Following up on the Weak Signaal announcement poster (see below), Constant also commosioned me to document these worksessions in a poster. I attended the four sessions and captured their essences in 8 postcards that make up one poster.

The poster is built up as a collage from elements, drawings, photographs, quotes, that surfaced in the different sessions.

One of the work sessions took place at the swamp next to Wiels in Brussels, and was a suiting embodyment for the elements of the other sessions. A goose is used to speak about the jargon ('le jar'), the frogs are referring to the wifi prompts that are used for surveillance purposes, and the flower is used as an example of word embedding in machine learning.

Full color offset print and die-cut by Click Click Graphics.

The poster was made with Scribus, Inkscape and Authentic Sans for typeface, and used some of the stereogram pattern from the announcement poster as krill.

It was my goal to be imaginative with this techy, and specific content, in order to open up to audiences that might receive a postcard. Links and context desciptions give some hints for further reading or listening.

There is a very nice under water soundrecording of the swamp, in case you would like some ambient bubble listening. (From the session by Wendy Van Wynsberghe at the swamp).

Weak Signaal, Zwak Signaaal, Signaaal Faible. A poster-folded-to-flyer to announce 4 worksessions initiated by Constant around language and communication signals.

The pattern is a stereogram image, in which a 3d image of a tree is hidden. Needs a bit of patience if you are not used to it, but when you stare through the poster as if through a window, you get to see a 3D image of a tree. Which really feels like you are holding the gate to a secret portal. Have fun ;)

Super nicely printed by Ronan (Harry Studio), whose least used color is Fluo Green, which happened to be my haircolor at that moment – obvious choice.

Constant asks to only work with Open Source or Libre tools. So it was some figuring out but i made this with Blender, Easy Stereogram Builder, Scribus, Inkscape and Authentic Sans for typeface.

An oracle cardgame, meant as a tool to initiate speculation on future technologies.

Version 1.1
Consisting of 86 cards:

• 20x 'Situation' cards
• 20x 'Knowledge Learnt From ...' cards
• 20x 'An associate, hopefully' cards
• 20x 'Quote' cards
• 6x Empty cards

The SPLINT Cards is a card deck game designed to help collective imagination for speculative, intersectionally feminist and libre technologies from/for the future. This game was inspired by The Oracle for Transfeminist Technologies, which incited Constant to make-up its own version of the game.

SPLINT explores the potential of technology for artistic practice and vice versa, at the intersection of intersectional feminism and open source software. SPLINT investigates the discriminations and structural problems inherent in technology, and nurtures the imagination and imaginative capacity of techno-realities that can contribute to an open, experimental and equitable digital art field.

Texts by Constant [Elodie Mugrefya, An Mertens]

Illustrations by Mia Melvaer

Typefaces Calyces by Charlotte Rohde and NotCourierSans by OSP-Foundry

The cards are layed out per 6 cards on A4 sized paper and with small ink usage, the project aims at accessibility through homeprinting. When cutting the cards out of the A4, the left-over piece of paper from each page make up the instruction manual with how-to-play proposals.

It's very easy to print at home. If you want heavier paper or the rounded corners you can also choose to print at your local copy shop.

From December until February the cards (printed big) are on display in the window of Constant at Rue du Fort 5 in Sint-Gilles. Display design by Mia Melvaer and Martino Morandi. Each week a different spread will hang in the window with a box where people can contribute their speculations. On 15 december a play day is initiated.

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more documentation will follow
images below by Mia Melvaer

Posters and flyers for Mothers & Daughters 2022 edition.

Typefaces: Calyces Inc., Authentic Sans, Xiparos Lombard. Thank you ♥

Mothers & Daughters – a lesbian* and trans* bar* is a queer space by and for lesbians* and trans* people and their friends. It is hosted yearly for 2 summer months in Brussels, but also finds it's way in different forms (online, symposiums, etc).

Each week our bar supports a bouquet of flowers that is inspired by a queer movie. I've dug back into our archive of bouquets of the past years and made a new collage of bouquets for this poster. Yes, very sentimental.

The design is reusing several elements (vertical middle banner, the &) that have been introduced by Sara Kaaman back in 2018 on the very first posters, and that have kept reappearing in other people's M&D designs, creating some sort of loose 'identity'.

Lettering for Techotsukumogami, a sailingboat that is being renovated under the project YoKaai.

Typeface is Reglo (sqeeuzed) by OSP Foundry and my hand drawn bacteria.

The boat is being eaten by a bacteria called Osmosis. Which is really bad for the boat but looks nice :) The lettering is based on the idea of the 'inktrap' but let's the bacterial shapes eat up the lettering.

Great vinyl sticker job by Robert

Visuals for the +32 co-production at Illegaal.

FIMO clay + a lot of photoshop

We also installed a clay corner in the chill area of the party and it was adorable to see that many little sculptures were made throughout the night.

Had no idea i'm into this 🙃 but it's a lot of fun, so HMU if you got a FIMO job or sponsorship for me 🦐

This work was created on invitation by Cosmos Carl – Platform Parasite, and resulted in a zine that appears on shirts/sweaters.

drawings, cut-outs, collage, collected quotes

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* In case of any benefits coming from this project, 100% will be donated to a trans fund that will be launched later this 2022.

* Thanks to H, S, O, M, M, I + D, S and others for their conversations. Let's continue.

Visual identiy for an art route that engages young artists in the public space of the Zuid-as area of Amsterdam.

Posters, webdesign, catalogues, flags, promotional material.

In collaboration with Karoline Swiezynski and web development by Joel Galvez. Photography by Emilio Moreno. The initial design ideas were developed with Sophie Rogg. Thanks to Cecile for organising and for the blind trust.

GET LOST 2018 in Cecile's documentation.