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Focal Point 2023

Youth and Adults Workshops

24th November, 2023

Visualizing Typographic Form with Riso
with Ibrahim Khamayseh 
Riso Workshop

Date: Friday, 24 November 2023
Timings: 4:00 pm–7:00 pm
Languages: English and Arabic

develop your own typographic artwork by learning about different calligraphy styles and scripts. Led by calligrapher, graphic designer and artist Ibrahim Khamayseh, you will explore the most effective way to visualise calligraphic script using the Riso machine.
Reimagining Library Practices

Date: Friday, 24 November 2023
Timings: 7:00 pm–10:00 pm
Languages: English

Drawing inspiration from the stages of the water cycle, take part in four creative exercises to explore embodied reading practices and collectively contemplate the historical implications of libraries and texts.

25th November, 2023

How to Make Stencil Riso Prints
With Pau Tiu (Bad Student) 
Riso Workshop

Date: Saturday, 25 November 2023
Timings: 4:00 pm–7:00 pm
Languages: English and Arabic

learn how to use stencils to print with a two-colour Riso machine. Pau Tiu, a member of the specialised Riso printing studio and workshop based in the Philippines, will guide you through the process.
Palestine in Print
with Ahmad Makia 

Date: Saturday, 25 November 2023
Timings: 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Languages: English and Arabic

Produce a personal zine about Palestine. As you put together information and images for your work, delve into a compilation of open source files that visualise and narrate the country, including poems, essays, interviews, illustrations, graphics, police files, newsprint and academic articles.

26th November, 2023

Critical Messaging: Make a Riso Poster
with Jazael Olgolin Zapata (Cráter Invertido) 
Riso Workshop

Date: Sunday, 26 November 2023
Timings: 4:00 pm–7:00 pm
Languages: English

Join Jazael Olgolin Zapata from the Mexico City-based artist studio and space Cráter Invertido to find out how to create critical posters and print them using the Riso machine.
YOUR ID Zine
With Beatrix Pang (ZINE COOP)
DIY Zine Workshop

Date: Sunday, 26 November 2023
Timings: 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Languages: English

Create a zine about yourself and your identities using Shrimpzine, an online open-source platform. Led by Beatrix Pang of the Hong Kong zine publishers' collective ZINE COOP, this session will explore both digital and printed zines and promote accessible tools such as mobile phones with camera and internet access.