Collective Zine-Making: Stories of Identity and Belonging
Queer Zine Library Berlin
Collective Zine-Making: Stories of Identity and Belonging ✂️📖
Join us for a three-hour zine-making workshop led by Portuguese zinester and art educator Andreia Coutinho, a queer BIPOC artist. Inspired by her zine Hair, which explores identity and self-acceptance, this workshop invites participants to collaboratively create a collective zine. Through shared storytelling, we’ll explore common experiences, identities, and feelings of belonging.
🗣️ Workshop language: English
👥 Max. 10 participants
👶 Children are welcome
✂️ All materials provided
When: Saturday, March 14, 15:00–18:00
Where: Spinnboden, Anklamer Str. 38, 10115 Berlin
Price: Sliding scale €0–20 (pay what you can)
Sign up needed: [email protected]
Accessibility:
Spinnboden is easily reachable by public transport. The nearest stop is Bernauer Straße (U8), with elevator access, approx. 300 m from the archive. Spinnboden is located in the Weiberwirtschaft complex (2nd courtyard, 3rd staircase, 2nd floor).
The courtyard paths are partly cobblestoned. There is a doorbell at the courtyard entrance and at the archive door. The 2nd floor is accessible by elevator (door width 99 cm; cabin 160 × 170 cm). The archive entrance has a 10 cm step; a mobile ramp is available (door width 90 cm).
⚠️ Please note: the toilet is not wheelchair accessible.
A public city toilet is located approx. 700 m away at Brunnenstraße / Stralsunder Straße.
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About the facilitator:
Andreia Coutinho (1986) is a zinester and art educator working across zine-making, collective publishing, and art education in contemporary art museums in Portugal and the UK. She is a member of UNA – Black Union of the Arts and a co-founder of the curatorial activism collective FACA.
This workshop is made possible through the collaboration of Colectivo FACA, Spinnboden, and Queer Zine Library Berlin 🖤