"The Session manufactures theme-zines in the finest DIY spirit, serving serious readers through a distribution network consisting of dealers. (...) The Session will favourize, focus and execute. It will continue to be committed and maintain a strong balance sheet with an anarchistic yet anal leadership.”
The Session takes place for one day every second month, during which works around a specific theme are being made. The group uses different methods and media, from drawing to research to songwriting. There are as few rules as possible in order to keep things open and uncomplicated. Setting borders creates a frame, The Session chose to remain frame-less and as diverse as the group it consists of. The members of the group are taking turns in deciding the theme to work with, members can invite other people to join a session. The one deciding for the theme is the publisher of the issue and responsible for editing, design and (re-)production. This means that every issue will look different, that every issue will be compiled with a different approach and produced in a different way, testing out formats and techniques. The Session is a flexible container for any kind of content, trusting in the spontaneous quality of its Sunday-afternoon outburst. The Session works proto-democratic which means that who comes late still gets a coffee. The Session is nervous because it just quit smoking.
Contributions
#1—The Banana Session Amsterdam Noord, 16th of September 2007.
The group was at that moment: Monica Tormell, Tomas Adolfs, Staffan Björk, Tarja Szaraniec, Matthias Kreutzer, Kalle Mattsson and Orpheu De Jong.
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#2—The Colo(u)r Session Amsterdam De Baarsjes, December 2007.
With contributions by: Monica Tormell, Tomas Adolfs, Staffan Björk, Tarja Szaraniec, Matthias Kreutzer, Kalle Mattsson, Orpheu De Jong, Jens Schildt, Katja Mater, Simon Wald-Lasowski and Janneke Raaphorst.
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#3—The Weapons & Armour Session Amsterdam Noord, 9th of February 2008.
With contributions by: Monica Tormell, Tomas Adolfs, Staffan Björk, Tarja Szaraniec, Matthias Kreutzer, Kalle Mattsson, Orpheu De Jong, Jens Schildt, Alexis Holmqvist, Steinunn Marta Jonsdottir, Jonas Ohlsson and Barbara Amalie Skovmand Thomsen.
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#4—The Secret Session Secret location, March 2008.
With contributions by: Monica Tormell, Tomas Adolfs, Staffan Björk, Tarja Szaraniec, Matthias Kreutzer, Kalle Mattsson, Orpheu De Jong, Jens Schildt, Marco Sterk, Karin Wolters and Gert-Jan Davelaar.
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#5—The Holiday Session Ijmuiden, 1th of June 2008.
With contributions by: Monica Tormell, Tomas Adolfs, Staffan Björk, Tarja Szaraniec, Matthias Kreutzer, Kalle Mattsson, Orpheu De Jong, Jens Schildt, Magali Reus, Els Moors and Dan Park.
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#6—The Psychedelic Session Out there, September 2008.
With contributions by: Monica Tormell, Tomas Adolfs, Staffan Björk, Tarja Szaraniec, Matthias Kreutzer, Kalle Mattsson, Orpheu De Jong, Jens Schildt, Experimental Jetset, Kalle Runeson and Piet Parra.
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#7—The Obsession European Zen Center, Amsterdam, 18th of January 2009.
With contributions by: Monica Tormell, Tomas Adolfs, Staffan Björk, Tarja Szaraniec, Kalle Mattsson, Orpheu De Jong, Jens Schildt, Noa Giniger, Johann Kauth, Carl-Johan Högberg, Femke Dekker & Nicole Martens.
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#8—The Amsterdam Session Amsterdam-Zuidoost a.k.a. De Bijlmer, 9th of May 2009.
With contributions by: Monica Tormell, Tomas Adolfs, Staffan Björk, Tarja Szaraniec, Matthias Kreutzer, Kalle Mattsson, Orpheu De Jong, Jens Schildt, Jacqueline Schoemaker, Karl Nawrot, Bart de Baets and Elise van Iterson.
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