1/2    Cover by Julie Wolfe
2/2    Cinematography by Richard Mensah

Sirocco Journal
The Map


Sirocco Journal is an annual publication series dedicated to cross‑cultural making practices. Through guest commentaries, conversations and visual essays, the series traces artistic networks and conceptual landscapes across time, place, and discipline.
Contributors include: Julie Wolfe, Irene Zottola, Palo Santo Discos, Barbara Collé, Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns, Zhao Han, Oscar Dooley, Anita Andromeda, Guillaume Holzer, Catherine Spilman, James John Midwinter, Ben Broome, Taku Tagami, Claira Matheson, Laurence Briat, Valentine Schlegel, Joan Miró, Isamu Noguchi, Geraldo de Barros, László Moholy-Nagy and Tamiko Nishimura. 


1/2    Cover by Julie Wolfe
2/2    Cinematography by Richard Mensah

Sirocco Journal
The Map


Sirocco Journal is a limited-edition publication series exploring contemporary craft and cross-cultural making practices. Through guest commentaries, conversations and visual essays, the series traces artistic networks and conceptual landscapes across time, place, and discipline.
Contributors include: Julie Wolfe, Irene Zottola, Palo Santo Discos, Barbara Collé, Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns, Zhao Han, Oscar Dooley, Anita Andromeda, Guillaume Holzer, Catherine Spilman, James John Midwinter, Ben Broome, Taku Tagami, Claira Matheson, Laurence Briat, Valentine Schlegel, Joan Miró, Isamu Noguchi, Geraldo de Barros, László Moholy-Nagy and Tamiko Nishimura. 





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Chantal Ariëns for Journal N°3

Excerpts


[1]        I started this article by stating that I didn’t initially understand Andromeda’s work, that her collage acted differently from how collage usually acts. I stand by this statement, I don’t fully understand each collage, or how it acts on the page, but I think this is why I like Andromeda’s work so much.
Oscar Dooley’s & Anita Andromeda: Mythos
[2]        It is the shades of grey that give these art works a lightness. Hope is the meaning Ariëns adds to the power of the colour grey. Dare to have hope while intensely missing that person with whom you feel so connected. 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 & Chantal Ariëns: Where are you
[3]         In each work the process is different, although there are things that everyone shares: curiosity and desire to experience to tell a story or simply an emotion, through images created with different techniques on different materials. In some way, everything is born from a simple practice, like a child playing.
Irene Zottola on Freedom
[4]        Like composing a lullaby, sometimes musical theory does not apply, or like writing a personal letter, literary theories can also be ineffective. While precise and meticulous designs can indeed create an artistic ‘object’, I find greater joy in allowing photography to be spontaneously creative.
Zhao Han on Language
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