Part of our Skills for Zine-Making programme.
Emerging from the latest issue of our publishing project *MsHeresies*, this online talk will be about collaborative graphic design practices and the ornamental as a form of work critique. We are interested in the urgent aspects of ornamentation – the messy history of unauthored graphic design made collaboratively – evoking rage, curing maladies, expressing lust, or criticising those in power. We see the ornament as closely linked to graphic design’s role in the distribution of knowledge and as a point where aesthetics and politics intertwine. About this and more via link from our studio in Amsterdam where we will show images and printworks.
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About Rietlanden Women’s Office:
Amsterdam based graphic designers Elisabeth Rafstedt and Johanna Ehde form Rietlanden Women’s Office. Their practice is interested in current and historical issues connected to (reproductive) work and collaborative graphic design, where typesetting, reading, painting, editing, and publishing overlap. The basis of their work is a printed publication series called MsHeresies — about collaborative graphic design practices and the ornamental as a form of work critique.
Access information for this event:
This event is for ages 16+ and will be held online. You will need a good internet connection and a laptop/computer/mobile device to join us.
There will be 100 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: online talk, Q&A.
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