Zine Making Workshop : changing narrative with Zonoteka
Details
For December the Kreuzberg gallery Zonoteka temporarily transforms into a typical Christmas shop, a souvenir shop, where visitors can buy presents for their loved ones. However, through the exhibition and workshops another layer of the concept is revealed - by exploring traditions, material and symbolic legacies of European colonization, our zine workshop gives space to discuss and challenge collectively existing artworks that convey a certain colonial gaze, and more precisely the presence of exoticism in these.
We will introduce you artworks - mainly poems - that convey an exotic gaze as well as poems that present a counter exotic gaze.
The aim of the workshop is to contest the stereotypes or to find the counter narrative through a writing exercise, collages and visual rework. We will guide you throughout the different activities, but the structure remains quite flexible, the workshop is a shared collective reflection. It aims to encourage critical reflection, resulting in a zine, a “gift” that participants can bring home.
If you have any artwork or material that you would like to work with, feel free to bring it.
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What is included in the workshop ?
All materials needed for writing, cutting, and drawing. If you have specific material that you’d like to work with, feel free to bring it.
Where does the workshop take place ?
in the heart of Kreuzberg, in the ZÖNOTÉKA art gallery: Hobrechtstraße 54, 12047 Berlin
How is the workshop constructed ?
Introduction of the topic and of the zine project, collective reading of artworks and discussion, brainstorming of the theme of the writing session, followed by the writing and crafting. Putting together the zines.
You don’t have to have experience with writing, drawing or zine making, as we will guide you throughout the creation process, and work together.
The workshop is suitable for you if you feel creative and you can relate to the general topic of the workshop, if you are willing to collaborate with new people.
8 to 10 people.
Price : € 15-20
Duration : 2,5 - 3 hours
Language : English (French and Hungarian also possible)