Hi.
-We made this for you, we made it for ourselves. It contains the work -we made in the two years we spent at the Experimental Publishing -Master’s at the Piet Zwart Institute. From then until today, June 2024, -we published three Special Issues together. We wrote four theses and -made four graduation projects. We grew our hair out and cut it and grew -it again and dyed it. We cared and cried for each other, we made so much -coffee and so many bootleg books. Finishing a Master’s is a bit of a hmm -and this book is a gentle archive, a memory of the work we have made -together.
-(transictions)To us being vulnerable means being exposed and brave, -trusting others to handle our stories with care. By publicly sharing and -processing our narratives, we take ownership of our experiences while -contributing to a collective voice. Even while we incorporate stories -from others, our names remain attached to this collective creation, -highlighting the balance between communal sharing and individual -responsibility.
-(transictions)An interface is a boundary that connects and separates, -an interspace for faces. It can be an act, it can be a book, it is the -object in between us and you and each other. It allows us to be -vulnerable together, to share our stories with and through each -other.
-Stephen, Irmak, Aglaia and Ada.
+Vulnerable Interfaces Four soft, silly and loud ways to tell heavy +stories. (on the cover)
+Act 1. Scene 1.
+Internal. A reader holds a book in their hands. The first page of the +book is opened, the reader holds it to their face and smells the paper, +touches it. The book touches them back.
+the book (whispering in the reader’s ear): Being vulnerable means +being transparent, open and brave, trusting others to handle stories +with care. By publicly sharing and processing our narratives, we take +ownership of our experiences while contributing to a collective voice. +Even when we incorporate stories from others, our names remain attached +to this collective creation: Ada, Aglaia, Irmak, Stephen. We have +created interfaces highlighting the balance between communal sharing, +individual responsibility and awareness.
+the reader: Interfaces?
+the book: Interfaces are boundaries that connect and separate. +They’re the spaces that fill the void between us. An interface can be an +act, a story, a keyboard, a cake; It allows us to be vulnerable +together, to share our stories with and through each other. I am a +collection of these interfaces.
+the reader (confused): What do you mean a collection, like a +catalogue?
+the book: Yeah I guess. I weave the words and the works we created +during…
+the reader: we?
+the book: …I mean the four of us, the students of Experimental +Publishing at the Piet Zwart Institute. From 2022 until today, June +2024, we published three special issues together. We wrote four theses’ +and made four graduation projects. We grew our hair out and cut it and +grew it again and dyed it. We cared and cried for each other, we brewed +muddy coffee and bootlegged books. (the book tears up) Finishing a +Master’s is a bit of a heavy moment for us and this book is a gentle +archive, a memory of things that have been beautiful to us.
+the reader (sarcastically): do you have a tissue, im soooo +touched.
+the book: malaka, just read me already!