Print & Sewing Open Space - Building a house without bricks

The Print & Sewing Open Space is an ongoing, travelling project consisting of a modular and mobile accumulation of collectively owned — and borrowed — print, publishing, textile, and making resources, including a risograph machine, library shelves, book-making materials, sewing tools, and a DIY screenprinting table, among others.

Activated across Café Gilde and Ventilator Bar, the Print & Sewing Open Space functions as an open workspace, library, and kiosk where guests, collaborators, and friends — current and soon-to-be — can come together to print, sew, bind, mend, repair, publish, and experiment collectively. We are interested in sharing and exchanging DIY techniques of printing, binding, sewing, and publishing, making these tools and practices accessible to wider communities.

Rooted in the interrelation between self-publishing and textile practices as political tools to disseminate our own knowledges, the space will host workshops that merge both disciplines — from bookbinding with textiles and collective publishing to garment repair, sewing for collectives, and other hands-on experiments.

The Open Space also includes a library of publications contributed by members of damdam and its broader ecosystem. Workshops and activities will be announced via damdam’s Instagram.