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no final answer an ongoing unfolding The show is also, quietly, an invitation. Salt Traces works in asynchronous ways, but also through participatory formats —workshops, reading sessions, writing circles, where the boundary between audience and author tends to dissolve. Liminal space is the space where uncertainty, curiosity and experimentation gives birth to creation. no final answer an ongoing unfolding Visit @salttraces on @studio106la

The online show gathers material from Salt Traces sessions, workshops, and the people who joined them, temporarily and tenderly, unfolding as something collective happening sometime ago. Stories submitted by participants, featured in a newsletter, sit alongside the collective’s own practices. Neither is the centre. Neither is a footnote. What’s in it REALLY? memories of water inherited recipes (missing pages welcome) imagined realities Caspian Sea Community gathered and dispersed alphabets in transition —forming stories that last things learned from water things learned from land things learned from grandmothers no final answer an ongoing unfolding Visit our online show to keep on learning with…

How to follow salt traces without the map... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ....................~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~............................................................................ ............................................................................~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~.......................... ................................................................~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~......................~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~......................~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ You can follow a recipe. You can follow directions. You can follow a map from A to B, arriving precisely where you meant to go, and still having missed everything in between... Salt Traces doesn’t offer you a map. Instead, it offers you a unfolding path of stories— extended, living, unhurried, and deliberately unfinished. With a pinch of salt, like it is noted in grandmother’s recipe. This is meant to be a curatorial text, an announcement of the show. But instead—we keep it to be an open invitation. This online show lives on Studio106 as a long scroll (not mindless, but viscerally inviting to be present)— a form that refuses the click, the chapter, the tidy resolution. Storylines here arrive in fragments. Memories overlap and unfold in visual garments. A coastline appears, then a kitchen, then a copybook in a handwriting you almost recognise. The Caspian Sea — recurring, brackish, half-imagined —holds it all together the way salt holds a dish: invisibly, essentially. Nourishing us. Explore our new online show.

We are happy to share these five latest new inclusions into the Library for Listening - offering diverse aspects into the cultures, practices and poetics of listening distributing through printed matter. Photo 1: ‘Symphony No. I - In G major - Music for the Inner Ear’ by Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard published by Forlaget Vandkunsten @nielslyhnelokkegaard @forlagetvandkunsten Photo 4: ‘Guided meditation for office workers’ by Corporate Aethestics Muj Abdulzade @imujabd Photo 7: ‘hearing and listening’ edited by Sascha Barz @sascha.brz Photo 10: ‘I Am Sitting on a Chair’ by Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard @nielslyhnelokkegaard Photo 13: ‘Viscose Journal 08 Sound’ edited by Jeppe Ugelvig @jeppeugelvig 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Practice, practice, practice. Whether or not practice makes perfect, it’s about putting in the hours, the work, the sweat, the tears and the reflections. James sat down with @bryancollins (Poetic State) and designer and illustrator @alexkirsch21 for a calm and open conversation. Alex shared how drawing and soccer have been constants in his life since childhood, even if those two worlds didn’t always intersect. We talked about discipline, pressure, and what it means to keep showing up for yourself in sport, in design, and in life. Alex reflected on how those early experiences shaped the way he approaches his work today, and how he’s learned to navigate moving between different creative spaces. Like many of our conversations, this one reminded us how much our practices are shaped by things outside of design and how those influences stay with us over time. We’re really grateful to Alex for his openness and perspective, and to Bryan for joining us in holding the space. Thanks for the support. We R Here 4 U. Artwork by @imujabd

Snippets from the Oostende Art Book Fair - Sea Sex & Sun organized by amazing @projectvierennegentig with lots of shells, books and so much joy!! So happy I got to swim there 🧜💙🌊📚🩷💞📕

We’re back for another season of Graphic Support Group. Kicking off for Season 6 is another episode of our beloved “Behind the Screen” series. If you haven’t heard it our first installment was with Hasan Askari. This time we got to speak with LA print legend David Mayes. He’s long been a part of the LA design community, going beyond his role as a printer to be a steward of design in the city. He shared the development of his career and the many relationships he’s fostered through his work as a printer. David was honest and candid about the weight of being responsible for executing so many people’s work. Throughout the years he’s created lasting bonds and helped bridge the gap between printers and designers. His involvement in AIGA LA has added depth and meaning to his business and the community that’s grown around him. We’re so grateful for his story and helped us better understand the humanity behind the service. Be kind to your printers! — This year we’ll be bringing some new voices to the podcast to join as co-hosts. Thank you all for supporting this project and we hope to grow the community of creativity and care. Artwork by @imujabd

📩 Anmeldung: per DM oder per Mail an [email protected] Für die historischen Spaziergänge auch Anmeldung beim @august_bebel_institut möglich. ✏️ 18.3., 16–18 Uhr – Drawing Walk zeichnerische Erkundung mit @ditteoe Den Friedhof der Märzgefallenen im Volkspark Friedrichshain aus neuer Perspektive entdecken: Mit Stift und Papier beobachten wir Details, Formen und Stimmungen und halten Eindrücke zeichnerisch fest. Ein Spaziergang zwischen Geschichte und künstlerischer Praxis – genaues Hinsehen wird zum Ausgangspunkt für eigene Bilder. 👉 Keine Vorkenntnisse nötig. 📚✂️ 20.3., 16–18 Uhr – Zine-Workshop: Wie fühlt sich Demokratie an? mit @eleonoratoniolo & @imujabd Gemeinsam erkunden wir den Friedhof der Märzgefallenen und tauchen in die Geschichte der Revolution von 1848 ein: Warum gingen Menschen auf die Barrikaden? Wofür kämpften sie? Anschließend gestalten wir ein eigenes Mini-Zine – ein kleines Heft voller Zeichnungen, Gedanken und kurzer Texte. Geschichte wird kreativ weitergedacht. 🚶‍♀️ 21.3., 11:30–13:30 & 22.3., 14–16 Uhr – Historische Spaziergänge (Geteilte) Demokratiegeschichte(n) mit dem @august_bebel_institut Beim Rundgang über den Gedenk- und Ausstellungsort entdecken wir Spuren der Demokratiegeschichte und sammeln Geschichten für eine Ausstellung im Herbst. Teil des Programms zum „Tag der Demokratiegeschichte“ (18. März) – dem Datum der europäischen Märzrevolution von 1848 mit Forderungen nach Freiheit, Gleichheit, sozialer Gerechtigkeit und Demokratie. Der Friedhof erinnert an die 255 Berliner Märzgefallenen sowie an Revolutionsopfer von 1918 – Menschen, die für Freiheitsrechte und soziale Verbesserungen kämpften. Zum Abschluss: Austausch bei ☕ Kaffee & 🍰 Kuchen darüber, was Demokratie heute für uns bedeutet.

MUJ *Guided Meditation for Office Workers* Performance Oostende Art Book Fair 14.03.26 Sea Sex and Sun Time: 7-8 minutes NL Een live begeleide meditatie opgebouwd uit alledaagse kantoorgeluiden en rituelen, die het publiek uitnodigt om te vertragen en de choreografie van de werkdag te herzien. EN A live guided meditation built from everyday office sounds and rituals, inviting the audience to slow down and reconsider the choreography of the workday.

The very short film “Der Apfelzauber” is about enjoying the apple without its consequences 🍎
Actor and title design: @imujabd Music: Béla Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106

Collages made for the latest issue of the @salttraces newsletter featuring the beautiful writing by the talented @spatialchronicles , exploring the complex narrative surrounding caviar between bodies of water and delish dining tables 🐟🌊🥣🍽️ ✨ Read the full text on Substack 💌

Guided meditation for office workers - a secret companion for your office hours from your favorite office siren 🧜👩🏻‍💻🌊 Made at amazing @artistsbooksworkshop organized by @backbonebooks 🤍 Typeface: Louise from @velvetyne_type_foundry 💜