Field Essays, Account of things that happened

Help us make a unique VINYL BOOK about the work of designer Brynjar Sigurðarson (IS) and his encounter with anthropologist Tim Ingold (UK)!

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Dear backers,    We received many positives returns upon reception of the vinyl books and riso cards. Thank you for these encouraging words. It feels good to work hard at something, and see it appreciated by its audience.   Thank you for notifying me in case you did not yet receive your much awaited copy!   In case you want to share the book with your network here are <a href="http://www.fieldessays.net/images.html" target="_blank">l</a><a href="http://www.fieldessays.net/images.html" target="_blank">the press images</a>. The book can be ordered <a href="http://www.fieldessays.net/index.html#issues" target="_blank">here</a>.   Very best,    Sophie K, Brynjar Sigurdarson & EricandMarie   <img alt="Brynjar_sigurdarson_9-1450080298" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/260239/Brynjar_Sigurdarson_9-1450080298.jpg" />       <img alt="Img_7320-1445585077" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/243827/IMG_7320-1445585077.JPG" />

Good morning,   I will be sending your personal copies of Field Essays in the course of next week - do keep an eye on the mail(wo)man... (And if you've moved places in the meantime, do let me know!)   The riso cards, a special edition realized especially for this issue by Brynjar, are underway; when all the elements will be collected, I will prepare your gift packs.   Here are some images of the presentation at the gallery / project space Onomatopee this week.   A big, big thank you for your trust and patience!   Best regards,   Sophie K     <img alt="Img_7346-1445584927" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/243826/IMG_7346-1445584927.JPG" />   <img alt="Img_7320-1445585077" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/243827/IMG_7320-1445585077.JPG" />   <img alt="Img_7311-1445585123" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/243828/IMG_7311-1445585123.JPG" />

Dear all,    The book is printed and bound, and has been delivered at my publisher Saturday. Last phase before the mailing: assembling the 500 books and vinyl, a meditative task, and having them sealed. Unbelievable but true, your VINYL BOOK will be ready for mailing at the end of next week.   The launch will happen in phases, too.   First lauch, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Wednesday October 21 16h - 19h in the context of the Dutch Design Week. It would be great if you could come! Do let me know per email (info@sophiekrier.com).    <img alt="2-10-1444584546" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/240162/2-10-1444584546.jpeg" />   Second launch, Paris, France, Sunday November 15, time to be confirmed, in the context of <a href="http://offprintparis.com/index.html" target="_blank">OFFPRINT</a>, Art Book Fair. If you happen to be in Paris and free - let  me know.   Third launch - who knows... :)   That's it for now - more next week.   Very best,    Sophie K

Dear backers,   The first pages of Field Essays are being printed today!   Here are some images of the colour checking process with ÉricandMarie.     Till very soon!     Sophie K & the Field Essays team   <img alt="Photo_1-1443090734" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/234806/photo_1-1443090734.JPG" />   <img alt="Photo_3-1443090748" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/234807/photo_3-1443090748.JPG" />

Dear Field Essays backers,     Details make all the difference. Taking care of details also take time! Hence, do not lose hope, the VINYL BOOK will be there, it's a matter of weeks now. Our new printer is taking great care and making sure it'll be a beautiful object, true to Brynjar's spirit and EricandMarie's graphic eye. We for instance battled to have full yellow coil... :)   The delivery date is fixed in the second week of October. I will send you your personal copies then.   Also, the Field Essays tour is gaining shape... Save the dates if you happen to be around and would like to celebrate this book with us!   October 21, 2015 @ Dutch Design Week   Lecture by Brynjar & Book Talk on invitation of Design Academy Eindhoven / Source Program Master Social Design Festive launch and drinks at Onomatopee, Eindhoven   Nov 12-15, 2015 @ Offprint Paris   Dec  11-13, 2015 @ Friends with Books or another great spot, Berlin   Next & final update in a couple of weeks!   Very best,    Sophie K       <img alt="Spirals_plastic_yellow_01-1441717542" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/229633/spirals_plastic_yellow_01-1441717542.jpeg" /> <div>  </div>

Dear Field Essays backers,   It's been already a few weeks since the 600 fabulous vinyls of Field Essays sit patiently in boxes. I listened to one, and it sounds as bewildering as we hoped...    <img alt="Vinyl-1436968402" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/218674/vinyl-1436968402.jpg" />   However unfortunately, you will have to wait till September to receive it, along with the book, because we had some technical issues with the printer; they went bankrupt (and were bought up again, luckily), which proves again how much the world of art publishing is in need of support of readers & collectors like you!   Meanwhile, Brynjar won the Swiss Design Awards (Hurray Brynjar!), changed the name of his studio into Studio Brynjar & Veronika, and these days is experimenting with a temporary showroom in Reykjavik. Here's his page on Instagram: https://instagram.com/godirvinir/   <img alt="Capture_d__cran_2015-07-15___15.56.24-1436968601" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/218678/Capture_d__cran_2015-07-15___15.56.24-1436968601.png" />   Wishing you all a great summer, and looking forward to September!   Very best,    Sophie K   <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"> atelier sophie krier art & design research UCR 2015 artist in residence</div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"> <a href="https://mail.ucr.nl/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=LU03awV0NCKi5COwcnSig1pcmAw7OVISD1XwcvR5hyHCN3YwHI3SCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdwB3AHcALgBmAGkAZQBsAGQAZQBzAHMAYQB5AHMALgBuAGUAdAAvAA..&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.fieldessays.net%2f" target="_blank">www.fieldessays.net</a> <a href="https://mail.ucr.nl/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=gqWpcmVrpbHnCNLc7U1PS_BGN_nESlOHkScY5LYoiALCN3YwHI3SCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdwB3AHcALgBzAG8AcABoAGkAZQBrAHIAaQBlAHIALgBjAG8AbQAvAA..&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sophiekrier.com%2f" target="_blank">www.sophiekrier.com</a></div>

Dear all!   Here is the third spring news bulletin of Field Essays.   At last the vinyls are in production, after a lot of work on the mastering (doing things simple is a lot of work), and even more (French) bureaucratic work!   The book awaits the final correction, the color correction, and the detailing for the lay-out and printing technique...   All this will be ready in a few weeks, which is great since summer projects have always been my favourites..    Wishing you a great evening and end of the week!   Very best,    Sophie K   www.fieldessays.net   spring magic.. <img alt="Img_5788-1432752772" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/203466/IMG_5788-1432752772.JPG" />   french bureaucracy... <img alt="150427100207_0001-1431593966" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/197846/150427100207_0001-1431593966.jpg" />   lay out sketches! <img alt="Photo-1431593681" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/197843/photo-1431593681.JPG" />

Dear all,    Many things happened in the course of the last month... Here's a selection of the steps we took, and we still need to take, to make the Vinyl Book happen. The process proves to be quite an adventure!    If you happen to be in Paris, don't hesitate to contact me or to pass by the Cité des Arts, it would be a pleasure to meet with you.   Sincerely,   Sophie Krier www.fieldessays.net     mid March: meeting with the printer (Lecturis in Eindhoven, NL) to decide on the fabrication of the cover and book binding. How to make a book that is the sum of VINYL + BOOK (and not a weak compromise in between)?    <img alt="Visite_lecturis_600_px-1428592299" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/184364/visite_lecturis_600_px-1428592299.jpg" />   End of March: Rock and roll visits to vinyl manufacturers in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France. We chose for Squeezer from Paris  in the end, because of their personal service and quality.    <img alt="Visite-discomat-800px-1428592498" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/184370/visite-discomat-800px-1428592498.jpg" />   Improvised sound recording studio during Brynjar's last visit to Paris - we recorded a wonderful bunch of new stories to fill the 33 RPM vinyl.... So exiting!   <img alt="Improvised_studio_2-1428592533" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/184371/improvised_studio_2-1428592533.jpg" />   Early april : signing price offers, getting authorization from SACEM to press Brynjar's stories, getting an official ISBN...  It all becomes really real now..   <img alt="Sacemisbn-1428592774" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/184375/SacemISBN-1428592774.jpg" />   April - May : final dummy of the book, final text editing, then pressing, printing, transporting and assembling...   Early June: priority mailing to kissbankers and public launch of the book soon after!   To be continued... :)

Dear all,    Here's the first of monthly updates regarding the production of the upcoming issue of Field Essays.   Now that Field Essays collected its printing budget THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, we will be finalizing the content, lay-out, and book design until April. We hope to send the book to print early May, so that we can assemble, pack and send the VINYL BOOKS at the beginning of June to Iceland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, England, Germany, the United States, and even Japan...   The VINYL is going to be mastered and pressed in a couple of weeks already, because production times for vinyls are quite long. We are now working on the stories, soundscapes and drawings that will shape it...   Lots of connections to still weave, beautifully illustrated by Brynjar in this video...   <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="embedly-embed" frameborder="0" height="304" scrolling="no" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fplayer.vimeo.com%2Fvideo%2F79667298&wmode=opaque&url=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F79667298&image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.vimeocdn.com%2Fvideo%2F455415394_640.jpg&key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=vimeo" width="540"></iframe>...   Till soon,    Sophie Krier & the Field Essays équipe   Follow Field Essays on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Field-Essays/1504525183156755" target="_blank">facebook</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/fieldessays" target="_blank">twitter</a>.

Dear backers,  great weekend news: Field Essays made it!     Thanks to the support of all of you, we are going to be able to print a wonderful VINYL BOOK ( a book + a vinyl) about the work of emerging Icelandic designer Brynjar Sigurðarson, and his encounter with anthropologist Tim Ingold. The expected launch is June 2015, in Paris. We will keep you updated on our progress.   There's still 5 days of campaign left – let's keep spreading the word so that Field Essays continues to find its way to its readers...   <div class="embed"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="embedly-embed" frameborder="0" height="304" scrolling="no" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.vimeo.com%2Fvideo%2F120680566&wmode=opaque&src_secure=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F120680566&image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.vimeocdn.com%2Fvideo%2F508600509_640.jpg&key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=vimeo" width="540"></iframe></div>

Tuesday February 24, 2015   Dear all,    Time flies, we have reached the last week of the campaign… With 8% to collect in 8 days, the coming week sounds promising, but let's remain grouped and dynamic till the finish line… :) Thank you  for your support, and for continuing to relay and share the project with friends and relations who might be interested.   <a href="http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/field-essays-account-of-things-that-happened" target="_blank">The online campaign</a>   <a href="https://vimeo.com/120345935" target="_blank">The last sprint</a>   I also have the pleasure to announce two new institutional and educative partners of Field Essays: MUDAM (Musée d'Art Moderne Grand Duc Jean de Luxembourg) and ÉCAL / École cantonale d'art de Lausanne. I look forward to this exchange, which will allow the book to reach design and art students, two of my privileged audiences.   Till next week for the final update of the campaign...   Till then, you can follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Field-Essays/1504525183156755" target="_blank">fb</a>!   Kind regards,    Sophie K & the Field Essays team   <img alt="Capture_d__cran_2015-02-23___14.40.55-1424768376" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/166031/Capture_d__cran_2015-02-23___14.40.55-1424768376.png" />

<span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21.466667175293px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dear all   The blog of Uncubemagazine (a well thought out magazine, conceived to be read online) just published a concised item on Brynjar's work. Looking forward to hear your comments... http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/15353535   <span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21.466667175293px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sincerely,   <span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21.466667175293px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sophie K

Paris, Tuesday January 17.   Dear backers,    15 days left, and we have reached 87% of our Field Essays campaign target! It's great to see how much support the project gets.   Now is the time to reach out to beautiful strangers whom I don't know, and who don't know Field Essays, but might appreciate it – if you happen to know good design blogs and online magazines, thank you for letting me know; I will contact them to see if they want to cover the project.   The Book Talk at Atelier Néerlandais last week was insightful: as guest anthropologist Stéphane Rennesson pointed out: "the world is interesting because we are interested in it". We create our environment by engaging with it, through "relational circles". As such, Brynjar's Bogbor Sveisson Bullfish documentary (2012) is "a very interesting anthropological object", because of the way it stages different forms of presence. Who / what gives life to whom / what in this awkward story of a hermit hunting a legendary animal?   The graphic design duo ÉricandMarie shared some of their editorial decisions in the process of translating Brynjar's process into the space of a book: "We try to work in his spirit, but without copying him. Hence the idea of introducing the cut – it's a way of taking things apart and rebuilding new connections."    Some links for you: ÉricandMarie <a href="http://ericandmarie.com/">http://ericandmarie.com/</a> Atelier Néerlandais <a href="http://www.atelierneerlandais.com/">http://www.atelierneerlandais.com/</a>   Till next week!   Thank you for continuing to share the project with potential readers,   Sincerely,   Sophie Krier & the Field Essays team.     Image: Borgbor Sveinsson Bullfish, documentary, Brynjar Sigurðarson, collection MAK Vienna, 2012   <img alt="06film-bullfish-1420198710" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/149713/06film-Bullfish-1420198710.jpg" />   Image: Book talk at Atelier Néerlandais, February 12, 2015, moderated by Eugénie delaRivière   <img alt="20150212_193800-1424187024" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/163690/20150212_193800-1424187024.jpg" />

Tuesday February 10, D Day - 22 Dear all,    Here we are mid way of the campaign, and the dashboard graphic shows a climbing line... It looks like we might actually print this book! Thank you for your support. We are going to engage the press now that that more than 50% have been collected.   Tonight Field Essays is sharing its process with students of Ecole des Arts Déco in Paris.   And this Thursday, at Atelier Néerlandais, all those who are interested in discussing the connection between anthropology and design are welcome. You can register via the link below. https://www.facebook.com/events/320697544795820/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular   Hence: lots of reading, drawing and writing to collect my thoughts these days...   To be continued!   Sincerely,    Sophie K et l'équipe Field Essays   <img alt="Photo_2-1423581530" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/160785/photo_2-1423581530.JPG" />

Dear backers,    If you happen to be in Paris on February 12th, you are welcome to join me at Atelier Neerlandais, 3 rue de Lille, where I will host an evening on the making of Field Essays, with Anne-Laïs Lemarchand (co-organizer of DDays), Stéphane Rennesson (anthropologist), ÉricandMarie (graphic designers) and Eugénie delaRivière (designer researcher). For all the details of this event, please follow this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/320697544795820/." target="_blank">link</a>.   I am currently in contact with new institutional partners and the press about the project, which will help to scale up the funding campaign. Don't hesitate to share blogs, and magazines, which you like with me, so that I can present Field Essays to them.   One month to go, and 1/4 of our printing budget has been collected. THANK YOU for your support. Thank you also for talking about and sharing Field Essays. We hope to touch readers around the globe!   Here are the links you can use:   The campaign: http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/field-essays-account-of-things-that-happened   The fb page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Field-Essays/1504525183156755   The twitter feed: https://twitter.com/fieldessays   All the best, and till next week!   Sophie K & the Field Essays team   Image: Glacier Candles, Brynjar Sigurðarson, PCM Design, 2015   <img alt="Glacier_candle-1422960685" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/158465/glacier_candle-1422960685.jpg" />

Tuesday January 27, 2015   Dear backers,   The counter of our campaign is at a sunny 23% thanks to your collective support. Hurray! In five more weeks, we will know if the VINYL BOOK will definitely become reality…    Meanwhile, ÉricandMarie are sketching away and trying visuals out - please find one of their "Friday Images" below.   If you're at Stockholm Design Week visit <a href="http://www.designforum.fi/communications/press_releases/we_live_here_at_stockholm_design_week" target="_blank">WE LIVE HERE</a>: Brynjar's work will be featured there! The show is set up as an apartment that doubles as exhibition and event space.   The interview with Alastair Fuad-Luke, Professor of Emerging Design Practices, writer and activist, was great. Alastair is currently interested in the notion of "one matter energy", introduced by Jane Bennet in her book <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/Vibrant-Matter/" target="_blank">Vibrant Matter, A Political Ecology of Things </a>(recommended reading!). We talked and talked about what design can, should, and cannot achieve, about "relational autonomy", and about how to know "what's actually there". In short: "We should be designing nows."   That's it for this Tuesday, feel free to share the project with your those whom you think might be interested, so that it can reach as many potential readers as possible. Especially design schools and libraries might be interested in pre-buying a couple of books, so if you happen to know a wonderful café/library/gallery, do let me know.   Till next week :)   Regards,    Sophie K   <a href="http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/field-essays-account-of-things-that-happened" target="_blank">Field Essays on kkbb</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Field-Essays/1504525183156755" target="_blank">Field Essays on fb</a> <a href="http:// https://twitter.com/fieldessays" target="_blank">Field Essays on t</a>   WE LIVE HERE, Brynjar Sigurðarson, 2015   <img alt="Welivehere-1422343298" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/156233/WELIVEHERE-1422343298.jpg" />   Image, ÉricandMarie, 2015   <img alt="Fe_23-01_copie-1422343423" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/156234/FE_23-01_copie-1422343423.jpeg" />

Paris, Tuesday January 20.   Dear kissbankers,    The first week of the Field Essays campaign is over – many things happened since the launch. Here's a selection, made especially for you.    <a href="http://www.ensad.fr" target="_blank">L'École des Arts Décos</a> of Paris has invited ÉricandMarie, Field Essays's graphic designers, and myself to give a lecture at a special evening on design practice entitled Les Rendez-Vous du Design on February 10th. We look forward to share our work with the students...   The day after tomorrow I will have the pleasure to sit down for an interview with Alastair Fuad-Luke, writer, activist, and Professor of Emerging Design Practices at Aalto University in Finland. Our subject matter: design activism and design fiction. To be continued…    As to Brynjar, an exciting upcoming exhibition is pointing at the horizon – I will know more next Tuesday!    So far for the news about our efforts to make the Vinyl Book happen…   Regarding the campaign itself, thanks to your support, we have already reached 13% of the budget, with six more weeks ahead to reach 100% or more! It's great… However, we still to need your help to make the project known to as many readers as possible. Thank you thus for "liking" our facebook page and/or simply sharing our Kiss Kiss Bank Bank page with those whom might be interested in the project!   Wishing you all a productive and insightful week,   Sincerely, Sophie K

Field Essays, Account of things that happened

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