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Plantas Press
Oslo, Norway
Plantas Press is a Publisher and Risograph facility in Oslo, NO. Formerly The Ventriloquist Press, we're a sibling of Plantas Studio and Good in Theory.
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- nasjonalmuseet.no/utstillinger-og-arrangementer/nasjonalmuseet/arrangementer/2025/1/risotrykk-og-zineproduksjon29.01.25
- nasjonalmuseet.no/utstillinger-og-arrangementer/nasjonalmuseet/arrangementer/2025/1/drop-in-plantas-studio
- kunstnerneshus.no/program/arrangementer/riso-verksted-joao-doria
- hyperallergic.com/338522/class-is-in-session-at-new-yorks-first-alternative-art-school-fair
- aperture.org/workshops/bookmaker-symposium
- janvaneyck.nl/calendar/magical-riso-2
- laabf2019.printedmatterartbookfairs.org/The-Ventriloquist-Press
- printedmatter.org/catalog/publisher/14237
Publications
Kunst som straff (2024)
ISBN–978-82-692609-2-2
Kunst som straff is the catalog exhibition for Agder Kunstakademi's closing show at Kunstnernes Hus. AK's project ran a rich and layered art school program inside Frøland Fengsel for 3 years, coordinated by Thora Dolven Balke and Kristine Jærn Pilgaard. Co-edited, published and designed by Plantas Press/Studio. Commissioned by Agder Kunstakademi / KORO.
Din pust, din stemme (2023)
ISBN–978-82-692609-0-8
Din pust, din stemme (Your Breath, Your Voice) is the catalogue for the exhibition of same name, curated by Social Anthropologist Dr. Michelle Tisdel, Ph.D. The publication displays visual and oral history documentation regarding the George Floyd protests in Oslo. Co-published by Lift Every Voice, Plantas Press and Transcultural Arts Production.
Søstra100: Omsorgsbua (2024)
ISBN–978-82-692609-1-5
Omsorgsbua supplements Søstra100's instrallation at "Hånd og Maskin" — the first architecture exhibition at the new Norwegian National Museum. The publication is a 3-prong volume stapled across a long, folded cover. The first volume reflects on Søstra's feminist architecture practice, the second displays their handmade architecture drawings and the third one is a set of care exercise cards. Co-published with Good in Theory, Plantas Press and Søstra100.
