The Map
First Edition 2025

Sirocco Journal brings together essays, visual contributions and dialogue, resulting in a rich exchange of ideas. Issue Nº3, The Map, traces artistic networks and conceptual landscapes across time, place, and discipline. Contributors explore process through reimagined traditions, the physical act of making, and the personal geographies that shape their work.

 Julie Wolfe for Sirocco Journal

Curated and created by Luke Newbould, The Map features a selection of emerging and established artists working across a wide range of mediums—including collage, sculpture, painting, printmaking, furniture design, curatorial practice, photography, and music.

“I collect, cut, fragment, deconstuct, accumulate, select, juxtapose, superimpose, recompose.” (Laurence Briat, The Map, 2025)

Excerpts from the journal:

"Dare to think back with gratitude and a sense of belonging to the shared moments in all the nuances, all the shades and hues you imagine possible."  (Barbara Collé on the work of Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns)

“Like composing a lullaby, sometimes musical theory does not apply, or like writing a personal letter, literary theories can be ineffective.” (Zhao Han in conversation with Luke Newbould)

“I enjoy getting lost in the rhythm of her compositions, letting my eyes trace the lines of her cut marks and witness an image expand and fluctuate in front of me. Like a myth, her work starts from scattered origins and builds into complex and fascinating structures. And like a myth, it is in constant flux, ever-changing and evolving, ensuring that I am always drawn back to see what Andromeda’s work will show me next.”  (Oscar Dooley on the work of Anita Andromeda)

The issue is also enriched by an original visual story composed by Julie Wolfe; by an editorial premiere of our Alboran Collection; an accompaying essay focusing on the cultural significance of printing techniques of post-war Japan; a stimuli of avant-garde art which inspires and informs our practice.

 Sirocco Journal: The Map by Richard Mensah