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.