La briciola squisita

  «T hese are pages from zine “Sazhentsy” i made in 2019, each page is A4 (210 x 297 mm). The zine is based on a selected chapter of Vladimir Sorokyn book “Norma” which is about soviet repressions. Riso Print (automatic), with silkscreen print above (manually printed), 15 zines in total. » . . Kate Zhilina (@katezhilina),  selected pages from Zine “Sazhentsy”, 2019, riso print and silkscreen, 297×420 mm 

« This little book is a journey amongst some stars of the constellation I made, I meet and talk with them... » . . « Qualche anno fa, (credo fosse a Lisbona) in una vetrina di un negozio di antiquariato vidi un libricino e me ne innamorai per la sua bellezza. Entrai e chiesi cosa trattava e quanto costasse. Mi dissero che parlava di medicina e che costava 150 euro! Sorpreso stavo per estrarre il portafogli quando il commesso si corresse con 1500 euro… Troppo per le mie tasche. Ma, dalla vetrina, ci feci questa foto. Volevo fare anch’io una cosa simile ma mi ci sono poi voluti 2 anni circa per allineare forma al contenuto. Dell’oggetto originale ho mantenuto i dischi (che per me sono le stelle) e i rombi rossi all’interno delle frasi.  Ho poi dovuto esercitarmi molto per scrivere bene a mano, perché normalmente scrivo velocissimo e malissimo (spesso non capisco le parole che scrivo :-D) » . . Photos 1, 2, 3, 4: Luca Serasini ( http://www.lucaserasini.it, @lucaserasini10), Little travel

  «T hese are the primary easy explorative sketches made without any regard for further realization. » . . Kate Zhilina (@katezhilina),  2 Sketches for sculpture project, 2019, acrylic paint, ink, cola pen, 2 pages 297×420 mm each ( the whole strip is 420х594 mm) . . Fronts: various text

« Mine is kind of a devotion for diaries, and it’s been like this since i used  to stick flower petals on the page borders of my primary school years.  Only during art school I learned to attach words to my drawings and  illustrations, cause before then I thought it was unnecessary; why should  I write on something that is meant to speak for it self alone? A teacher of my class always underlined the importance of adding written  informations during the sketching phase, and mostly of the time I didn’t  know what to say, sometimes maybe I faked it to write something useful. With time, while I was focusing on my artistic path, words started  emerging, about anything: shop lists, songs titles, memo ideas... Until  it became essential to me. I really need to put the tickling weight of  thoughts somewhere, before it can possibly fade, and paper is capable to keep it for me with secrecy. Handwritten words are part of me, as much  as visionary fantasies. This is an extract from a little notebo

« To this day - a list of products in Hebrew for purchase that has been forgotten and not realized. The list says missing: Matbucha, sunflower sprouts, lemon peppermint diet, sprite, dishwasher tablets, pitas, diabetes diet, bread, popcorn, soy cheese, paper towel, bottle like orange juice, iodine, 9 percent yellow cheese, mozzarella flakes, loaf, juice Oranges, paper towel, snow sushi for stainless steel, jam, soy milk, chocolate, diabetes, pastrami, tahini. Write but deleted and there are already: dill, yellow cheese, carrots, mozzarella and potatoes. I'll never buy it.» . . Shahar Tuchner (www.shahartuchner.com, @shahartuchner), I will never buy this again, 2021, erasable and non-erasable markers on a print of melamine, 30 x 22 cm

« I'm in the Doctors waiting room - and ideas grow and push aside pre appointment tension. Using 'Poems in the Waiting Room' as my sketchbook I jot down ideas, keeping an ear open and an eye on the buzzer board. Later I roughly colour the scribbles so as to have a vague idea what I was mentally juggling with. Some waiting room ideas are simply repeats, dragged out at times of stress - others seem new, and they can take wing. » . . John Thomson ( www.thomsonart.co.uk, @johnthomsonart), Poems in the Waiting Room, ink and pencil on paper, 20 x 20 cm