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What an image does to us, we also do to it. Graphic art practice of Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi.

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In 2024, Princeton’s Graphic Art Library acquired our archive, over 500 pieces of printed and self-published work. We’re elated for the opportunity to present to students, staff, and faculty as part of the university’s annual Griffith Memorial Lecture Series.

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Gillett G. Griffin Memorial Lecture: "Graphic Minded" with Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi
Please join Princeton University Library for the annual Gillett G. Griffin Memorial Lecture. Across their unique presentation, Sonnenzimmer--Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi--will share the origins o...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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New Sonnengram out.

Can images be self-aware? In this case, “self-awareness” might mean some sort of self-management, social awareness, and relationship management…

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Sonnengram No. 142 An old school newsletter. No paywall. A space to ponder the graphic wonder. You are receiving this email because you signed up for Sonnenzimmer’s Email List.
Dear Sonnengram Reader “We live in a perspective nightmare, the single point of view will always restrict our perceptions. There seems to be a great big beautiful world out there and we are hemmed in,...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Ideas Beyond Formats Application is closed. Thanks to all who applied and who helped spread the word.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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​Ideas Beyond Formats is a paid publishing program geared towards supporting and amplifying artists who live/share stories of marginalized communities, who feel outside of traditional power dynamics. For more information, go to,
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Colorful graphic tile with logo and text. It says: “2025, Ideas Beyond Formats, Applications open October 10”. Logo features a dolphin breaking out of a light bulb while holding a box in its mouth. The words “Ideas Beyond Formats” appear on top of the graphic. There is a colorful meta border.
October 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Make a drawing, make a painting, make a poem, and see where you stand, not in relation to others and not just in your head, but in the air. Understanding the sticky space between the personal and the industrial world will loosen the grip of the dominant perspective. SZ News: tinyurl.com/5y2y342e
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Since 2006, we've been weaving a lattice of graphic thought and expression. Our images, words, and projects have criss-crossed these great planes in search of open eyes and ears. Dream Canopy visualizes this trellis of thought partners with us. www.sonnenzimmer.com/dream-canopy
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Dream Canopy is a map visualizing the network of Sonnenzimmer thought partners, supporters, and collectors.
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August 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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If you own a Sonnenzimmer piece - the Dream Canopy might be your place?

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Dream Canopy | Sonnenzimmer
Dream Canopy is a map visualizing the network of Sonnenzimmer thought partners, supporters, and collectors.
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August 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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New Sonnengram out, Issue 140: Graphic Minded Survey, Ideas Beyond Formats…

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Sonnengram No. 140 An old school newsletter. No paywall. A space to ponder the graphic wonder. You are receiving this email because you signed up for Sonnenzimmer’s Email List.
Graphic Minded concept art produced in preparation for our upcoming publication. ID: A photograph of a mountain range is shown. Clouds lay low against the rugged summer peaks, casting shadows on the r...
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August 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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hello i've been reorganizing and i found a box of this vinyl in white. We only made 50 of these. these are the last copies.
Text me at +1 (305) 780-6273 if you want to buy one with the discount code.

heres what it sounds like:

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May 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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David Tamarkin’s piece on SNAP
is clearly broken down.

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They're killing SNAP. We should try to stop them.
Issue No. 13 | Saving SNAP The Occasional Tamarkin has never been timely—a deep ambivalence about timeliness is built right into the name!—nor has it ever been about politics. But today I write to yo...
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May 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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New Sonnengram out.

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Graphic with txt: Anti-aliasing is a technique used in computer graphics to smooth out jagged edges. Often it’s used to make something look more realistic—less rigidly computational. But in order to do this, a sort of blurring of edges happens and that is the trade-off. Things become more recognizable and familiar by smudging the boundaries between them. An object alone can’t blur; it must blur together with something else. These days, in the physical realm, so much human thought and energy is doing just the opposite. Those in power seek to fixate the edges of our lives and identities. So much math and brute force is in service to this purpose alone, be that in secret or in plain sight. It’s ironic that as we are getting “blurred” in our digital skin, our physical selves are being more and more confined. In the process, we are becoming encrusted with ideologies that harden our edges and our love.
May 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Manual is having a moving sale this weekend!
4432 N Kedzie Ave

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May 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Test print Tuesday @thebirdmachine.bsky.social
Don’t miss out!
April 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Opening tonight at the Franklin.
April 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Chicago Art Department hosting a small but mighty student fair!
Illustrated graphic. A skeleton like figure is holding up a sign on it says: Saturday, April 19, 12-5pm, 1926 S. Hamster St.
April 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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We’re happy to announce the release of “Dubbing Stills.” This publication serves both as an artifact and an epilogue to a 2016 performance at the MCA Chicago. The work marked a shift in our practice from graphic to time-based. Presale, edition of 50, ships 04/10 www.sonnenzimmer.com/product-page...
A publication featuring a small booklet and a cassette is shown. It is photographed straight on. The two items are packaged side by side in an oversized plastic cassette case. The colorful product features an image repeated on both the booklet and cassette. The title “Dubbing Stills” and the artist’s name, “Sonnenzimmer”, are printed on the booklet cover.
March 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Only 6 prints available through next Friday. “Parallel to Time” series explores the axis of time. Made from make-ready's from our print runs and the base of "A Race in Space" print– captures the flow of graphic information moving through our experimental studio. www.sonnenzimmer.com/parallel-to-...
A print featuring a base image, a strange sand dollar-headed individual with a flowing orange sweater and hot pink tube-like legs. This print contains different fragments of colorful graphic shapes printed on top of and underneath the figure.
March 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Sunraiser is a humble track released in support of our 2024 Sunraising campaign to rebuild our printshop. Captured in a single take, the song is a reminder that maintaining momentum takes a balance of rhythm and open-ended improvisation. Available in our shop or free on Bandcamp
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March 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Join us today for the world premiere virtual screening of our animated shortest of short, “Shapes Are Not Ours”. We’ll be fielding your q’s and comments live.

Saturday, March 8, 11am-12pm CST
Link goes live at 11am.

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March 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Tonight at Public Works 2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL, Malt Adult screens new animations from soooo many peeps

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Watch in community!
March 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Applications for the 2025 Michigan Central x @Newlab Residency are open now!
Deadline March 17.
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Art x Tech Residency Application
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March 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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New print available from the archives, Maru, ed. 10. Read about this and more in our March Sonnengram.
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A colorful graphic work is shown. The work features a rainbow-striped paper balloon called a kamifusen at the top of the composition. Partially overlaying the balloon are vibrant color blocks in magenta, yellow, blue, green, and red.
March 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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The Company We Keep

Chicago is a collection of dreams flickering with hustle and quietude, an empty storefront with a line out the door. The exacting grid, western bound streets, the sun setting, and back-lit signs no longer saying a thing.
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A digital collage showing the Chicago skyline at sunset. Inset is a vignette of some pampus seeds atop of a yellow circle, emanating a sun-like effect. The collage is a bit grainy.
February 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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All remaining “Flower Tongue” prints are 50% OFF through the month of Feb!
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Coupon Code: FLOWER2025

Pick a flower today!
February 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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@edsunspot.bsky.social Robert Beatty talks tonight at 6pm at UNI art gallery in Cedar Falls! Go for us plz!
February 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM