Led by the (in)finite thought collective: Reham Mohamed, Eman Makki, Sara Al Afifi and Hind Al Saad, the session introduces participants to hybrid print practices that move between structure and spontaneity. You’ll begin by engaging with the Liwan Archive Library—browsing, selecting, and extracting visual and textual fragments through tracing, photography, and observation. These materials will serve as the foundation for your work.
From there, you’ll develop your own rule-based system—a set of self-imposed constraints that will guide every design decision. Whether it’s repeating a single shape, removing certain elements, layering text, or working within a numerical pattern, your rule becomes the framework through which new compositions emerge.
Through hands-on experimentation, you’ll translate your chosen material into a final outcome—either a print or a folded and bound zine. Techniques explored throughout the session include erasure poetry, collage, tracing, abstraction, illustration, stamp-making, and basic binding methods. The focus is not only on the final result, but on the thinking and making process itself—allowing unexpected outcomes to take shape through iteration and play.
The workshop concludes with a collective reading space, where participants share their works as part of a temporary archive. This informal showcase invites reflection, dialogue, and exchange—offering a moment to see how different systems, rules, and interpretations unfold across the group.