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Benutzer:MoritzH

2026-04-23T09:03:24Z

MoritzH:

'''''Pigeon Zine'''''

Moritz Haider (WS 25/26)

'''Starting point'''

In my artistic practice I combine text, sound and movement. I think about the spaces in which my works appear. Thematically, I think about the mundane, queer daydreams, witches. And pigeons.

This kind of pondering, however necessary it may be, is also what drives me away from intuition into a freeze-like state. When thinking transforms into an increasing spiral, I tend to get overwhelmed by the amount of possibilities how to perceive/portray/etc. a certain topic. I feel like I have to understand all of them, that I can’t decide on only one aspect and therefor rather not engage with the execution to avoid “mistakes“.

Having only five days to work on a project served as the perfect foundation since it doesn’t provide much time for (over-)thinking. You have to go with your first impulse in order to experiment with different materials and get something done. In advance I had the idea to make a zine about pigeons because they are my favorite animal but also, without disregarding their relevance, it seemed to be a topic that could be fun and less complicated than other ones that held me back from actually doing something in the past. During the Open Lab I already shared this idea as well as my current state of research.

'''Process'''

Karin and Mara started the seminar with exercises that built up a group dynamic and also helped to get us closer to what we would like to do. Since I had already thought about it it felt easier to present my concept and start right away based off of the visions I’ve had in advance.

Gabriel kindly let me borrow his typewriter. This changed my process fundamentally. I mainly do literary writing and am known to delete a lot or not write at all out of fear. Working on a laptop makes it easy to forget that you actually have done/achieved something. The typewriter made me hear, louder than the sound of a keyboard, that I was doing something and as soon as I pulled the paper out of it I had something in my hands. Something that felt a little more permanent. If I spotted a mistake (and there were a lot) I just had to type it again or accept it’s existence which showed me: It’s not that bad.

I tried out the typewriter and wrote a couple of texts. Everything came very intuitively.

I tried out typing on different materials, such as plastic or other forms of waste.

I folded my first dummies.

I printed out different images and drew patterns that could serve as a background.

I used the Riso for the first time and printed out more images.

In the end I layed out all my texts, dummies and prints in order to present them.

'''Result'''

The process throughout the week was really fun and freeing. It showed me the potential of experimenting with material and not just imagining things (until they overpower you). It also made me realize that I want to create a couple of zines about pigeons. This first one should mainly focus on the Taubenbrunnen (pigeon fountain) by Ewald Mataré that is located close to Kölner Dom and keeps getting overlooked. In the zine I would like to combine documentary and poetic texts about it that I’d like to read out publicly at the fountain upon the zine’s release. Maybe it could become a kind of artistic brochure, just like the ones about the Dom that you find in every tourist information centre. I see this as an ongoing work in progress and when I come back to KHM in October of 2026 I want to finish the first zine.

[[Datei:Overview.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Typewriter.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Texts.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Riso.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 1.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 2.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Results.jpg|mini]]

Benutzer:MoritzH

2026-04-23T08:56:13Z

MoritzH:

'''''Pigeon Zine'''''

Moritz Haider (WS 25/26)

'''Starting point'''

In my artistic practice I combine text, sound and movement. I think about the spaces in which my works appear. Thematically, I think about the mundane, queer daydreams, witches. And pigeons.

This kind of pondering, however necessary it may be, is also what drives me away from intuition into a freeze-like state. When thinking transforms into an increasing spiral, I tend to get overwhelmed by the amount of possibilities how to perceive/portray/etc. a certain topic. I feel like I have to understand all of them, that I can’t decide on only one aspect and therefor rather not engage with the execution to avoid “mistakes“.

Having only five days to work on a project served as the perfect foundation since it doesn’t provide much time for (over-)thinking. You have to go with your first impulse in order to experiment with different materials and get something done. In advance I had the idea to make a zine about pigeons because they are my favorite animals but also, without disregarding their relevance, it seemed to be a topic that could be fun and less complicated than other ones that held me back from actually doing something in the past. During the Open Lab I already shared this idea as well as my current state of research.

'''Process'''

Karin and Mara started the seminar with exercises that built up a group dynamic and also helped to get us closer to what we would like to do. Since I had already thought about it it felt easier to present my concept and start right away based off of the visions I’ve had in advance.

Gabriel kindly let me borrow his typewriter. This changed my process fundamentally. I mainly do literary writing and am known to delete a lot or not write at all out of fear. Working on a laptop makes it easy to forget that you actually have done/achieved something. The typewriter made me hear, louder than the sound of a keyboard, that I was doing something and as soon as I pulled the paper out of it I had something in my hands. Something that felt a little more permanent. If I spotted a mistake (and there were a lot) I just had to type it again or accept it’s existence which showed me: It’s not that bad.

I tried out the typewriter and wrote a couple of texts. Everything came very intuitively.

I tried out typing on different materials, such as plastic or other forms of waste.

I folded my first dummies.

I printed out different images and drew patterns that could serve as a background.

I used the Riso for the first time and printed out more images.

In the end I layed out all my texts, dummies and prints in order to present them.

'''Result'''

The process throughout the week was really fun and freeing. It showed me the potential of experimenting with material and not just imagining things (until they overpower you). It also made me realize that I want to create a couple of zines about pigeons. This first one should mainly focus on the Taubenbrunnen (pigeon fountain) by Ewald Mataré that is located close to Kölner Dom and keeps getting overlooked. In the zine I would like to combine documentary and poetic texts about it that I’d like to read out publicly at the fountain upon the zine’s release. Maybe it could become a kind of artistic brochure, just like the ones about the Dom that you find in every tourist information centre. I see this as an ongoing work in progress and when I come back to KHM in October of 2026 I want to finish the first zine.

[[Datei:Overview.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Typewriter.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Texts.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Riso.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 1.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 2.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Results.jpg|mini]]

Selfpublishing Compact Seminar

2026-04-23T08:55:30Z

MoritzH: /* Process, outcome, documentation */

=== Self-Publishing as poetic practice: DIY Compact ===
Mara Genschel, Karin Lingnau 
at exMedia Lab
==== Time table ====

02.-06. February 2026 
11:00 - 17:00 (+ open end) 
Friday: presentation
 
 

=== About dummies and first steps ===
mockup, model, simulation, test, proposition ... 
different dummies for different purposes 
* formal aspects/ physical representation 
** format
** material
** layout
** page count (multiples of 4)
** style
** ....
--> regarding overall appearance and haptic
 

* conceptual aspects
** content-related
** textual
** layout in regard to content
** message conveyed by the content
--> regarding construct of an idea in connection to format and overall appearance
 
 
* aspects of layout
** order/ sequences of the content
** fluidity/ flow
** length/ amount of content
** relation between image and text and graphics
** relation between blank and filled pages
** spaces on a page in general
** pacing (pages and spread)
** if necessary: plot and dramaturgy
** questions of illustration/ font/ style/ design
** ...
--> regarding overall appearance of the content and the publication
 
 
A dummy can be used in every step of the process, but does not necessarily have to be translated into individual physical outputs. Depends on what you need and if you can combine certain aspects. In general creating a physical implementation helps to clarify and refine your idea.
 
 
idea --> storyboard/ moodboard/ sequence --> tests/ proof --> print/ build/ do --> publish
 
 
=== Terminologies, links and resources ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="background-color:#E0FFFF;"
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Topic
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Terms/ Terminologies
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Content
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Context
|- style="vertical-align:middle;" style="background-color:#DDA0DD;"
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Layout
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Format
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Material
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Techniques
|- style="vertical-align:middle;" style="background-color:#c6e2ff;"
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Concept
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Reason
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" |
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" |
|} 
 

{| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align:middle;" style="background-color:#98FB98;"
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | [[Tips-tools_zines | Resources]]
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | [[Machines_and_Technologies_@our_labs#Printing_Technologies | Printing Technologies 
at exMedia Lab]]
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" |
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" |
|}
 
 
=== Process, outcome, documentation ===
Under this paragraph you can collect your documentation and other photos, comments, finished and in process-being published formats, material choices, questions, more links etc. 
If you would like to add another paragraph or a subpage with a specific topic later on, let's talk about and/ or start it if you like. 
 

1. The Book of Falling // by Inna Lipovets.
It is a textile zine, exploring the idea of grounding and surrendering oneself to gravity. Starting with a text it reveals the imagery of inner landscapes in their potential vertical movement. It is about gravity which is breathing us, about thawing towards grass and becoming a landscape we dare to become.
Materials: textile, paper, soil.
 
 
2. A Birthday Gift // by Jeongan Choi
 
Year of production: 2026
 
This publication contains ten drawings encompassing the symbolic meaning of birthday gifts, alongside the burdens and discomforts they entail, and the relationships between the giver and the recipient. The cover was produced using Mi-screen printing and bound by sewing machine. Fifteen editions are currently in production.
 
 
[[Datei:708CF21A-0209-4F48-8CD3-05DC4A886FCB 1 105 c.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:91936BEF-CA57-49C4-939C-DB16201CB907 1 105 c.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:C944C35B-DD95-4A06-B1C5-50CF251931B4 1 105 c.jpg|mini]]
3. Pigeon Zine // by Moritz Haider
 
https://exmediawiki.khm.de/index.php?title=Benutzer:MoritzH

=== Examples and specific topics ===
tbc 

==== Other people who make zines ====
Some examples, some tutorials, some free zines. The list could be continued endlessly... 
 
* [https://docpop.org/2018/01/how-to-make-mini-comics-my-guide-to-cutting-and-folding-an-8-page-zine/ How to make mini comics and more]
* https://www.bumblechub.com/zines/fat-mermaid-lookbooks example of 8-pages mini-zine of mermaids]
* [https://www.bumblechub.com/zines/EARWORM same artist, mini-zine about earworms]
* https://zcmag.xyz/print-at-home-zine-library/ print-at-home-zine library of the site zcmag: Zine Crisis Mutual Assistance Group]
* ...
 
 

==== Letter folding ====

[https://www.instructables.com/3-different-styles-of-letter-folding/ Three different styles of letter folding]

[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210616-how-the-forgotten-tricks-of-letterlocking-shaped-history How the forgotten tricks of letterlocking shaped history]

[https://houseofmahalo.com/regency-letter-folding-tutorial/ Regency letter folding tutorial]

[https://herreputationforaccomplishment.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/anatomy-of-a-regency-letter/ Anatomy of a regency letter]

 
 

=== Etherpad for your texts ===
If you like to exchange your texts, on this pad we can collect them. You also have the possibility to comment in there. Please think of leaving your name when commenting something. 

https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/HRE7E4NmCo1dz3PjJcAclARV/
 
 

=== Seminartext ===
Konzeption, Produktion und Veröffentlichung einer kleinen, eigenständigen „Drucksache"

Booklet, Zine, Faltblatt, Poster, Manifest, Schriftstück, Buch, Cover, Spickzettel, Flyer, Laufschrift u.v.a.

Das Seminar ist ergänzend zum Fachseminar "Selfpublishing als poetische Praxis", aber auch offen für weitere Interessierte.

------

Self-Publishing as poetic practice: DIY-compact
Concept, production and publication of a small, independent "printed matter":

booklet, zine, leaflet, poster, manifesto, document, book, cover, cheat sheet, flyer, ticker and much more.

The seminar complements the specialist seminar "Self-publishing as poetic practice", but is also open to other interested participants.
 
 
 

[[Category:Seminar]]
[[Category:exMedia Lab]]
[[Category:Workshop]]
[[Kategorie:DIY]]
[[Kategorie:DIT]]
[[Category:Papier]]
[[Category:Publishing]]
[[Category:Print]]
[[Category: Material]]

Selfpublishing Compact Seminar

2026-04-23T08:55:12Z

MoritzH: /* Process, outcome, documentation */

=== Self-Publishing as poetic practice: DIY Compact ===
Mara Genschel, Karin Lingnau 
at exMedia Lab
==== Time table ====

02.-06. February 2026 
11:00 - 17:00 (+ open end) 
Friday: presentation
 
 

=== About dummies and first steps ===
mockup, model, simulation, test, proposition ... 
different dummies for different purposes 
* formal aspects/ physical representation 
** format
** material
** layout
** page count (multiples of 4)
** style
** ....
--> regarding overall appearance and haptic
 

* conceptual aspects
** content-related
** textual
** layout in regard to content
** message conveyed by the content
--> regarding construct of an idea in connection to format and overall appearance
 
 
* aspects of layout
** order/ sequences of the content
** fluidity/ flow
** length/ amount of content
** relation between image and text and graphics
** relation between blank and filled pages
** spaces on a page in general
** pacing (pages and spread)
** if necessary: plot and dramaturgy
** questions of illustration/ font/ style/ design
** ...
--> regarding overall appearance of the content and the publication
 
 
A dummy can be used in every step of the process, but does not necessarily have to be translated into individual physical outputs. Depends on what you need and if you can combine certain aspects. In general creating a physical implementation helps to clarify and refine your idea.
 
 
idea --> storyboard/ moodboard/ sequence --> tests/ proof --> print/ build/ do --> publish
 
 
=== Terminologies, links and resources ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="background-color:#E0FFFF;"
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Topic
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Terms/ Terminologies
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Content
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Context
|- style="vertical-align:middle;" style="background-color:#DDA0DD;"
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Layout
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Format
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Material
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Techniques
|- style="vertical-align:middle;" style="background-color:#c6e2ff;"
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Concept
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | Reason
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" |
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" |
|} 
 

{| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align:middle;" style="background-color:#98FB98;"
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | [[Tips-tools_zines | Resources]]
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" | [[Machines_and_Technologies_@our_labs#Printing_Technologies | Printing Technologies 
at exMedia Lab]]
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" |
| style="height:100px; width:80px; text-align:center;" |
|}
 
 
=== Process, outcome, documentation ===
Under this paragraph you can collect your documentation and other photos, comments, finished and in process-being published formats, material choices, questions, more links etc. 
If you would like to add another paragraph or a subpage with a specific topic later on, let's talk about and/ or start it if you like. 
 

1. The Book of Falling // by Inna Lipovets.
It is a textile zine, exploring the idea of grounding and surrendering oneself to gravity. Starting with a text it reveals the imagery of inner landscapes in their potential vertical movement. It is about gravity which is breathing us, about thawing towards grass and becoming a landscape we dare to become.
Materials: textile, paper, soil.
 
 
2. A Birthday Gift // by Jeongan Choi
 
Year of production: 2026
 
This publication contains ten drawings encompassing the symbolic meaning of birthday gifts, alongside the burdens and discomforts they entail, and the relationships between the giver and the recipient. The cover was produced using Mi-screen printing and bound by sewing machine. Fifteen editions are currently in production.
 
 
[[Datei:708CF21A-0209-4F48-8CD3-05DC4A886FCB 1 105 c.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:91936BEF-CA57-49C4-939C-DB16201CB907 1 105 c.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:C944C35B-DD95-4A06-B1C5-50CF251931B4 1 105 c.jpg|mini]]
 
 
3. Pigeon Zine // by Moritz Haider
 
https://exmediawiki.khm.de/index.php?title=Benutzer:MoritzH

=== Examples and specific topics ===
tbc 

==== Other people who make zines ====
Some examples, some tutorials, some free zines. The list could be continued endlessly... 
 
* [https://docpop.org/2018/01/how-to-make-mini-comics-my-guide-to-cutting-and-folding-an-8-page-zine/ How to make mini comics and more]
* https://www.bumblechub.com/zines/fat-mermaid-lookbooks example of 8-pages mini-zine of mermaids]
* [https://www.bumblechub.com/zines/EARWORM same artist, mini-zine about earworms]
* https://zcmag.xyz/print-at-home-zine-library/ print-at-home-zine library of the site zcmag: Zine Crisis Mutual Assistance Group]
* ...
 
 

==== Letter folding ====

[https://www.instructables.com/3-different-styles-of-letter-folding/ Three different styles of letter folding]

[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210616-how-the-forgotten-tricks-of-letterlocking-shaped-history How the forgotten tricks of letterlocking shaped history]

[https://houseofmahalo.com/regency-letter-folding-tutorial/ Regency letter folding tutorial]

[https://herreputationforaccomplishment.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/anatomy-of-a-regency-letter/ Anatomy of a regency letter]

 
 

=== Etherpad for your texts ===
If you like to exchange your texts, on this pad we can collect them. You also have the possibility to comment in there. Please think of leaving your name when commenting something. 

https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/HRE7E4NmCo1dz3PjJcAclARV/
 
 

=== Seminartext ===
Konzeption, Produktion und Veröffentlichung einer kleinen, eigenständigen „Drucksache"

Booklet, Zine, Faltblatt, Poster, Manifest, Schriftstück, Buch, Cover, Spickzettel, Flyer, Laufschrift u.v.a.

Das Seminar ist ergänzend zum Fachseminar "Selfpublishing als poetische Praxis", aber auch offen für weitere Interessierte.

------

Self-Publishing as poetic practice: DIY-compact
Concept, production and publication of a small, independent "printed matter":

booklet, zine, leaflet, poster, manifesto, document, book, cover, cheat sheet, flyer, ticker and much more.

The seminar complements the specialist seminar "Self-publishing as poetic practice", but is also open to other interested participants.
 
 
 

[[Category:Seminar]]
[[Category:exMedia Lab]]
[[Category:Workshop]]
[[Kategorie:DIY]]
[[Kategorie:DIT]]
[[Category:Papier]]
[[Category:Publishing]]
[[Category:Print]]
[[Category: Material]]

Benutzer:MoritzH

2026-04-23T08:53:56Z

MoritzH:

'''''Pigeon Zine'''''

Moritz Haider (WS 25/26)

'''Starting point'''

In my artistic practice I combine text, sound and movement. I think about the spaces in which my works appear. Thematically, I think about the mundane, queer daydreams, witches. And pigeons.

This kind of pondering, however necessary it may be, is also what drives me away from intuition into a freeze-like state. When thinking transforms into an increasing spiral, I tend to get overwhelmed by the amount of possibilities how to perceive/portray/etc. a certain topic. I feel like I have to understand all of them, that I can’t decide on only one aspect and therefor rather not engage with the execution to avoid “mistakes“.

Having only five days to work on a project served as the perfect foundation since it doesn’t provide much time for (over-)thinking. You have to go with your first impulse in order to experiment with different materials and get something done. In advance I had the idea to make a zine about pigeons because they are my favorite animals but also, without disregarding their relevance, it seemed to be a topic that could be fun and less complicated than other ones that held me back from actually doing something in the past. During the Open Lab I already shared this idea as well as my current state of research.

'''Process'''

Karin and Mara started the seminar with exercises that built up a group dynamic and also helped to get us closer to what we would like to do. Since I had already thought about it it felt easier to present my concept and start right away based off of the visions I’ve had in advance.

Gabriel kindly let me borrow his typewriter. This changed my process fundamentally. I mainly do literary writing and am known to delete a lot or not write at all out of fear. Working on a laptop makes it easy to forget that you actually have done/achieved something. The typewriter made me hear, louder than the sound of a keyboard, that I was doing something and as soon as I pulled the paper out of it I had something in my hands. Something that felt a little more permanent. If I spotted a mistake (and there were a lot) I just had to type it again or accept it’s existence which showed me: It’s not that bad.

I tried out the typewriter and wrote a couple of texts. Everything came very intuitively.

I tried out typing on different materials, such as plastic or other forms of waste.

I folded my first dummies.

I printed out different images and drew patterns that could serve as a background.

I used the Riso for the first time and printed out more images.

In the end I layed out all my texts, dummies and prints in order to present them.

'''Result'''

The process throughout the week was really fun and freeing. It showed me the potential of experimenting with material and not just imagining things (until they overpower you). It also made me realize that I want to create a couple of zines about pigeons. This first one should mainly focus on the Taubenbrunnen (pigeon fountain) by Ewald Mataré that is located close to Kölner Dom and keeps getting overlooked. In the zine I would like to combine documentary and poetic texts about it that I’d like to read out publicly at the fountain upon the zine’s release. Maybe it could become a kind of artistic brochure, just like the ones about the Dom that you find in every tourist information centre. I see this as an ongoing work in progress and when I come back to KHM in October of 2026 I want to finish the first zine.

[[Datei:Overview.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Typewriter.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Texts.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Riso.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 1.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 2.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Results.jpg|mini]]

Benutzer:MoritzH

2026-04-23T08:53:47Z

MoritzH:

'''''Pigeon Zine'''''

Moritz Haider (WS 25/26)

'''Starting point'''

In my artistic practice I combine text, sound and movement. I think about the spaces in which my works appear. Thematically, I think about the mundane, queer daydreams, witches. And pigeons.

This kind of pondering, however necessary it may be, is also what drives me away from intuition into a freeze-like state. When thinking transforms into an increasing spiral, I tend to get overwhelmed by the amount of possibilities how to perceive/portray/etc. a certain topic. I feel like I have to understand all of them, that I can’t decide on only one aspect and therefor rather not engage with the execution to avoid “mistakes“.

Having only five days to work on a project served as the perfect foundation since it doesn’t provide much time for (over-)thinking. You have to go with your first impulse in order to experiment with different materials and get something done. In advance I had the idea to make a zine about pigeons because they are my favorite animals but also, without disregarding their relevance, it seemed to be a topic that could be fun and less complicated than other ones that held me back from actually doing something in the past. During the Open Lab I already shared this idea as well as my current state of research.

'''Process'''

Karin and Mara started the seminar with exercises that built up a group dynamic and also helped to get us closer to what we would like to do. Since I had already thought about it it felt easier to present my concept and start right away based off of the visions I’ve had in advance.

Gabriel kindly let me borrow his typewriter. This changed my process fundamentally. I mainly do literary writing and am known to delete a lot or not write at all out of fear. Working on a laptop makes it easy to forget that you actually have done/achieved something. The typewriter made me hear, louder than the sound of a keyboard, that I was doing something and as soon as I pulled the paper out of it I had something in my hands. Something that felt a little more permanent. If I spotted a mistake (and there were a lot) I just had to type it again or accept it’s existence which showed me: It’s not that bad.

I tried out the typewriter and wrote a couple of texts. Everything came very intuitively.

I tried out typing on different materials, such as plastic or other forms of waste.

I folded my first dummies.

I printed out different images and drew patterns that could serve as a background.

I used the Riso for the first time and printed out more images.

In the end I layed out all my texts, dummies and prints in order to present them.

'''Result'''

The process throughout the week was really fun and freeing. It showed me the potential of experimenting with material and not just imagining things (until they overpower you). It also made me realize that I want to create a couple of zines about pigeons. This first one should mainly focus on the Taubenbrunnen (pigeon fountain) by Ewald Mataré that is located close to Kölner Dom and keeps getting overlooked. In the zine I would like to combine documentary and poetic texts about it that I’d like to read out publicly at the fountain upon the zine’s release. Maybe it could become a kind of artistic brochure, just like the ones about the Dom that you find in every tourist information centre. I see this as an ongoing work in progress and when I come back to KHM in October of 2026 I want to finish the first zine.

[[Datei:Overview.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Typewriter.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Texts.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Riso.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 1.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 2.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Results.jpg|mini]]

Benutzer:MoritzH

2026-04-23T08:53:09Z

MoritzH:

'''''Pigeon Zine'''''

Moritz Haider (WS 25/26)

'''Starting point'''

In my artistic practice I combine text, sound and movement. I think about the spaces in which my works appear. Thematically, I think about the mundane, queer daydreams, witches. And pigeons.

This kind of pondering, however necessary it may be, is also what drives me away from intuition into a freeze-like state. When thinking transforms into an increasing spiral, I tend to get overwhelmed by the amount of possibilities how to perceive/portray/etc. a certain topic. I feel like I have to understand all of them, that I can’t decide on only one aspect and therefor rather not engage with the execution to avoid “mistakes“.

Having only five days to work on a project served as the perfect foundation since it doesn’t provide much time for (over-)thinking. You have to go with your first impulse in order to experiment with different materials and get something done. In advance I had the idea to make a zine about pigeons because they are my favorite animals but also, without disregarding their relevance, it seemed to be a topic that could be fun and less complicated than other ones that held me back from actually doing something in the past. During the Open Lab I already shared this idea as well as my current state of research.

'''Process'''

Karin and Mara started the seminar with exercises that built up a group dynamic and also helped to get us closer to what we would like to do. Since I had already thought about it it felt easier to present my concept and start right away based off of the visions I’ve had in advance.

Gabriel kindly let me borrow his typewriter. This changed my process fundamentally. I mainly do literary writing and am known to delete a lot or not write at all out of fear. Working on a laptop makes it easy to forget that you actually have done/achieved something. The typewriter made me hear, louder than the sound of a keyboard, that I was doing something and as soon as I pulled the paper out of it I had something in my hands. Something that felt a little more permanent. If I spotted a mistake (and there were a lot) I just had to type it again or accept it’s existence which showed me: It’s not that bad.

I tried out the typewriter and wrote a couple of texts. Everything came very intuitively. [[Datei:Overview.jpg|mini]]

I tried out typing on different materials, such as plastic or other forms of waste. [[Datei:Typewriter.jpg|mini]]

I folded my first dummies. [[Datei:Texts.jpg|mini]]

I printed out different images and drew patterns that could serve as a background. [[Datei:Design 1.jpg|mini]] [[Datei:Design 2.jpg|mini]]

I used the Riso for the first time and printed out more images. [[Datei:Riso.jpg|mini]]

In the end I layed out all my texts, dummies and prints in order to present them. [[Datei:Results.jpg|mini]]

'''Result'''

The process throughout the week was really fun and freeing. It showed me the potential of experimenting with material and not just imagining things (until they overpower you). It also made me realize that I want to create a couple of zines about pigeons. This first one should mainly focus on the Taubenbrunnen (pigeon fountain) by Ewald Mataré that is located close to Kölner Dom and keeps getting overlooked. In the zine I would like to combine documentary and poetic texts about it that I’d like to read out publicly at the fountain upon the zine’s release. Maybe it could become a kind of artistic brochure, just like the ones about the Dom that you find in every tourist information centre. I see this as an ongoing work in progress and when I come back to KHM in October of 2026 I want to finish the first zine.

[[Datei:Overview.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Typewriter.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Texts.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Riso.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 1.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 2.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Results.jpg|mini]]

Benutzer:MoritzH

2026-04-23T08:51:07Z

MoritzH:

'''''Pigeon Zine'''''

Moritz Haider (WS 25/26)

'''Starting point'''

In my artistic practice I combine text, sound and movement. I think about the spaces in which my works appear. Thematically, I think about the mundane, queer daydreams, witches. And pigeons.

This kind of pondering, however necessary it may be, is also what drives me away from intuition into a freeze-like state. When thinking transforms into an increasing spiral, I tend to get overwhelmed by the amount of possibilities how to perceive/portray/etc. a certain topic. I feel like I have to understand all of them, that I can’t decide on only one aspect and therefor rather not engage with the execution to avoid “mistakes“.

Having only five days to work on a project served as the perfect foundation since it doesn’t provide much time for (over-)thinking. You have to go with your first impulse in order to experiment with different materials and get something done. In advance I had the idea to make a zine about pigeons because they are my favorite animals but also, without disregarding their relevance, it seemed to be a topic that could be fun and less complicated than other ones that held me back from actually doing something in the past. During the Open Lab I already shared this idea as well as my current state of research.

'''Process'''

Karin and Mara started the seminar with exercises that built up a group dynamic and also helped to get us closer to what we would like to do. Since I had already thought about it it felt easier to present my concept and start right away based off of the visions I’ve had in advance.

Gabriel kindly let me borrow his typewriter. This changed my process fundamentally. I mainly do literary writing and am known to delete a lot or not write at all out of fear. Working on a laptop makes it easy to forget that you actually have done/achieved something. The typewriter made me hear, louder than the sound of a keyboard, that I was doing something and as soon as I pulled the paper out of it I had something in my hands. Something that felt a little more permanent. If I spotted a mistake (and there were a lot) I just had to type it again or accept it’s existence which showed me: It’s not that bad.

I tried out the typewriter and wrote a couple of texts. Everything came very intuitively.

I tried out typing on different materials, such as plastic or other forms of waste.

I folded my first dummies.

I printed out different images and drew patterns that could serve as a background.

I used the Riso for the first time and printed out more images.

In the end I layed out all my texts, dummies and prints in order to present them.

'''Result'''

The process throughout the week was really fun and freeing. It showed me the potential of experimenting with material and not just imagining things (until they overpower you). It also made me realize that I want to create a couple of zines about pigeons. This first one should mainly focus on the Taubenbrunnen (pigeon fountain) by Ewald Mataré that is located close to Kölner Dom and keeps getting overlooked. In the zine I would like to combine documentary and poetic texts about it that I’d like to read out publicly at the fountain upon the zine’s release. Maybe it could become a kind of artistic brochure, just like the ones about the Dom that you find in every tourist information centre. I see this as an ongoing work in progress and when I come back to KHM in October of 2026 I want to finish the first zine.

[[Datei:Overview.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Typewriter.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Texts.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Riso.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 1.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Design 2.jpg|mini]]
[[Datei:Results.jpg|mini]]

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2026-04-23T08:51:02Z

MoritzH:

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Benutzer:MoritzH

2026-04-23T08:42:17Z

MoritzH:

'''''Pigeon Zine'''''

Moritz Haider (WS 25/26)

'''Starting point'''

In my artistic practice I combine text, sound and movement. I think about the spaces in which my works appear. Thematically, I think about the mundane, queer daydreams, witches. And pigeons.

This kind of pondering, however necessary it may be, is also what drives me away from intuition into a freeze-like state. When thinking transforms into an increasing spiral, I tend to get overwhelmed by the amount of possibilities how to perceive/portray/etc. a certain topic. I feel like I have to understand all of them, that I can’t decide on only one aspect and therefor rather not engage with the execution to avoid “mistakes“.

Having only five days to work on a project served as the perfect foundation since it doesn’t provide much time for (over-)thinking. You have to go with your first impulse in order to experiment with different materials and get something done. In advance I had the idea to make a zine about pigeons because they are my favorite animals but also, without disregarding their relevance, it seemed to be a topic that could be fun and less complicated than other ones that held me back from actually doing something in the past. During the Open Lab I already shared this idea as well as my current state of research.

'''Process'''

Karin and Mara started the seminar with exercises that built up a group dynamic and also helped to get us closer to what we would like to do. Since I had already thought about it it felt easier to present my concept and start right away based off of the visions I’ve had in advance.

Gabriel kindly let me borrow his typewriter. This changed my process fundamentally. I mainly do literary writing and am known to delete a lot or not write at all out of fear. Working on a laptop makes it easy to forget that you actually have done/achieved something. The typewriter made me hear, louder than the sound of a keyboard, that I was doing something and as soon as I pulled the paper out of it I had something in my hands. Something that felt a little more permanent. If I spotted a mistake (and there were a lot) I just had to type it again or accept it’s existence which showed me: It’s not that bad.

I tried out the typewriter and wrote a couple of texts. Everything came very intuitively.

I tried out typing on different materials, such as plastic or other forms of waste.

I folded my first dummies.

I printed out different images and drew patterns that could serve as a background.

I used the Riso for the first time and printed out more images.

In the end I layed out all my texts, dummies and prints in order to present them.

'''Result'''

The process throughout the week was really fun and freeing. It showed me the potential of experimenting with material and not just imagining things (until they overpower you). It also made me realize that I want to create a couple of zines about pigeons. This first one should mainly focus on the Taubenbrunnen (pigeon fountain) by Ewald Mataré that is located close to Kölner Dom and keeps getting overlooked. In the zine I would like to combine documentary and poetic texts about it that I’d like to read out publicly at the fountain upon the zine’s release. Maybe it could become a kind of artistic brochure, just like the ones about the Dom that you find in every tourist information centre. I see this as an ongoing work in progress and when I come back to KHM in October of 2026 I want to finish the first zine.

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2026-04-22T14:05:03Z

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'''PIGEONS'''

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