Soft Stir

We’re back in action with Soft Listening ~ a live literary soundscape inside @tender_place_ for Melbourne Art Book Fair. Alongside some of our favourite publishers, live readings from Soft Stir, @fiendbookshop @nonalignedbooks @splinterjournal @un_projects & @voiceworksmag will weave amongst melodic explorations from FIM (@floracarbo @isaacgunnoo @merinda_dias ) plus DJ sets from @lllllllllllalllllllllll and @waltermajik to ease us in and out. Through shifting pairings of sound and text, Soft Listening invites you to slow down, get comfy and listen closely as unexpected threads emerge between each story. Tickets in our bio. It’s our first event in a minute with limited room; you know what to do 💋 Thursday 14th May 6-9.30pm Soft Listening is programmed for Melbourne Art Book Fair, presented as part of Melbourne Design Week. #MelbourneArtBookFair #NGV @ngvmelbourne Free tickets for mob, discounted tickets for those who need. Email [email protected] or DM us. Poster by @hyfe___

Back at the @ngvmelbourne Art Book Fair with all our favourites from 15-17 May. Extra surprise incoming for Thurs 14th May ~ keep it locked 💋

Big love to everyone we yapped with this weekend + @to.be.magazine @chinatowncountryclub for such a beautiful time. Book fairs 4eva 💘

See you next weekend for @chinatowncountryclub x @to.be.magazine Book Fair ‼️ February 7–8 12–5 PM Chinatown Country Club Level 5 222 Clarence St, Sydney NSW 2000 publishers @arts__matter @bacteria.books @bookermagazine @fiendbookshop @debrismag @goodnight.press @modealsomode @pushmagsydney @saints_press @_selected_objects @softstir @to.be.magazine @un_projects @union.magazine @_wanderermagazine design @edie.hopgood animation @____.ilan.___

New in stock! Soft Stir 03 — Stories of Collision Available in store ☆ What happens when objects collide? Soft Stir 03: Stories of Collision is a clash of creative expression from 45 emerging Australian poets, storytellers, musicians, photographers, and illustrators, who uncover the many ways that collisions govern our world.  Amit Noy hosts a conversation between disparate dance icons Bhenji Ra, Amrita Hepi, and Belle Beasley, confronting tradition through the language of movement. Eda Gunaydin reflects on the ever-changing space and idea of Western Sydney via her award-winning filmic collaboration with studio Subversus and Powerhouse Parramatta. Jazz Money curates an outstanding showcase of up-and-coming Indigenous artists and writers. Jordan Sharp provides comic relief with his unhinged ruminations on our contemporary techno-dystopia. Jacquie Meng illustrates the enigmatic femininity found in the backroom of strip clubs. Rising musicians FRIDAY* and Dylan Atlantis delve into their friendship and creativity that’s redefining Australian music. Plus, much more. Together, their stories are as engaging as they are urgent. From a single-celled organism to celestial bodies, violent conflicts to lovers sharing a delicate kiss, collision is the moment before, the impact and the aftermath, in which a series of forces merge, alter, and shatter one another. What new possibilities will emerge from the wreckage? 188 pages — 297 x 210 mm Sydney @softstir

Back in Naarm for the Same Page Book Fair this weekend 💫 With @perimeterbooks and @gertrudecontemporary at the helm, we’re all in for a good time. We’ll be bringing our core print assortment, the lucky last of our black caps (if you’ve had it lurking on your saves folder, now’s the time) and the print debut from our friends at @fonduueee , fresh off the press and available for the first time in Naarm. Among many other incredible publishers and programming, come kiss some print !!! Gertrude Contemporary Wurundjeri Country, Naarm 18 - 19 October 11am - 5pm

Ok, Melbourne Art Book Fair was 🫦

Big kisses to all our new friends, ringleader @senvanderzalm for organising, @ngvmelbourne for hosting and @debrismag , @un_projects , @fiendbookshop + @pilotmagazined for sitting with us through the chaos. Till next time 💋

Naarm—we’ll see you very soon 💋 Melbourne Art Book Fair, @ngvmelbourne Friday 16th to Sunday 18th May 10am - 5pm

Look mum, we’re on @itsnicethat ! @hyfe___ and @chloehayman_ chat to the team about the design ethos behind Stories of Collision, working with Jazz Money on our First Nations curations and the importance of physical media as an act of resistance. 
When we started Issue 03, we wrote out some bucketlist goals for where the mag could go. Getting on It’s Nice That was right at the top. 

Big love to our guest designers (@studiomimu @miamiamont @harrisoncromarty @m.lasuardi ) for contributing to the colliding chaos of our design and Henry (@fonduueee ) for editorial. Ty @harold__bennett for the words, and to Marigold and Jenny for the support. Link in bio to read !

Our spine of chaos, where colours collide with textures, held together by pressed palms. This collage forms a grounding motif throughout our pages, each story with its own tone and style captured through expressive typography, colour (or not), texture, layout and graphics – layers of stories accreting with layers of design. Thankyou @annikakafcaloudis for photographing ‘Stories of Collision’.

Paper upon paper, a clash of colours, mish-mashed fonts, stories accreting on stories like layers of Earth. More scenes from our series with @annikakafcaloudis , who captured ‘Stories of Collision’ with grace and reverence.

‘Stories of Collision’ captured by @annikakafcaloudis – a series of striking images showing off the irreverent beauty of the printed form, and the world in which the magazine exists; one full of collisions. Hard stone and soft fabric form an unconventional pedestal, two hands push and pull its pages, delicate paper meets coarse stone, colour clashes with colour, a powerful spread sits a-top marble cracked just after a strike. Thankyou to Annika, whose mastery of light and composition has lifted the chaos of collision across the pages into such a poised scene. Extra ty @oigall_projects for the studio & @kc_quinnn for the extra pair of hands 💋