Book It was a publishing project that was created during a two day workshop with future adults. In this workshop we learned the importance of visual tribes through looking at personal ephemera and how this communicates ideologies.
The group explored questions like: How can visual language be part of opposing repressive structures in society? Which tribe does the youth see themselves as part of? What unites them? What makes them unique? Using the elements shared with the group to tell stories about themselves, participants then discussed their identity as a group through Mobilizing Citizenship.
After learning the power of publishing through digital and physical means, the group then used their material in a down and dirty fashion to riso-print a group publication. We played with notions of reproduction and distribution, access and play. The physical act of creating printed matter and sharing at the Kunsthall Stavanger launch allowed the group to share their voice with others and understand the agency they all have as future adults.
The workshop was conceptualised by Nicole Killian with contributions by Benjamin Hickethier.
Curator: Kristina Ketola Bore.
Mobilizing Citizenship has received generous funding from Arts Council Norway.
Nicole Killian was born the year the first cd player was sold in Japan. Nicole's work uses graphic design, publishing, video, objects and installation in various combinations to investigate how the structures of the internet, mobile messaging, and shared online platforms affect contemporary interaction and shape cultural identity from a queer, feminist perspective. Nicole is interested in the repetition, looping, and dissemination of content.
Benjamin Hickethier is a graphic designer, art director, researcher, visual artist in Berlin and Stavanger. Born in Berlin (West) and educated in Berlin (East), The Hague and London. He has lived in Stavanger for ten years, and previously worked i.a. in the design agency Fasett and at Sølvberget, Stavanger Cultural Center.