Every day. Dar roz. Har din.
What lies behind rote actions and rituals of daily life?
That cat/dog/crow who always stops by to say hello to get your day going. The drop of sweat that rolls down your back before turning into a sweat patch. The dhadak-dhadak of the local train that almost puts you back to sleep before it wakes you up all over again. Clacking computer keys. Slurps of cutting chai. The never-ending work whatsapps. The comfort of routine.
The thrill of getting shit done. What lies behind the sameness, the routine, the constant repetition? Is it adventure, or madness; meditation, or just urban anxiety? Outside the endless scrolling and double-tapping, sharing and outraging, how do we create space between all the things we just have to do, to take a moment and just be?
Everyday tries to find these answers.
Everyday is a series of zines that broadly looks at 'everyday' from different perspectives. In an effort to explore new formats of art books and storytelling, each volume is an experiment created using images and words by an artist and a writer.
In volume 1, artist Madhav Nair and writer Phalguni Desai look at Urban horror - the kind that spirals out of routine, dullness and trying to make it work as individuals in large unempathetic cities.
Size of the Zine: 6"x7.5"
Print: A combination of offset & screen printing
Paper: Munken Polar Rough & Paris Pink sheets both 120gsm
Binding: Center pinning.
Artist Madhav Nair & Writer Phalguni Desai
In volume 2, artist Anand Radhakrishnan and writer Rachel Lopez contemplate how we consume and what we discard as we move onward and upward into our high-rise tower lives.
Size of the Zine: 5.5"x7.5"
Print: A combination of offset & screen printing
Paper: Munken Polar Rough & Gangneung Green sheets both 120gsm
Binding: Center pinning.
Artist Anand Radhakrishnan & Writer Rachel Lopez
In volume 3, artist-architect duo Vishwa Shroff and Katsushi Goto, and curator/critic Rose van Mierlo record rituals surrounding food; reflecting on domesticity and convergence of cultures around the dining table.
Size of the Zine: 6"x7.5"
Print: A combination of digital & screen printing
Paper: Astropremium White & Baltic Sea Sheet both 120gsm & Gateway Tracing Sheets 110gsm
Binding: Saddle Stitch binding.
Artists Vishwa Shroff, Katsushi Goto & Writer Rose van Mierlo
Team Bombay Duck Designs:
Humera Khan, Zeenat Kulavoor and Dnyanesh Patale.
Team Everyday Zine:
Phalguni Desai, Zeenat Kulavoor and Sameer Kulavoor.
All Everyday Zines are a limited edition of only 350 copies of each series. Each copy is numbered.
2020 & on going.