musafiri
book
2025

Reader of the exhibition Musafiri at HKW, Berlin from March, 8th to June, 16th, 2025. The book’s layout is based on a system of shapes inspired by the principle of Oraliture. Often used in the work of Madame Zo, Oraliture is an Haitian notion defining the ways of transmitting information & knowledge through other mediums than written words. It is composed of the words “oral” and “literature”, and refers to oral transmission including music, patterns, textile, etc.

We gathered recurring themes in the text contributions and translated them into shapes as an abstract alphabet. Every chapter is translated visually with an abstract pattern made of woven shapes representing the notions evoqued in the contribution.

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