REDO Prishtina

4–6 October 2024
Prishtina, Kosovo
Edition 12



Julia Born, Sereina Rothenberger (Hammer), and Tan Wälchli (CH)


Julia Born is a Swiss graphic designer who studied at Amsterdam’s Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Her practice encapsulates an inquiry into the formats of editorial and exhibition design, challenging them and expanding the notion of design across media and disciplines. Language and its ambiguous qualities are at the center of her project, which she explores through commissioned and independent work, in close dialogue with artists, curators, and cultural institutions. Born teaches editorial design at Master Type Design at ECAL in Lausanne, and is a visiting lecturer at international art and design institutes. Solo exhibitions include All Capitals (MACRO—Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, 2022) and Title of the Show (Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, 2009). She is the recipient of the Swiss Grand Award for Design, awarded by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture in 2021.

Sereina Rothenberger runs the graphic design studio Hammer in Zurich since 2008, together with David Schatz and Jana Hofmann. She held a professorship at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design from 2013 to 2019, latterly serving as a head of department. She a faculty member at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in the US since 2015 and has also been joint head of the programme. Since 2020 she is an advisor at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht and since 2021 she is the jury president of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Competition.

Tan Wälchli is a historian and writer who received a PhD from the University of Zurich in 2006. He conceived a trilogy of booklets about controversial concepts from art theory under the name Whyart with Aude Lehmann (2004–08), as well as three Most Beautiful Swiss Books catalogues with Laurenz Brunner (2008–10). A Post-Doc at the University of Chicago (2008–12) and the University of Basel (2012–14), he has been a regular contributor to the Most Beautiful Swiss Books catalogues since 2011. Since 2016, he has been teaching in the BA Visual Communication at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and he has been a researcher and writer at Lineto.com since 2019.

juliaborn.com
hammer.to

Farida Sedoc (NL)


Farida Sedoc is a visual artist based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She works in diverse mediums creating two- and three-dimensional works.
Exploring and questioning intersectionality and the influence of monetary economics, heritage and politics on the future of globalism and community life.

faridasedoc.com

Josse Pyl (NL/BE)


Josse Pyl explores language as a material element in our surroundings to reveal the systems behind the signs and sounds that connect one person to another. He investigates how we communicate in ways that go beyond just words, examining the connections between what can be read, sensed, and what is left unspoken. Pyl explores how words and texts pass through human and other bodies, how language and speech form and disintegrate in a process similar to digestion. He reveals this interconnected system through drawings, sculptures, and videos that come together in installations where language, bodies, and knowledge come to life, move, and get lost. By distorting codes and signals we often take for granted, his work offers new perspectives on how we perceive and shape our understanding of the world.

Josse Pyl studied at Werkplaats Typografie (NL) before completing a residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (NL). Recent exhibitions include Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam (2024); Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2024); Ornamenta Biennale, Pforzheim (2024); Culture Station Seoul 284 (2023); Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna (2022); AT Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (2019); and 019, Ghent (2018).

Nieves (CH)


Nieves is a publishing house based in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 2001, Nieves publishes artists' books and zines.

nieves.ch

BLESS & Manuel Raeder (DE)


BLESS is a visionary substitute to make the near future worth living for. She is an outspoken female – more woman than girl. She’s not a chosen beauty but doesn’t go unnoticed. Without a definite age she could be more between her mid-twenties and forties. B. hangs around with a special style of man. She has no nationality and thinks that sport is quite nice. She’s always attracted by temptations and loves change. She lives right now, and her surroundings are charged by her presence. She tends to be future orientated. BLESS is a project that presents ideal and artistic values by products to the public.

Studio Manuel Raeder is an interdisciplinary design studio based in Berlin since 2003. Its activities include a wide range of formats, exploring the boundaries between exhibitions, ephemera, books, type design, editing and publishing to furniture design, as well as curatorial praxis.

bless-service.de
manuelraeder.com

Espace Ness (FR)


Espace Ness is a graphic design studio based in Paris and founded in 2018 by Émilie Ferrat, Julie Héneault and Sophie Rentien Lando. After studying at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and working as independents, they started mutualising their practices and knowledge in a common space. Their graphic design takes the shape of identities, websites, books or catalogs, and aims to be developed in close collaboration with the institutions, artists and researchers involved. They teach graphic design at Ensba, Lyon (Fr) and KASK, Ghent (Be). Espace Ness hosts book launches, exhibitions and various small events. Ness Books is an eclectic non-profit editorial platform publishing the works of emerging artists, researchers and writers.

espaceness.com

Anna-Mariia Kucherenko (UA)


Anna-Mariia Kucherenko (b. 2001) is a researcher and curator born and based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She studied art history at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. In 2021, she started the Archive of Forms project, which focuses on image gathering from various books, archives and collections, both online and physical. Mainly highlighting underrepresented Ukrainian visual language and culture, which has primarily been seen as peripheral to both Europe and the Russian Empire, the Archive of Forms also showcases objects and images that remain in the shadow of their collections and archives, their interconnections, that challenge the dominant narratives.

Since 2022, Anna-Mariia has also worked at the MOCA NGO (Kyiv), where she is a curator and collection coordinator. She has co-curated several exhibitions, both in Ukraine and abroad. She is currently co-curating The Wartime Art Archive, a digital archive that documents artworks created after the full-scale Russian invasion. As a researcher, Anna-Mariia is interested in the study of space, participatory art, and the archival turn in contemporary art.

Julia Born, Sereina Rothenberger (Hammer), and Tan Wälchli (CH)


Julia Born is a Swiss graphic designer who studied at Amsterdam’s Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Her practice encapsulates an inquiry into the formats of editorial and exhibition design, challenging them and expanding the notion of design across media and disciplines. Language and its ambiguous qualities are at the center of her project, which she explores through commissioned and independent work, in close dialogue with artists, curators, and cultural institutions. Born teaches editorial design at Master Type Design at ECAL in Lausanne, and is a visiting lecturer at international art and design institutes. Solo exhibitions include All Capitals (MACRO—Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, 2022) and Title of the Show (Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, 2009). She is the recipient of the Swiss Grand Award for Design, awarded by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture in 2021.

Sereina Rothenberger runs the graphic design studio Hammer in Zurich since 2008, together with David Schatz and Jana Hofmann. She held a professorship at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design from 2013 to 2019, latterly serving as a head of department. She a faculty member at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in the US since 2015 and has also been joint head of the programme. Since 2020 she is an advisor at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht and since 2021 she is the jury president of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books Competition.

Tan Wälchli is a historian and writer who received a PhD from the University of Zurich in 2006. He conceived a trilogy of booklets about controversial concepts from art theory under the name Whyart with Aude Lehmann (2004–08), as well as three Most Beautiful Swiss Books catalogues with Laurenz Brunner (2008–10). A Post-Doc at the University of Chicago (2008–12) and the University of Basel (2012–14), he has been a regular contributor to the Most Beautiful Swiss Books catalogues since 2011. Since 2016, he has been teaching in the BA Visual Communication at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and he has been a researcher and writer at Lineto.com since 2019.

juliaborn.com
hammer.to

BLESS & Manuel Raeder (DE)


BLESS is a visionary substitute to make the near future worth living for. She is an outspoken female – more woman than girl. She’s not a chosen beauty but doesn’t go unnoticed. Without a definite age she could be more between her mid-twenties and forties. B. hangs around with a special style of man. She has no nationality and thinks that sport is quite nice. She’s always attracted by temptations and loves change. She lives right now, and her surroundings are charged by her presence. She tends to be future orientated. BLESS is a project that presents ideal and artistic values by products to the public.

Studio Manuel Raeder is an interdisciplinary design studio based in Berlin since 2003. Its activities include a wide range of formats, exploring the boundaries between exhibitions, ephemera, books, type design, editing and publishing to furniture design, as well as curatorial praxis.

bless-service.de
manuelraeder.com

Farida Sedoc (NL)


Farida Sedoc is a visual artist based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She works in diverse mediums creating two- and three-dimensional works.
Exploring and questioning intersectionality and the influence of monetary economics, heritage and politics on the future of globalism and community life.

faridasedoc.com

Espace Ness (FR)


Espace Ness is a graphic design studio based in Paris and founded in 2018 by Émilie Ferrat, Julie Héneault and Sophie Rentien Lando. After studying at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and working as independents, they started mutualising their practices and knowledge in a common space. Their graphic design takes the shape of identities, websites, books or catalogs, and aims to be developed in close collaboration with the institutions, artists and researchers involved. They teach graphic design at Ensba, Lyon (Fr) and KASK, Ghent (Be). Espace Ness hosts book launches, exhibitions and various small events. Ness Books is an eclectic non-profit editorial platform publishing the works of emerging artists, researchers and writers.

espaceness.com

Josse Pyl (NL/BE)


Josse Pyl explores language as a material element in our surroundings to reveal the systems behind the signs and sounds that connect one person to another. He investigates how we communicate in ways that go beyond just words, examining the connections between what can be read, sensed, and what is left unspoken. Pyl explores how words and texts pass through human and other bodies, how language and speech form and disintegrate in a process similar to digestion. He reveals this interconnected system through drawings, sculptures, and videos that come together in installations where language, bodies, and knowledge come to life, move, and get lost. By distorting codes and signals we often take for granted, his work offers new perspectives on how we perceive and shape our understanding of the world.

Josse Pyl studied at Werkplaats Typografie (NL) before completing a residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (NL). Recent exhibitions include Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam (2024); Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2024); Ornamenta Biennale, Pforzheim (2024); Culture Station Seoul 284 (2023); Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna (2022); AT Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (2019); and 019, Ghent (2018).

Anna-Mariia Kucherenko (UA)


Anna-Mariia Kucherenko (b. 2001) is a researcher and curator born and based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She studied art history at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. In 2021, she started the Archive of Forms project, which focuses on image gathering from various books, archives and collections, both online and physical. Mainly highlighting underrepresented Ukrainian visual language and culture, which has primarily been seen as peripheral to both Europe and the Russian Empire, the Archive of Forms also showcases objects and images that remain in the shadow of their collections and archives, their interconnections, that challenge the dominant narratives.

Since 2022, Anna-Mariia has also worked at the MOCA NGO (Kyiv), where she is a curator and collection coordinator. She has co-curated several exhibitions, both in Ukraine and abroad. She is currently co-curating The Wartime Art Archive, a digital archive that documents artworks created after the full-scale Russian invasion. As a researcher, Anna-Mariia is interested in the study of space, participatory art, and the archival turn in contemporary art.

Nieves (CH)


Nieves is a publishing house based in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 2001, Nieves publishes artists' books and zines.

nieves.ch


REDO Prishtina


We are excited to invite you to the twelfth edition of REDO, the annual international graphic design and visual arts event in Prishtina, Kosovo. Over the course of three days, REDO gathers designers and artists from across the world in Prishtina. REDO features a mix of talks, music, books, and city tours, offering an opportunity for participants to connect, share, collaborate, and learn from each other.

PROGRAM 2024


LECTURE PROGRAM


Friday, 4 October / 20:00–22:00
Location: Kino ARMATA
Julia Born, Sereina Rothenberger (Hammer), and Tan Wälchli (CH)
Farida Sedoc (NL)

Saturday, 5 October / 16:00–18:00
Location: Kino ARMATA
BLESS & Manuel Raeder (DE)
Espace Ness (FR)

Sunday, 6 October / 16:00–18:00
Location: Kino ARMATA
Josse Pyl (NL/BE)
Anna-Mariia Kucherenko (UA)

TEMPORARY BOOKSHOP


Friday–Sunday, 4–6 October
Location: Kino ARMATA
Nieves (CH)

EVENTS


Thursday–Saturday, 3–5 October
Location: Servis Fantazia
beside – Music program and hangout
Presented by Till Engelhardt, Jesse Schmeller,
and Niklas Weisenbach

Saturday, 5 October / 23:00
Location: Palace of Youth and Sports
REDO x SERVIS Party
STENNY, Zgjim, Bernet Branca b2b DJ Real Madrid, Don Agani

Sunday, 6 October / 15:00
Location: Kino ARMATA
Turbo Print. Launching a publication written, edited, designed and printed between Ljubljana and Prishtina, by students from the Estonian Academy of Arts MA in Graphic Design


TEAM


Organization: Bardhi Haliti, Vigan Hoxha, Nita Salihu
Homepage drawings: Samuel Nyholm
Web: Petrit Bytyqi

REDO Prishtina


Rr. Hajdar Dushi, Objekti 1-B, Nr. 1
Prishtina 10000
Kosovo
info@redoprishtina.com

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TICKETS


Buy tickets HERE
€20 for the full lecture program


TRAVEL


The easiest and quickest way to get to Prishtina is to fly. There are direct flights into Prishtina, Kosovo from numerous European destinations, including Vienna, Munich, Zurich, Warsaw and Budapest.

Vienna to Prishtina (direct) 1 hour and 30 minutes
Istanbul to Prishtina (direct) 1 hour and 30 minutes
Basel to Prishtina (direct) 2 hours
Munich to Prishtina (direct) 2 hours
Berlin to Prishtina (direct) 2 hours and 30 minutes
London to Prishtina (direct) 3 hours
Paris to Prishtina, 4 hours
Amsterdam to Prishtina, 4 hours and 30 minutes


There are also many direct flights to Skopje, North Macedonia. Skopje is a one hour and 15-minute drive away from Prishtina.


SUPPORTED BY


Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport
Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Embassy of Switzerland in Kosovo


PARTNERS


Kino ARMATA
Servis
University of Prishtina

PRINT


ViPrint



PARTICIPANTS 2023


Maximage (CH)
Archival Consciousness (NL)
BlackMass Publishing (USA)
Selina Bernet (CH)
Team Thursday (NL)
D-E-A-L (BE)
Pykë Books (RKS)


PARTICIPANTS 2022


Shirana Shahbazi & Manuel Krebs (CH)
Atelier Brenda (BE)
Elisa van Joolen (NL/IT)
Laurenz Brunner (CH)
Estonian Academy of Arts & Åbäke (EE/UK)
Venera Mustafa (RKS)
Jonathan Castro Alejos (PE)
Roma Publications (NL)


PARTICIPANTS 2019


Sandra Kassenaar & Bart de Baets (NL)
Lolina (Inga Copeland) (UK)
Urs Lehni (CH)
Adeline Mollard (CH)
Julie Peeters (BE)
Olga Prader (FR)
Alush Gashi (RKS)
Tetris (RKS)
Test Press Exhibition (NL)
Rollo Press (CH)
Kris Baha (AU/DE)


PARTICIPANTS 2018


Jim Shaw (US)
Jop van Bennekom (NL/UK)
Benjamin Thorel & Antonia Carrara (FR)
Marietta Eugster (CH)
Marnie Weber (US)
Daniela&Linda Dostálková (CZ)
HAMMER (CH)
Blerim Racaj (RKS/UK)
JA JA JA NEE NEE NEE (NL)
After 8 Books (FR)
Moonshine Monday (NL)


PARTICIPANTS 2017


Anna Haas (CH)
Girls Like Us (BE)
Coline Sunier & Charles Mazé (FR/BE)
Jonas Voegeli (CH)
Metahaven (NL)
Žiga Testen (AU/SLO)
Zgjim Elshani (RKS)


PARTICIPANTS 2016


ATLAS Studio (CH)
Veronica Ditting (UK/NL)
Maureen Mooren (NL)
NODE (DE/NOR)
Karl Nawrot (FR)
Ian Svenonious (US)
Samuel Nyholm (SWE)
Motto (DE)


PARTICIPANTS 2015


OK–RM (UK)
Jürg Lehni (CH)
Brian Roettinger (US)
Radim Peško (CZ/UK)
David Bennewith (NZ/NL)
Olivier Lebrun (FR)
Studio NOI (CH)
Sezgin Boynik (RKS/FI)
Moniker (NL)
Common Name (US)
De Stihl (FR)
San Seriffe (NL)


PARTICIPANTS 2014


Åbäke (FR)
Julia Born (CH)
Experimental Jetset (NL)
Cornel Windlin (CH)
Helsinki Type Studio (FI)


PARTICIPANTS 2013


Linda van Deursen (NL)
Gregor Huber & Ivan Sterzinger (CH)
Stefan Marx (DE)
Our Polite Society (NL/SE)
Angry Youth (RKS)


PARTICIPANTS 2012


Visar Arifaj (RKS)
Tabi Aziri (MKD)
Ajdin Bašić (SLO)
Agon Çeta (RKS)
Nikola Djurek (CRO)
Aslak Gurholt Rønsen (NOR)
Visar Ulaj (RKS/SE)


PARTICIPANTS 2011


Albian Gagica (RKS)
Fisnik Ismaili (RKS)
Jeton Morina (RKS/AL)
Yll Rugova (RKS)
Kushtrim Xhakli (RKS)
Vasjen Katro (ALB)
Bes Bujupi (UK)
Valon Sopi (RKS)