noboru

[日本語の情報は下にあります] Exhibition Period 14-21 December 2024 16.00-20.00 Monday and Tuesday closed NAMNAM Space 〒166-0002 Tokyo, Suginami-ku, Koenji Kita, 3-8-12, 4F Zine launch 14 December 2024 16.00-20.00 Launch and soundscape by ato夢 18.00-18:45 Discussion between Chelsea Szendi Schieder, Christina Yi, and noboru On Saturday, December 14, the publication のぼる 一 (noboru one): genealogies will be launched along with an exhibition at the anarchist queer NAMNAM Space in Koenji. のぼる 一 (noboru one): genealogies is the second issue of the zine created by the collective,* in which the members sought to reflect upon their bloodlines and the possibilities of queer family as a form of healing. Combining photography, intimate messaging, and poetic wordplay, the zine brings together experiences of intergenerational trauma, illness, healing, and belonging. The exhibition dis-embodies fragments of the zine and their expansions. Soft trigger warning that some elements of the zine and the exhibition ...

 のぼる〇 on Asia Art Archive's library 📖🎊✨ Our dear friend, researcher, artist, and curator Krystie Ng generously donated のぼる〇 to Asia Art Archive's library in Hong Kong. Feel free to stop by and take a look if you stop by in the area!

のぼる〇 on Printed Matter's digital download database 🎉⏾🎆 The first edition of のぼる is available on the Printed Matter website. You are welcome to view the full online copy from the download database.

We are thrilled that のぼる〇 is part of  Tokyo Art Book Fair  together with Dig A Hole Zines! Come by the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 23-26 November 2023 🔖📖💕

Art Futures Research Exhibition   The University Art Museum 11-26 November 2023 Thanks to the 東京藝大「I LOVE YOU」プロジェクト Grant we were able to realise our project. As part of this community, we participated in the 芸術未来研究場 (Art Futures Research) exhibition, held at the Tokyo University of the Arts University Museum. During this event, many audiences participated and we received a lot of new ideas and interpretations of our work.  In our setup, we installed a carpet with soft lighting, a speaker that was playing our voices reading the notes of the book , and several copies of 「のぼる」〇. The visitors could sit comfortably and read at their own pace. 

Resisting Oblivion/Resistere all’oblio/忘却への抵抗  Activist Archives in Italy curated by Chelsea Szendi Schieder Gallery at the Center for Gender Research Oct. 23, 2023 – Nov. 11, 2023 As part of the outreach and communication planning for「のぼる」〇, we offered copies to various research centers ( Waseda Gender and Sexuality Center , amongst others), autonomous and self-organized spaces (NAM NAM Space, Neon Book Club), and university libraries (Athens School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts) dedicated to themes of common interest: queerness and diverse ecologies. Aoyama Gakuin University Gender Research Center was among the many institutions that「のぼる」〇 reached out to. This initial contact led to a collaborative contribution to their exhibition resistere all’oblio held at the same research center between October 23 and November 11, 2023.「のぼる」〇 participated in a conversation on diverse perspectives and gender identities at the exhibition gallery space, which was recorded as part o...

We launched のぼる〇 with tea, coffee, and snacks. ato夢 created a live soundscape inspired by the zine. Our communities came and discussed, with an introduction to the project by curators Che Kyongfa (Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo) and Osaka Koichiro (Asakusa Gallery, Kyoto University of the Arts) and reading of extracts by aliwen, Chloe, Hanna. During the closing, aliwen did a DJ set to celebrate our audience. Dig A Hole Zines is a DIY art publication store & workspace supporting independent zine makers and publishers. Located in the lively neighborhood of Koenji, Dig A Hole Zines functions as an independent zine store, gallery, workshop venue, and live music space where artists, activists, musicians, and other creatives can present their work and engage in dialogue. Photos by Yeo Kai Wen

「のぼる」〇 [noboru zero] is a zine about seas and mountains that explores the potential of ecology, randomness, and queer families. It is a collective project that pieces together our entangled life experiences with the environments that surround us. We invite the reader to encounter their own fragmented affective memories, through our very personal and yet mutually compelling propositions. Noboru zero consists of captured photos, diary entries, and moments indirectly linked to the shaping of our lives, accompanied by a manifesto and footnotes. The zine has two separate sections, seas, and mountains, each with a separate set of footnotes that meet in the center with the bilingual manifesto. This zine highlights the significance of diffraction, abstract imagination, and later reflection in knowledge production. The print of   「のぼる」〇 is s upported by 東京藝大「I LOVE YOU」プロジェクト download pdf