On 8 Novem­ber, Sea­so­nal Neigh­bours will present their book Seasonal Matters Rural Relations - (Field)notes on rhythms, rituals and cohabition at Kunsthal Gent. Together with Kathrin Böhm, and Kun­sten­plat­form Plan B they will pre­sent and dis­cuss their new books, with col­lec­ti­vi­ty and the rural as a com­mon thread.

Veldwerk I-III

With Veld­werk, Kun­sten­plat­form PLAN B sup­ports artists/​collectives in an artis­tic research pro­ject out­si­de the city. Together, we ask open ques­ti­ons: a search for the value of the small-sca­le and how to ini­ti­a­te and pre­ser­ve col­lec­ti­ve dyna­mics. During this eve­ning, Kun­sten­plat­form PLAN B pre­sents the publi­ca­ti­ons that were made as part of Veld­werk III. Nina de Vroo­me, Bar­ba­ra T’Jon­ck, Tim Theo Deceu­nin­ck, May Abnet and Áni­ma O. Cas­sa­ma­jor brought their research to life in words and ima­ges.

Seasonal Neighbours: Seasonal Matters Rural Relations. (Field)notes on rhythms, rituals and cohabitation

What if tra­di­ti­o­nal rela­ti­ons­hips, bet­ween humans and non-humans, plants, the wea­ther and the rhythm of the sea­sons, are being lost in the race for pro­fit and for incre­a­sin­gly inten­si­ve methods of pro­duc­ti­on? In sixteen con­tri­bu­ti­ons, inter­dis­ci­pli­na­ry col­lec­ti­ve Sea­so­nal Neigh­bours attempts to obser­ve, record and archi­ve nar­ra­ti­ves for the exis­ting, dis­ap­pe­a­ring and new­ly emer­ging rela­ti­ons­hips in the countryside.

More info here.

Join us on October 10th at book store Zabriskie in Berlin for the double book presentation of "Three Becomes A Tree"! We will present our latest publications A Tree - A Reader On Arboreal Kinship from Marjolein van der Loo, together with Three Becomes Two Becomes One Becomes None-cosmopoiesis of mandragoras from Leonie Brandner.

The evening starts with tasting of a linden/ginkgo tea. Author Leonie Brandner and editor Marjolein van der Loo will open up the conversation with the audience, led by Onomatopee's publisher Natasha Rijkhoff. Audio of a performed poetic contribution for A Tree, will be shared, together with recordings of Leonie's choir performance as part of the mandragora project.

Zabriskie, Berlin
Thursday, October 10th
19:00-20:00
Free admission

We’d love to see you there!

Onomatopee presents two new titles at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam on Thursday the 5th of September from 19.00-21.00. You are warmly invited to join the presentation of Seasonal Matters Rural Relations, by Seasonal Neighbours, and Superstorm by Noemi Biasetton with a short introduction by publisher Natasha Rijkhoff. 

Please RSVP here: https://nieuweinstituut.nl/events/onomatopee-presents

Entrance is free 

Programme:

We are delighted to invite you to our “Of Dogs and Daughters” book launch event, taking place on Thursday 13th June at 20:00 at San Serriffe bookstore (Sint Annenstraat 30, Amsterdam). The launch will include a reading and talk by author Simona Koutná and editor and contributor Susan van Veen.

Program:
20:00 doors open
20:30–21:15 reading by Simona Koutná and Susan van Veen
21:15–22:00 drinks

“Of Dogs and Daughters” brings a compelling record of female artists and writers, whose voices have been documented and collected through friendships and chance encounters. While navigating mechanisms of nostalgia aimed at caregivers and children, this book explores images of closeness and attempts to redefine the mother-daughter relationship through a surrogate lens.

“Of Dogs and Daughters” starts at a 1950s film studio in Prague, travels through Dodie Smith's 1956 human-animal inversion, skips about Rome, stays a few nights in Burzanella, Bologna, then tries to follow the dots into the Walt Disney Company, where she is sold for her fur. In the 1990s, her litter now running in the thousands, the spots innumerable, she decides to go and look for her mother.

We look very much forward to seeing you there!
Simona, Susan, Carmen & Natasha

Please join us at KIOSK Rotterdam for the Seasonal Matters Rural Relations workshop and book launch.

Seasonal Neighbours will start with a workshop exploring the topic of neighbouring, then end with the book presentation and some collective reading. This program starts at 13.00 on Saturday June 8th. Looking forward seeing you there!

Join us for the book launch of Seasonal Matters: Rural Relations by Seasonal Neighbours

When: June 7th, 2024, 18:00 - 21:00
Where: RADIUS, Delft

Seasonal Matters: Rural Relations is a book that reconsiders contemporary rural challenges through relationships rather than oppositions. Based on seasonal work experiences, it delves into the realm of contemporary agriculture and European labour migration, exploring the socio-political implications on rhythms, rituals, and cohabitation in Europe’s countryside.

Doors open at 18:00. We will be in the main building on the mezzanine, though it is unfortunately not a wheelchair-accessible space. The event will be in English and will end at 21:00. If needed, we also speak many other languages and can whisper in translation. (RO, FR, NL, RU, SP, DE)

Programme:

18:30 - Introduction to the collective as a conversation between founder @cielgrommen and artist Ioana Lupascu.

18:45 - Discussion about rhythms and rituals facilitated by @anastasiaeggers & @maximiliaanroyakkers Max and Asia will use their project in collaboration with @clairechassot , Rhythms Of The Fields: Mapping the Work, and some of the field poems in the book as a starting point to explore other entries. You will get to hear from @jonathandemaeyer and @thijsmona among other artists from the collective.

20:00 - Chit-chat over drinks. You can also get your copy of the book!

See you there! 💫

OUT NOW: VISIONS BY #5

Join us for the magazine launch in Madrid and Barcelona.

We design for life, death and posterity, all together - while understanding who and/or what is permissible to kill or let die. We try to understand why water is a false dragon and how it gives and takes life. We are encouraged to do some push-ups. We rearrange things made of more things, we steal them and we question their economic value, trying to make sense of it in the process. We dance Kumbia and listen to the earth with the people who work under and on it.

Launch dates:

Nave Sierra, Madrid
June 1st 12:00
Mario Santamaría, Gabriel Calvin and Saúl Baeza in conversation.

In the context of MMMAD Festival.

Oficina de Disseny Offices, Barcelona
June 4th
Talk by Saúl Baeza, Toni llàcer and Ruben Pater.
Music by Sunny Grave