mark sauter

ᵀʰᵉ ˡᵃⁿᵍᵘᵃᵍᵉ ᵒᶠ ˢᵗᵒⁿᵉ ⁱˢ ᵈⁱᶠᶠⁱᶜᵘˡᵗ. ʳᵒᶜᵏ ᵐᵘᵐᵇˡᵉˢ. a reader on traces, scribbles and language in stones. In this reader, you are invited to remove layer upon layer of sediment, following the traces, snippets, excerpts, scribbles and ideas fossilized in paper. Here, language is fragmented. It trickles through sediments, erodes, and breaks apart. 
Letters become marks, excerpts are reorganized and reordered, repeating themselves, mumbling, slipping out of sequence. The length of each of the main four chapters over the reader‘s 100 pages is modelled after the geologic time scale’s largest geochronologic time units, the eons. Through the authors and fragments gathered in this reader, you may consider stones and forms of communication with(in) them. The reader also offers room to think about how humans relate to this information. How it is read, touched, and interpreted, ranging from geology to more poetic gestures like searching for images and writing. From here, traditional human-centered ideas of language and communication begin to expand. ⛰︎ ོ ༄ This reader was created as part of the seminar “Primitive-Reader / Hypertext” with @misterpaulbailey at @hfg_ka in Wintersemester 2025/26. Huge thanks to Paul and all the members of the seminar for the constructive feedback and support! And I am super grateful to the wonderful @claramachtsachen for modelling for my reader, helping with the documentation and for the general moral support throughout the last semester.

Poster series done for @therodina for her “The Chamber of Secrets” colloquium, where we “navigated the tricky topic of money and self-management in creative and artistic practices.” Designed and printed by @itspinkybabyy and @markio0o at HfG Karlsruhe. @hfg_karlsruhe_kd 💜🐦‍⬛💚

Herzliche Einladung in die Akademie Galerie Nürnberg zur Ausstellung „The obstinacy of vibrant matter“. Die Ausstellung vereint Kunst und künstlerisches Handwerk und bietet Anlass mit Kunst und Design-Schaffenden im crossover ins Gespräch zu kommen. > Too many windows, not enough time. <   Lehrende der AdBK Nürnberg (re)präsentieren kein geschlossenes Bild, sondern ein offenes System paralleler Realitäten: Fragmente, Skizzen, Versuche – entstanden im Split-Screen-Modus des Alltags. Dazwischen: Lehre, Leben, Kalender-Crash.   Ausstellende sind Laila Auburger @lailaauburger Isabelle Enders @isabelle_enders Toma Hilgenfeld @_tomahilgenfeld_ Jennifer Jordan @jenniferjordan7403 Johannes Kersting @johanneskersting Alisa Kossak @alisa_kossak Petua Kugler @holzwerkstatt_adbk Anna Lang @digitalwerkstatt_adbk Joanna Maksellon @jmaxellon   Beatrice Marchi,  Annett Stenzel @annettstenzel_music.film.art @werkstatt_fuer_malerei_adbk Christoph Straube @christoph_straube ,  Florin Weber @florin_weber Christoph Weisshaar @chweisshaar ,  Daniel Wessolek Eröffnung; 21.11.25 - 19 Uhr Die Ausstellung geht vom 22.-30.11.2025. Öffnungszeiten: Mittwoch bis Sonntag 14-19 Uhr. Ort: Hauptmarkt 29, Nürnberg Wir freuen uns  Ihr/ Euer Kommen! *Tausend Dank an Mark Sauter @markio0o für das Flyer-Design! #adbknürnberg #adbk #lehrende #ausstellung #kunstgalerie #welcome #willkommen #herzlicheeinladung #show #kunst #design #nuernbergartscene #nuernberg #artweekend #art #fotografie #malerei #applikation #objekt #keramik #digitalart #schmuck

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🎀 i’m glad to be able to present the new edition of my pre-diploma “?-magazine – the queer futures issue” at the exhibition “wärmekapazität” this autumn. besides the option to flip through the magazine, i also exhibited it in a sort of tableaux, accompanied by material from the archive of @institutfurmodernekunst , in order to complicate, contextualize, and deepen the ideas originally featured. without the amazing support by @marianwild from @institutfurmodernekunst , this would have never been possible. thank you for very thorough proofreading, your wonderful advice, and the opportunity to showcase the work in the context of this important exhibition on empathy. also thank you for your passion and dedication to queer topics — specifically for pushing these important discussions in nuremberg. 
huge thanks as well to @schlechtanke from the archive for the caring support and collaboration in research and choosing materials. “wärmekapazität” is still open until 30.11.2025 at @atelier_und_galeriehaus_defet . 
also, a warm invitation to the finissage on 30.11.2025 at 2pm, where a wonderful group of people (including me) will perform the huddle by simone forti in the exhibition space. 🎀 thank you to @lukaspuermayr for the wonderful pictures. 🎀 
and big thanks to @paul__grassler for assisting in printing, binding, and just generally supporting the production of this new edition. the new print and rework of ?-magazine was also made possible through funding from the zumikon stiftung.

🕸️ “the bestiary of silicon valley”
is a collective publication that examines the ideologies and ambitions driving one of the most powerful and controversial regions on our planet today. 
it approaches the topic through the creation of a fictional techno-feudalist universe based on our research on silicon valley, as well as through a number of essays, a gamebook, artworks, and a card game. i contributed by writing and designing the gamebook “a deviation within margins”. i also created the layout for questions that arose on the topic and for quotes from texts that we deemed essential. the publication is the result of a seminar by @therodina in the summer semester of 2025 @hfg_ka . the content was made by all participants.
the design was made by:
@lu.kellert 
@itspinkybabyy 
@finn_ethernet 
@markio0o

🏷️ Print Shape Paint earlier this year, i created a catalogue for the exhibition „Print Shape Paint: a grammatology of space and image“. the cover is hand-embossed and contains two catalogues, one showing the process of the workshop “Print Shape Paint”, the other presenting the exhibition in printed format. the exhibition was in november of 2024 and featured artistic works from the course format “Print Shape Paint”, along with invited guest contributions from the previous courses “Paint on!!” and “Shaped Ground – Shaped Canvas“. these works have emerged from workshop collaborations between the photography workshop, the wood workshop, and the painting workshop of the @adbk_nuernberg . with photography by Ruth Brauchle @taphexwin and Rebecca Schwarzmeier @rebecca.schwarzmeier . image selection in collaboration with Rebecca Schwarzmeier. many thanks to Annett Stenzel @annettstenzel_music.film.art for the project organization and supervision and to @holzwerkstatt_adbk and @werkstatt_fotografie .

🫧 INTERVALS BETWEEN BURSTS ARE QUIET. THE OVERALL TONE IS NON-MUSICAL AND MECHANICAL. this piece was part of “Maßstab 1:1“ the exhibition “Maßstab 1:1“ explored the tension between preservation and transformation. how attempts to protect, define, and contain can ultimately stifle what is alive and in flux. my contribution focused on two central elements:
bubble wrap as material, and the poem “ich fürchte mich so vor der menschen wort” (“i am so afraid of human words”), which speaks to the violence of language and the disenchantment of the world in modern society. bubble wrap, playful yet protective, became a symbol of the tension between liveliness and control, between enchantment and preservation. at the exhibition opening, a scripted performance activated the objects later shown in the gallery. one performer wore protective gear made from bubble wrap (knee and elbow pads), while another slowly unrolled a long strip of bubble wrap inscribed with the poem, reading it aloud line by line. as the poem unfolded, the first performer used their body to burst as many bubbles as possible. later, the bubble wrap was handed to the audience to continue popping. in the end, the reader nailed the beginning of the poem to the wall and smoothed out the rest on the floor. i removed the protective gear and pinned it to a black wall. the performance was documented by paul grassler (@paul__grassler ) and mily meier (@mmmmmmmmmmmily ). huge thanks to the performers anita @brrr.nita and minjung @redbeanghost — it was amazing to collaborate with you on this project! <3 it would not have been the same without your guidance and expertise.

🪠K(n)oten almost a year ago now, i had the pleasure of collaborating with @theresahartmanntheresahartmann to create visuals for her audiowalk project through würzburg called K(n)oten. i made stickers, flyers, and posters which were partly riso-printed, partly offset.
theresa conducted extensive research on water and wastewater flows, which formed the basis of the project. in the audiowalk, you can listen to wonderful sound art while also learning about and reflecting on the often invisible history and current situation of wastewater and water flows (not just) in würzburg. the wonderfully crafted audiowalk is still online and available to experience! if you ever find yourself in würzburg, i highly recommend checking it out. you can find more information on theresa’s website over this link: /de/k-n-oten-audiowalk/

(re)membrane Die Ausstellung (re)membrane erforscht Membranen als zugleich trennende und verbindende Elemente – zwischen (Un)Sichtbarkeit, Erinnerung und Schmerz. Vier FLINTA*-Künstler:innen nutzen installative und performative Praktiken, um patriarchale Traumata, die sich in unsere Körper eingeschrieben haben, sichtbar zu machen. Der Ausstellungsraum wird zu einem Ort semipermeabler Grenzen – jener Membranen, die schützen und doch durchlässig sind. Es geht um das Spüren des Körpers von innen, um das Aufbrechen verkrusteter Strukturen und das Schaffen von Resonanzmomenten. Ein Heilungsprozess beginnt, der darin besteht, die Zellmembran zu öffnen: Schmerz in Ermächtigung zu verwandeln und Erinnerungen in neue Narrative zu überschreiben. Ort: Edel Extra @edelextra Ausstellungszeitraum: 10.05. – 16.05. 2025 Vernissage: 09.05.2025, 18:00 Uhr mit Performance Finissage: 17.05.2025, 18:00 Uhr Öffnungszeiten: Sa 10.05., So 11.05., Do 15.05., Fr 16.05. —14:00 -18:00 Uhr Künstler*innen: ANĐA @anda.oooo JO(hanna) Gruber @eine.jo Marzia Di Carlo @marzia_di_carlo_ Antonia Schnabl @antonia.schnabl Design: Mark Sauter @markio0o font "Serifbabe Alpha Regular" by @charlotte__rohde Danke für die Unterstützung der @digitalwerkstatt_adbk @adbk_nuernberg (re)membrane The exhibition (re)membrane explores membranes as elements that both separate and connect—negotiating (in)visibility, memory, and pain. Four FLINTA* artists employ installation and performance practices to render visible the patriarchal traumas inscribed into our bodies. The exhibition space becomes a site of semipermeable boundaries—those membranes that protect yet remain permeable. It is about sensing the body from within, rupturing calcified structures, and creating moments of resonance. A process of healing begins by opening the cellular membrane: transforming pain into empowerment and overwriting memories with new narratives. Location: Edel Extra @edelextra Exhibition Dates: May 10–16, 2025 Opening Vernissage: May 9, 2025, 6:00 PM Closing Finissage: May 17, 2025, 6:00 PM Opening Hours: Sat. May 10, Sun. May 11, Thu. May 15, Fri. May 16 — 2:00–6:00 PM

🪦watte a small zine i created last spring, combining my own writing with research excerpts on death. riso printed, hand-bound, with one fluff of cotton wool attached. 25 editions exist.

🐑 LAMB so grateful for last spring and early summer when i got to collaborate with @truelouzer on creating the first layout and cover for her „memoir about dance and god“, called „LAMB“. The design is partly based on pocket bibles, and the text was printed on what Louise describes as „biblically thin cream-colored high-gloss paper that feels like the pages of the New Yorker.“ we made the book entirely by hand. the cover was crafted from a suede skirt with „LAMB“ lasered onto it.