Books & Beer at the Bodega

"An old technology museum, swarms of Chinese tourists, artists financed by a luxury hi-fi company who let themselves sink into their projects far away from civilisation and deep on the horizon, like the dark background radiation of Dieter Roth. And what else was I doing here? I scratched, I slept, I collected on the surface. I wandered and searched for my own place in the structure."

With a distinctive voice that balances earnestness and irony, The Expanded Sense, is Ann Carolin Renninger's visual and textual annotation of her experience of the coastal town of Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. In this artist's book, she blends texts, photographs, Super 8 stills, drawings, and visual notes, delving into the complexity of this land and her role as an artist and a foreigner.
Drawing from her extensive background in documentary filmmaking and her deep-seated concern for ecological issues, she presents a nuanced portrayal of the region. She immerses herself in the fabric of the local community, weaving together their stories and the micro-narratives that resonate within the landscapes she observes.

FLYING LIKE A BUTTERFLY was a collaborative exchange project between WIRWIR, in Berlin and Pitzilein Books in Mexico City 
which explored our collective dreams via 'a dream machine'. The dream machine facilitated an exchange where dreams from Berlin's dreamers were sent to Mexico City. There, these dreams were translated into vivid graphic interpretations. 
The immediate interpretation of the dreams bridged the gap between abstract thoughts and visual representation, bringing the dreamers closer to the often elusive images and ideas creating a collective dream catalog.

121 pages, A4

Riso with a screen printed cover, Ring bound

Made in collaboration with Manuel Bueno Botello, Idalia Sautto, and Ricardo Iluhi Magaña from Pitzilein Books, Mexico City

In The Völva's Bestiary of Best Friends we are introduced to characters from Danish folklore, Scandinavian history and Norse mythology, as envisioned by artist Rasmus Myrup.

Making their first appearance as a series of sculptures by Myrup, the characters from this Bestiary are all seen through the lens of a Seeress – The Völva. She knows everything her folkloric friends have been through and will endure in the future.

En route to an appointment, the protagonist is giving herself a pep talk: It's worth a try. You can give it a try. She is supposed to record singing pets in order to incorporate them into an art project. The passing urban scenery and the repeated mantras create a unquantifiable strangeness despite the rather familiar set up. The sober tone of the voice-over creates constant unease and even the quasi-documentary line drawings tingle with tension: clearly, the absurd feeds off reality. Eventually, the book turns on itself - is this already a story? Is the narrative enough? For a book? Well, it’s OK to give it a try.