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What an image does to us, we also do to it. Graphic art practice of Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi. Sign up for our Sonnengram at www.sonnenzimmer.com

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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So proud to have been part of netizen.org new website! So dreamy, the netizen.org site! Code and image making, and programming - wowsers! Go check it out and dig into some really great features.
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netizen.org propels curious citizens of the ‘net beyond problematic defaults towards a more creative, playful, and equitable digital world. We are a collective of new media artists, educators and acti...
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
August Sonnengram: Katherine Young’s new album BIOMES, our inclusion in the exhibition Print Catalyst @30, our recent visit to SF for the SF Art Book Fair + closing show Futurity Library... We refocus why these things are important. Collective remembrance can be an act of care. tinyurl.com/2fyaxeva
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Polyangular Timepiece
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Circle Collectors - Sonnengram No. 148 www.sonnenzimmer.com/so/10PyZRMwC...
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Circle Collectors
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our newest Sonnengram is out. New collab, new work. sonnenzimmer.com/so/f5PrzZ1EB...
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Sonnengram No. 147 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.
A screen in our washout booth. Photo: Sonnenzimmer. ID: A screen is shown in a back-lit washout sink. On the screen is a rudimentary image of a mask-like face. —
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
@artsmidwest.bsky.social covered our Sunraiser! Thank you! You can read more about this fundraising model here: artsmidwest.org/stories/sunr...
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Sunraising: An Experimental Labor Exchange Helps Fund Art Studio Space
These Chicagoans needed money for their graphic art practice. They didn’t look to loans, but to their community. And it (mostly) worked.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Newest Sonnengram is out! Featuring new publication and prints… sonnenzimmer.com/so/9cPnTask6...
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Sonnengram No. 145 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.
A sonchus in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, October, 2025. Photo: Nadine Nakanishi. ID: A sonchus flower stands dramatically lit against a greyish wall. Its top-blossomed head is lit by the rising sun. —
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Tree Math and Book Chair - newest Sonnengram is out. sonnenzimmer.com/so/acPgtz-YX...
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Sonnengram No. 144 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.
A tree in Chicago, fall, 2025. ID: A tight crop of a tree's canopy is shown. The leaves are golden, indicating the time of year is fall.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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. www.princeton.edu/events/2025/...
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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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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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… tr.ee/nZ7YJO6QFN
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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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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Ideas Beyond Formats Application is closed. Thanks to all who applied and who helped spread the word.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
​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, www.sonnenzimmer.com/ideas-beyond...
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.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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 | Sonnenzimmer
Dream Canopy is a map visualizing the network of Sonnenzimmer thought partners, supporters, and collectors.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
If you own a Sonnenzimmer piece - the Dream Canopy might be your place? www.sonnenzimmer.com/dream-canopy...
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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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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
New Sonnengram out, Issue 140: Graphic Minded Survey, Ideas Beyond Formats… sonnenzimmer.com/so/f2PYAvOwX...
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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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helado negro @heladonegro.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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: robertolange.bandcamp.com/album/kite-s...
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
David Tamarkin’s piece on SNAP is clearly broken down. www.davidtamarkin.com/theyre-killi...
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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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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
New Sonnengram out. sonnenzimmer.com/so/e1PPjm05Q...
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.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Manual is having a moving sale this weekend! 4432 N Kedzie Ave www.manual.is
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Test print Tuesday @thebirdmachine.bsky.social Don’t miss out!
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Opening tonight at the Franklin.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
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.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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 tinyurl.com/4chhsv4d
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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. www.sonnenzimmer.com/shapes-are-n...
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Tonight at Public Works 2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL, Malt Adult screens new animations from soooo many peeps www.maltadult.com Watch in community!
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Applications for the 2025 Michigan Central x @Newlab Residency are open now! Deadline March 17. www.artxtechresidency.com?fbclid=PAZXh...
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Art x Tech Residency Application
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New print available from the archives, Maru, ed. 10. Read about this and more in our March Sonnengram. sonnenzimmer.com/so/6ePL9qUik...
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.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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. ...
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.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
All remaining “Flower Tongue” prints are 50% OFF through the month of Feb! www.sonnenzimmer.com/flower-tongu... Coupon Code: FLOWER2025 Pick a flower today!
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
@edsunspot.bsky.social Robert Beatty talks tonight at 6pm at UNI art gallery in Cedar Falls! Go for us plz!
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
New Sonnengram: Pick A Flower is out. sonnenzimmer.com/so/74PJt4IyJ...
ID: High contrast graphic tile. It says: "Sonnengram No. 136.

For everyone
digging in the garden
or chasing the wind,
both carry the seed,
the flower,
the fruit.

–Sonnenzimmer.
February, 12, 2025
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Tonight.
Flyer for event Postscript, a love letter to Logan Square for Comfort Station. Friday, February 7, Sarabande, 2726 W Roscoe St, Gala 7-9:30, Afterparty 9:30-12. The graphic has two stars to the side and the headline is typeset in a script like font.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Tonight, for those who like print folk!
Flyer for the Chicago Printers Guild. Friday, February, 7-10 pm, Public Works Gallery, 2141 W North Ave. All are welcome. Chicago Printers Guild Kick Off. The graphic has a ink container smiling holding the world. There are two logos in the corner. One a smiley face upside-down and the other a union like looking stamp.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We got to show our newest animation, "Shapes Are Not Ours" in the exhibit Applied Arts, UNI Art Gallery, Cedar Falls, amongst other print work. This epic show is up until February 21. insideuni.uni.edu/arts-design/...
Gallery view of Sonnenzimmer prints. A pedestal displays books in the middle of the room, and on the back wall, there is a projection of an animation, and to the side a big wall paper installation starts.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Opening night talk at UNI Art Department, Cedar Falls for Applied Arts exhibit. On state here, Midwest Pressed.
View to the podium of two speakers in front of a screen, in a lecture hall.
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We got to add some Sonnenzimmer sprinkle (motion+sound) to some graphics for USA's 2025 Fellowship announcement. Learn about these artists! It will brighten your day and make your heart full. For more about the 2025 cohort go to www.unitedstatesartists.org or follow @unitedstatesartists.org
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
”Applied Arts” curated by Midwest Pressed is a group show featuring the work of Bráulio Amado, Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau, Gfeller + Hellsgård, Robert Beatty, Shawn Reed & Ryan, Sonnenzimmer, Suzy Poling Jan., 16 – Feb. 23, 2025 University of Northern Iowa Art Gallery, Cedar Falls, IA
An exhibition catalog cover featuring the words "Applied Arts" written large in red ink on a dark background. Centered on the cover is a small photo-realistic image of a unicorn. The unicorn’s eyes are obscured with a bright red rectangular graphic element. Participating artists names are listed below the unicorn’s photo.
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