrintRoom
Van Speykstraat 121, Rotterdam

Nocturnalities: Bargaining Beyond Rest by Andrea Knezović and Agata Bar delves into the politics of rest within the European art world and aims to contextualize themes of sleep, exhaustion, anxiety, and precarity within the realms of cultural labour, knowledge production, and cultural institutional operations.

What is the value of rest in the age of late capitalism? And who claims ownership over certainty in a reality that seems so precarious, where the non-stop pace of life often demands more than the traditional hours of daylight can offer? We are increasingly pushed into collective insomnia by the grips of the global economy, technological expansion, and information extractivism. Under the premise of tailored living and comfort-economy, clear constructs of work performance are removed and workspaces are hybridized, while at the same time our internal clocks are blurring the boundaries between autonomy and control, rest and productivity, automation and life.

~This presentation will be moderated by Natasha Rijkhoff.

Written contributions by: Andrea Knezović, Angeliki Tzortzakaki, Angels Miralda, Katia Krupnikova, Katja Praznik, Laura Mrkša & Sepp Eckenhaussen, Meghana Karnik, Rita Ouedraogo, Silvio Lorusso, Tia Čiček, Titus Nouwens, Eloise Vo and more.

Graphic design by Miquel Hervás Gómez, published by Onomatopee

The Mountain, The Mountain by Moosje M. Goosen is an edited version of a sequence of fragments written on postcards between May 2024 and February 2025, posted to the space of Manifold Books in Amsterdam. The writing of these postcards took place during The Sphinx’s Riddle, a year-long program of exhibitions and reading sessions organized by Maartje Fliervoet from Manifold Books, and coincided with the physical rehabilitation of the author, following an induced coma and extended time in hospital in the first months of 2024, due to a COVID infection. It combines (memories of) readings, most notably that of Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, with (memories of) illness and hospitalization. 

During the event, the original set of postcards will be presented alongside the poster publication of The Mountain, The Mountain, published by Good Neighbour Books and designed by Dongyoung Lee. Moosje, who won’t be present due to health restrictions, will read fragments from the text together with Maartje Fliervoet, who was the receiver of these postcards. The presentation of the postcards will remain on view at PrintRoom until the end of December.

S P I N O R A M A

By Aslak Gurholt and Fraser Muggeridge

7 November – 20 December
Opening: Friday 7 November, 18:30–21:30
Talk by Aslak Gurholt and Fraser Muggeridge at 19:00
PrintRoom’s Living Archive Space, Schietbaanstraat 17, Rotterdam

We’re excited to present S P I N O R A M A, the first exhibition devoted entirely to the book spine—a crucial yet often overlooked element of book design. You’re warmly invited to join us for the spine-shivering opening, featuring a talk between the curators Aslak Gurholt and Fraser Muggeridge. Drinks and snacks will be served!

The spine is the reader’s first encounter with a book when displayed on a bookshelf. Traditionally, not much imagination goes into its design—usually following the standard sequence of author, title, and publisher from top to bottom (or bottom to top).

S P I N O R A M A focuses on books that treat the spine as an integral part of the overall cover design or concept. Whether through the type of content, spatial arrangement, or the way the book is bound, these spines serve as the literal and conceptual backbone of every book.

Featuring over 100 spines from diverse genres, the exhibition explores how designers have turned this functional surface into a site of expression and visual identity. Referencing figures such as Jost Hochuli and Jan Tschichold, the display reveals spines that form images, convey unexpected messages, and challenge the conventions of book design.

This exhibition will take place at PrintRoom’s Living Archive space where the Spinorama collection will be supplemented with books from PrintRoom’s collection of artist books.
PrintRoom invites artists and designers to propose new books for Spinorama and our own Living Collection, please get in touch if you have a book we should consider!

A (printed) catalogue of the collection can be purchased at PrintRoom.

S P I N O R A M A has previously been exhibited at London Centre for Book Arts (5 July–17 August 2024), Gent Art Book Fair (3 – 4 May 2025) and einBuch.haus in Berlin (16 June – 5 July 2025) and Vienna Art Book Fair (17 – 19 October 2025).

Warming-up voor de verkiezingen – kom mee ontwerpen, drukken en verspreiden van je eigen verkiezingsposters!

pro-stemmen • pro-democratie • pro-do-it-yourself-together

Binnenkort: verkiezingen in Nederland!
Weet jij wat er speelt in de landelijke politiek van vandaag?
Welke thema’s bepalen ons dagelijks leven — van wonen, klimaat en migratie tot onderwijs, cultuur en publieke ruimte?
Wiens belangen worden vertegenwoordigd in partijprogramma’s en beleid?
Wat beweegt jou? Kom naar PrintRoom voor een middag vol collectieve creativiteit en gesprek.

We gaan samen Risograph-posters maken en drukken — kennis en ideeën delen, en onze standpunten krachtig verbeelden. Dit is hét moment om in een informele setting samen stil te staan bij wat er op het spel staat tijdens de komende verkiezingen, en om te ontdekken hoe riso-printen een speels, creatief én activistisch middel kan zijn om je stem te laten horen.

Samen maken én verspreiden we alternatieve verkiezingsposters in de stad. Laat je stem horen — op straat én in het stemhokje.

GA STEMMEN!

Upcoming: elections in the Netherlands!
Do you know what’s happening in Dutch politics today?
What issues shape our daily lives—from housing, climate, and migration to education, culture, and public space? Whose voices are being heard in party manifestos and policy plans? What moves you?

Join us at PrintRoom for an afternoon of collective creativity and conversation. 
We’ll be making and printing our own Risograph posters — sharing knowledge, perspectives, and bold ideas. It’s the perfect moment to come together in an informal setting, explore what’s at stake in the upcoming elections, and learn how riso printing can be a fun, creative, and activist tool for expression.

Together, we create and distribute alternative election posters throughout the city. Make your voice heard — on the streets and in the voting booth.

GO VOTE! 

Posters by Teuntje Fleur (left) and 2023 Pro Poster workshop participant 2023 at MAMA. Right: Rsio workshop

Join PrintRoom’s friendly Books Are Bridges Art Book Fest taking place at the clubhouse of Rotterdam’s community garden (SNV). For this occasion, PrintRoom will gather over 30 local and international publishers and artists. The day programme will be filled with outdoor book presentations, workshops for all ages, lively talks, and music. 

Books Are Bridges programme:

12:00 – 12:15 and 17:00 – 17:15 Total Body Workout, by Kexin Hao
13:00 – 16:00 Scroll for Today’s Weather, letterpress and block print workshop for all ages by Paul Gangloff, Chaeyoung Kim, and Czarina Calinawagan
14:00 – 17:00 Print-it, ARTZINES Adventures!, presentation and activation by Antoine Lefebvre and Ronan Deshaies (Objet Papier)
16:00 Dreams to Remember, bbok presentation by Matt Plezier with Moritz Grünke (we make it)

Food: Rowan’s Taxi-Falafel
Music by Ash K

Participating publishers:
Amy Suo Wu (NL), Antoine Levebvre / Artzines & Objet Papier (FR), Archive Everyday Panties & Not Just A Collective (NL), Bebebooks (BE), Bergen Art Book Fair / Pamflett (NO), Biblioteka (UK), Building fictions (NL), Common Imprint (DE/KR), Edition Taube (CH), Fucking Good Art (NL), Good Neighbour (NL), Half Letter Press & Public Collectors (US), Hum Drum Press (NL), Jap Sam (NL), Jesse Presse (NL), This was a project (NL), Lady Liberty Press (AT), Limestone Books (NL), Benjamin Li (NL), Maurice van Es (NL), MonoRhetorik (NL), Terry Bleu (NL), The Eriskay Connection (NL), The Nose (UK), Gloria Glitzer / we make it (DE), Rahel Zoller (UK), PrintRoom (NL), Reading Sideways Press (NL), Sarmad (NL), Soft Concern Hard Concern (NL), Short Pieces That Move (NL), The Everyday Press (UK), Unformed Informed (Publishing) (NL), 51 Personae (CN), and more! 

More information about the Books Are Bridges Publishing Summit:

The Books Are Bridges Art Book Fest is an annual event organised within the scope of the Books Are Bridges Publishing Summit. It was initiated as a small-scale gathering for and with artist publishers and experts in this field.

Through an in-depth exchange spread over three days, the programme includes presentations, workshops, shared meals, and more. By initiating this gathering, PrintRoom intends to contribute to the support system and network that encompasses publishing practices, initiatives, and spaces. Simply put, this meeting is an occasion to spend qualitative time together, connecting genuinely through showing, telling, making, eating, and conversing around a shared passion for artist publishing.

This year’s edition is dedicated to archives for artist publications. Together with kindred spirits
from different generations and cultural backgrounds, we take time to intimately explore our collections, discuss our vernacular archiving methods, and reflect on the questions often accompanying our archival practices: How may the archive remain faithful to the intention of a widespread publication while preserving its fragile content? How do we give access to our archives? How can we support archives that are endangered by political crisis or those operating under a fragile economy whose longevity is no longer guaranteed? Special guests in this programme are Mela Dávila Freire (DE/ES), Sam Kim /Common Imprint (DE/KR),  Hlib Velyhorskyi / Biblioteka Kyiv (UK/UA), Maike Aden (FR), Marc Fischer/ Public Collectors (US), Antoine Lefebvre / Artzines & Objet Papier /Generative Artzines (FR).

The Books are Bridges Summit was first initiated in 2022 by Karin de Jong of PrintRoom and Elenor Vonne Brown of The Nose (and previously X Marks the Bökship, UK). Each programme is developed in close collaboration with the participants. Previous editions were respectively focused on ‘collective practices and art book fairs’ (2022), ‘publishing platforms and networks of care’ (2023), and ‘spaces for artist publication’ (2024).

The title Books Are Bridges was inspired by the work of Claudia de la Torre (backbonebooks, Berlin). The flyer was designed by José Quintanar.

PrintRoom’s programme is kindly supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL and the City of Rotterdam. This programme received additional funding from Pictoright Fund and Stichting Volkskracht. The visit of Hlib Velyhorskyi, Sam Kim, Mela Dávila Freire and Marc Fischer is made possible by the International Visitors Programme of the Nieuwe Instituut with support from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

PrintRoom zoekt een zakelijk leider (x, v, m)

PrintRoom is een hotspot voor artist publishing in Rotterdam, met een presentatieruimte, een Reading Room, een archief, een shop en een Risowerkplaats voor het maken van publicaties. Vanuit het motto Do-it-Yourself-Together stimuleren we de productie en verspreiding van kunstenaarsboeken, zines en experimentele publicaties.

PrintRoom werkt lokaal en internationaal en organiseert tentoonstellingen, lezingen, workshops, boekpresentaties, performances en een publisher in Residence programma. Daarnaast nemen we deel aan internationale Art Book Fairs en events. Jaarlijks hoogtepunt is de Books Are Bridges* Summit met aansluitend de BAB Art Book Fest. Met het Books Are Bridges programma zet PrintRoom publishing in als een breed toegankelijk, alledaags medium dat diverse groepen makers en publieken met elkaar verbindt.  

Wie zoeken wij?

PrintRoom is op zoek naar een betrokken en daadkrachtige zakelijk leider die samen met de artistiek directeur vorm geeft aan het beleid en de verdere professionalisering van de organisatie. Je werkt zelfstandig en nauw samen met het team en het bestuur.

Wat ga je doen?

• je houdt grip op de zakelijke kant van de organisatie: (deel)begrotingen, jaarrekeningen, subsidieaanvragen en -verantwoordingen
• Je houdt je bezig met de bestuurlijke kant van de organisatie. Zoals: het voldoen aan governance-gerelateerde eisen en culturele codes.
• je legt zakelijk verantwoording af aan het bestuur en bereidt samen met de artistiek directeur de bestuursvergaderingen voor
• je stelt overeenkomsten op met onder andere werknemers, vrijwilligers en met deelnemers
• je ziet kansen en benut mogelijkheden op het gebied van acquisitie en verkoop en levert een bijdrage aan het ontwikkelen van het marketing- en publiciteitsbeleid 
• je hebt de opdracht om PrintRoom dit jaar te laten voldoen aan de eisen behorend bij het opheffen van het handhavingsmoratorium op de wet DBA

Wat vragen wij van jou?

• aantoonbare ervaring op financieel, administratief en organisatorisch vlak
• bekendheid met subsidieaanvragen, fondsenwerving en financiële verantwoording
• ervaring met het opstellen en bewaken van begrotingen, en het lezen van jaarrekeningen en balansen
• flexibel en communicatief vaardig
• sterke affiniteit met de missie en activiteiten van PrintRoom
• kennis van de (Rotterdamse) culturele sector

Wat bieden we jou?

Een aanstelling op zzp-basis in een klein, betrokken team met een informele sfeer. De werkdagen/uren gaan in overleg met de artistiek directeur. De ingeschatte werkbelasting is gemiddeld ongeveer 6 – 8 uur per week, 45 weken per jaar met piek- en dalmomenten. Het honorarium is afhankelijk van kennis en ervaring. We volgen hierin de richtlijnen van De Zaak Nu. In deze functie werk je samen met een creatief team met een internationaal netwerk waarin diversiteit vanzelfsprekend en welkom is. Er is ruimte voor eigen initiatief en je kunt meebouwen aan een dynamische organisatie die zich voortdurend ontwikkelt.

Heb je zin om met ons aan de slag te gaan? Stuur je cv en korte motivatie naar de artistiek directeur Karin de Jong: info@printroom.org. Deze vacature staat open tot we een geschikte kandidaat hebben gevonden.

*Books Are Bridges is de titel van een project van Claudia de la Torre, Publisher in Residence in 2022.

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.

flyer by Dongyoung Lee

Wednesday 16th April
16.00 – 18.00

Life with Fifi
Fifi, a Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix, came into the lives of Angelica and Kris a few years ago. Taking care of a puppy is taking responsibility for building their world and letting the small animal transform yours. As her human caretakers, we created Fifi’s world with toys, cuddles, rules, snacks, and walks in the park. In return, she transformed our world by bringing our community together and reminding us of the importance of caring for one another. In this book, we narrate a day in the life of Fifi, from the moment she wakes up to when she falls asleep at night. Along the way, we share how we connect with her, how we see her understanding her surroundings and what she has taught us about companionship.

Published by _BÖKS,
Edition of 350

Authors: Kris Dittel, Angelica Falkeling
Copy-editor: Clem Edwards
Design: Amy Suo Wu
Photography: Lili Huston-Hertreich

(english version below)

10:00 – 16:00 (A perfect day) workshop: kom en maak, schrijf, teken & druk
een blad over het alledaagse

17:00-19:00 Freinet Techniques – Boekpresentatie door Paul Gangloff (in het Engels)

PrintRoom
Van Speykstraat 121, Rotterdam
-> nieuwe locatie! <-

10:00 – 16:00 (A perfect day)

De dagbladen hebben het over alles behalve het dagelijkse. Georges Perec, Nader tot wat, 1973

Deze workshop nodigt je uit om woorden te vinden om te beschrijven wat je elke dag doet. Je drukt met een Freinet pers die speciaal voor kinderen ontwikkeld is. Het resultaat is een geïllustreerde krant gedrukt in een kleine oplage. De workshop is bedoeld voor kinderen die kunnen lezen en voor volwassenen.
Er is plaats voor 10 tot 12 deelnemers. Schrijf je in via email: info@printroom.org, of kom even langs bij PrintRoom voor 5 april.

17:00-19:00 Freinettechnieken
Boek presentatie (in het Engels)

Sinds Élise en Célestin Freinet in 1924 lettertypes en een drukpers in hun klaslokaal brachten, zijn er duizenden klassenkranten geschreven, gezet en gedrukt door kinderen die leerden lezen en schrijven met de ‘Freinet-technieken’. Het maken van deze krantjes gaf vorm aan een visuele taal die een emancipatorische visie op onderwijs verspreidde via een internationaal netwerk van scholen. Het boek Freinettechnieken verzamelt reproducties van deze kranten met hun vertalingen. Ze gaan vergezeld van essays van grafisch ontwerper César Roger, kunstenaar Marie Preston en samensteller Paul Gangloff.

Paul Gangloff werkt als grafisch ontwerper en doceert aan de Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Hij heeft boeken gemaakt over onderwerpen als punkzines (Punk: Periodical Collection, 2012), de toekomst van het boek (Our Form of Book, 2016) en het lettristische concept van hypergrafie (Rules of Hypergraphy, 2014).

Freinet Techniques (Rollo Press, 2024) is een van de Most Beautiful Swiss Books van 2024. Het is mede mogelijk gemaakt door het Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie NL en het Centre national des arts plastiques.

10:00 – 16:00 (A perfect day) Workshop: come make, write, illustrate & print a paper about the daily

17:00-19:00 Freinet Techniques – Book presentation by Paul Gangloff

PrintRoom
Van Speykstraat 121, Rotterdam
-> new location! <-

The daily newspapers talk of everything except the daily. Georges Perec, Approach of What?, 1973

This workshop invites you to find words to describe what you do every day. You will print using a Freinet letterpress developed especially for children. The outcome will be an illustrated paper in a small edition. The workshop is meant for children who can read as well as for adults. There is room for 10 to 12 participants.
Sign up by email info@printroom.org or pass by PrintRoom shortly before April 5th.

17:00-19:00 Freinet Techniques Book presentation

Since Élise and Célestin Freinet brought type and a printing press into their classroom in 1924, thousands of school magazines were written, typeset and printed by children learning to read and write with the ‘Freinet techniques.’ Making these magazines gave form 

to a visual language spreading an emancipatory vision on education through an international network of schools. The book Freinet Techniques assembles reproductions from these school magazines with their translations. They are accompanied by essays by

graphic designer César Roger, artist Marie Preston and editor Paul Gangloff.

Paul Gangloff works as graphic designer and teaches at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. He has made books on subjects such as punkzines (Punk: Periodical Collection, 2012), the future of the book (Our Form of Book, 2016) and the Lettrist concept of hypergraphy (Rules of Hypergraphy, 2014).

Photo: Guus Kaandorp