Visualizing Home
A three day Visual Response & Collaborative Zine Making Workshop3 Sessions
Group Workshop
Facilitated by Relative Opacity
Xena Brar & Leila Gokcek
Group Workshop
Facilitated by Relative Opacity
Xena Brar & Leila Gokcek
“How do you describe a home to a person you love?” - Anton Shammas, Arabesque
In this three day workshop, we’ll gain the tools and knowledge on how to visually respond to an excerpt from Palestinian author Anton Shammas. As a group we’ll create a collaborative zine surrounding the concept of home and what that looks and feels like to you. Participants will learn how to visually respond to a text, how to create and bind a booklet and how to work together creatively with others. This workshop is aimed towards folks who are interested in creating a project with other like minded individuals and have had some riso experience in the past, no materials are needed for this workshop.
What you’ll take home:
2 copies of the collectively created zine
Class Schedule:
Friday 3/15, 6-7 online, participants will meet online to discuss the passage from Arabesque by Anton Shammas and look at examples of experimental zines
Saturday 3/16 12-3 (at SRC in Bushwick*), work time of visual response to prompt and Riso demonstration
Sunday 3/17, 12-5 (at SRC in Bushwick*), zine layout, printing and binding
*41 Varick Ave Studio 214 Brooklyn, NY 11237
All materials are provided.
Suitable for newcomers & beyond.
Bookings are non-refundable.
In this three day workshop, we’ll gain the tools and knowledge on how to visually respond to an excerpt from Palestinian author Anton Shammas. As a group we’ll create a collaborative zine surrounding the concept of home and what that looks and feels like to you. Participants will learn how to visually respond to a text, how to create and bind a booklet and how to work together creatively with others. This workshop is aimed towards folks who are interested in creating a project with other like minded individuals and have had some riso experience in the past, no materials are needed for this workshop.
What you’ll take home:
2 copies of the collectively created zine
Class Schedule:
Friday 3/15, 6-7 online, participants will meet online to discuss the passage from Arabesque by Anton Shammas and look at examples of experimental zines
Saturday 3/16 12-3 (at SRC in Bushwick*), work time of visual response to prompt and Riso demonstration
Sunday 3/17, 12-5 (at SRC in Bushwick*), zine layout, printing and binding
*41 Varick Ave Studio 214 Brooklyn, NY 11237
All materials are provided.
Suitable for newcomers & beyond.
Bookings are non-refundable.