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TIF 25 – Zine workshop: Senses of Memory

Tartu Illustratsioonifestival

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Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am

3 hours

Kastani 48f, Tartu, 50410 Tartu Maakond, Eesti

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Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm (EEST)

Kastani 48f, 50410 Tartu Maakond, Eesti

Kastani 48f, Tartu, 50410 Tartu Maakond, Eesti, Estonia

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TIF 25 – Zine workshop: Senses of Memory
👁️🖍️ This two-part workshop invites participants to explore personal memory through sensory reflection and creative zine-making. Led by two facilitators (Jana Ribkina and Betija Jakaite) the workshop guides participants through the emotional and artistic process of preserving a meaningful memory using writing, collage, drawing, and DIY publishing techniques.

👣 The workshop is split into two distinct but connected sessions:

🌿🧘‍♀️ Part 1: Remembering Through the Senses (led by Jana)
In this session, participants are invited to access a personal memory they wish to preserve—something tender, important, or transformative 💭✨. Using a well-known grounding technique commonly used for managing anxiety, participants will be guided to break this memory into five sensory components:
Sight – What could you see? 👀
Sound – What could you hear? 👂
Smell – What could you smell? 👃
Taste – What could you taste? 👅
Touch – What could you physically feel? 🤲

By tapping into these five senses, participants will develop rich content that captures their memory in a vivid, embodied way. This material will become the basis for their zine.

🛠️📘 Part 2: Building the Memory Zine (led by Betija)
In the second session, participants will transform their sensory reflections into a physical zine. Betija, who brings deep experience in alternative publishing and visual storytelling, will introduce participants to a variety of zine structures and techniques. Each participant will construct a five-part zine—one part per sense—using materials and mediums of their choice: writing, collage, drawing, photography, and more .

This session will emphasize experimentation, personal expression, and the power of handmade storytelling. Participants will leave with a tactile, multi-sensory zine that encapsulates and preserves a piece of their past.

Participants are encouraged to bring newspaper or printed photos if they’d like to include them in their "Senses of memory" zine.
⏰ Duration: 2 parts, 3 hours altogether
📅 Date & Time: October 4th, 10:00–13:00
📍Location: TYPA letterpress and paper art centre
👥The workshop is for everyone, no previous experience in zine-making required. The age limit is 12+.
👅 The workshop will be led in English.
🎟️ Tickets: A limited amount of tickets with a price of 15€ are available in the link below: https://fienta.com/zine-workshop-senses-of-memory

👒 👢 The workshop will be led by Jana Ribkina and Betija Jakaite from the SĀBRS zine and small press festival in Riga.
Jana is a multidisciplinary artist with a special soft spot for self-publishing and experimental zine-making! In her practice she jumps between ceramics, illustration, textile work and tries to occasionally tie all of these mediums together. She is based in Riga, Latvia.
Betija is an animator and illustrator based in Riga, who likes exploring different mediums and styles, as well as experimental sewing and bookbinding techniques. Has illustrated multiple books.


EST:

👁️🖍️ See kaheosaline töötuba kutsub osalejaid uurima isiklikku mälu läbi meelte ja loovzine’i loomise. Kahe juhendaja (Jana Ribkina ja Betija Jakaite) toel liigutakse läbi tundelise ja eksperimentaalse protsessi, mille käigus säilitatakse oluline mälestus kirjutamise, kollaaži, joonistamise ja DIY-publikatsiooni kaudu.
👣 Töötuba koosneb kahest omavahel seotud osast:

🌿🧘‍♀️ 1. osa: Mäletamine läbi meelte (juhendab Jana)
Töötoa esimeses osas meenutavad osalejad mõnda isiklikku mälestust, mida nad soovivad säilitada – midagi õrna, olulist või muutvat 💭✨. Kasutatakse sageli ärevuse leevendamiseks loodud maandustehnikat: mälestus jaotatakse viieks meeleliseks komponendiks:

Nägemine – Mida sa nägid? 👀

Kuulmine – Mida sa kuulsid? 👂

Lõhn – Mida sa haistsid? 👃

Maitse – Mida sa maitsesid? 👅

Puudutus – Mida sa füüsiliselt tundsid? 🤲

Nende viie meele kaudu luuakse põnev kollaaž, mis aitab mälestust elavalt ja kehaliselt jäädvustada. Sellest saab zine’i sisuline alus.

🛠️📘 2. osa: Mäluzine’i loomine (juhendab Betija)
Teises sessioonis muudetakse meelelised mõtisklused füüsiliseks zine’iks. Betija – kellel on pikaaegne kogemus alternatiivväljaannete ja visuaalse jutustamise vallas – tutvustab erinevaid zine’i struktuure ja tehnikaid. Iga osaleja loob viiest osast koosneva zine’i – üks osa iga meele jaoks – kasutades endale meeldivaid materjale: kirjutamine, kollaaž, joonistamine, fotograafia jpm.
See osa keskendub katsetamisele, eneseväljendusele ja käsitsi loodud jutustuse väele. Töötoa lõpuks valmib igaühel käega katsutav, mitut meelt kaasav zine, mis talletab killukese minevikust.
📰 Soovi korral võib kaasa võtta ajaleheväljalõikeid või trükitud fotosid, mida oma "Mälu meeled" zine’i sisse lisada.

⏰ Kestus: 2 osa, kokku 3 tundi
📅 Aeg: 4. oktoober, kell 10:00–13:00
📍 Koht: TYPA trüki- ja paberikunstikeskus
👥 Töötuba sobib kõigile, eelnev zine’i tegemise kogemus ei ole vajalik. Vanusepiirang: 12+
👅 Töötuba toimub inglise keeles.
🎟️ Piletid: Piiratud arv pileteid hinnaga 15 € on saadaval siit: https://fienta.com/et/zine-workshop-senses-of-memory

👒👢 Töötoa viivad läbi Jana Ribkina ja Betija Jakaite SĀBRS zine’i ja väikepressifestivalist (Riia).
Jana on multidistsiplinaarne kunstnik, kellel on suur huvi isekirjastamise ja eksperimentaalse zine’i loomise vastu. Tema loomingus põimuvad keraamika, illustratsioon ja tekstiil ning ta elab ja töötab Riias.
Betija on Riias tegutsev animaator ja illustraator, kes armastab katsetada erinevate stiilide ja tehnikatega, sh eksperimentaalne õmblemine ja köitmine. Ta on illustreerinud mitmeid raamatuid.


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TIF 25 – Zine workshop: Senses of Memory
Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am