In an era where societal and cultural challenges intersect with creative practices, Raise Your Voice emerges as a reflection of collective growth and critical inquiry. This zine captures the essence of a unique five-month coaching trajectory that brought together emerging designers, thinkers, and makers in a collaborative exploration of community, perspectives, and systems.
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Raise Your Voice is a 5-month coaching trajectory initiated by Baltan Laboratories in collaboration with the alumni department of Design Academy Eindhoven and Master Institute of Visual Cultures of St. Joost ‘s-Hertogenbosch. This coaching trajectory is funded by KunstLoc Brabant (Impulsgelden) and Stichting Cultuur Eindhoven.
The idea of this zine is the stories hidden within the trajectory. Moments of collective reflection but also a presentation of what each contributor brings to the table. The zine follows the format of three chapters that speak of Community, Perspectives and Systems respectively. While the chapters have their own stories, they also follow an intersectional narrative of how the participants, who remain the content contributors of these three chapters weave the stories together. They present the overall umbrella of cultural practice through engagement with societal issues in parallel to practical development of their individual practices.
The zine also contains three essays by invited writers Silvio Lorusso, Gijs de Boer and Ned Kaar. In the same order, writers of A School Knows No Stopwatch, Guises of the Gap and Independent Design: From Soldier of Fortune to Destiny’s Child.
The written contribution from the invited writers act as an envelope within the zine, that speaks of the theoretical knowledges that intersect in a coaching trajectory like RYV when contextualizing it in the cultural sector in The Netherlands. These contributions become the central thematic of the zine, both conceptually and practically but can be detached to be read as a separate entity, bringing different perspectives into the topics of design, design education, commodification, and necessity for professionalization.
CREDITS
Participants | Echo Wang, Eva Oosterlaken, Johannes Equizi, Lucy Schreurs, Miguel Teodoro, Noé Cottencin, Paolo Zanchetta, Lucas Muñoz, Paul String, Fa’ fat Ali, Teresa Carvalheira, Thomas Eekhof, Vinicius Cardoso Witte, Ishani Chatterjee, Maurik Stomps
Invited writers | Silvio Lorusso, Gijs de Boer, Ned Kaar
Mentors | Elise Talgorn, Cecilia Casabona, Sophie Krier, Irina Shapiro, Dutch Culture, TransArtists, AiR Brabant, Tolomeo Cabrera, Matilde Losi, Matilde Patuelli, Marco Cagnoni, Sympoietic Society, Pablo Grossi
Team Baltan | Lorenzo Gerbi, Marlou van der Cruijsen, Sarie Hermens, Julia Kassyk, Matteo Borsato, Ishani Chatterjee
Location partners | Foundation We Are, Plug in City, Design Academy Eindhoven, BROET space at Glasgebouw, Onomatopee
Communication partners | Alumni Department, Design Academy Eindhoven; Master Institute of Visual Cultures of St. Boost ’s-Hertogenbosch; Dutch Culture NL
Supported by | KunstLoc Brabant, Stichting Cultuur Eindhoven
Photo credits | Lucy Schreurs, Johannes Equizi, Miguel Teodoro
Publication credits | Ishani Chatterjee (Editor), Jennifer Carniel (Graphic design), Neue Haas Grotesk (Typeface), Ready Active (Typeface), Skillpress (Printing)