Lately, we talk a lot about zines. After last years series of articles „How to make a zine” and starting up a series of workshops under the same name, one question keeps popping up:
What is a zine anyway?
There are a few workshops in the world which are really important for us in Oficyna Peryferie. One of them is Colorama, Berlin-based risographic studio and artbook publishing house. Last time we had a pleasure to interview Johanna Maierski – founder of Colorama. She told us about her work and favorite projects. Have a nice read!
Money is a controversial issue, especially when artistic fields are considered. On this blog I try to speak honestly about the realities of running an “artistic” business, because the more people understand that, the better for everyone. As Black Friday, the day of massive discounts, is approaching inevitably, I want to bring out our reasons for which we do not participate in this event. In the following points I will describe the financial strategy of Oficyna Peryferie.
Risomania is the first attempt to comprehensively describe the contemporary Riso scene. The author, John Z. Komurki, focuses on the history and evolution of risograph and reveals what is today in the world most interesting in Riso print.
During my September stay in Berlin I was able to arrange a meeting with John Z. Komurki, author of the book Risomania. We met in his InkWell Studio and talked of course about Riso and the meaning of this technique for the art publishing.