Preface of Color by Overprinting, Donald E. Cooke, 1955
“The science and study of color have many ramifications, but no aspect is more fascinating than the art of printing.”
“The science and study of color have many ramifications, but no aspect is more fascinating than the art of printing.”
"Our collaborative practice began in 2001 in an abandoned factory in Kehl, Germany. There, we first explored screen-printing as both a practical tool and an artistic method. We started by making concert posters, self-published graph-zines, and record covers—mostly for garage bands and underground illustrators. These early works were shaped by a strong belief in independent publishing and graphic experimentation. At that time, we worked under the name Bongoût, a self-run art collective that acted as both a label and a platform for unconventional visual voices.
Over the past twenty years, our work has grown into a multidisciplinary practice involving printmaking, artist books, exhibitions, and site-based projects. Though our background is in applied arts, our approach constantly crosses into contemporary art. We move freely between design and fine art, embracing a mix of traditions and resisting fixed categories. The tension between function and expression, between reproducibility and the unique gesture, remains central to how we work.
In 2007, we co-founded the Bongoût project space in Berlin —a place for critical exchange, independent publishing, and collaborative practices. Our interest in screen-printing has continued to deepen, leading us to print on non-traditional materials such as wood, glass, and aluminium. These experiments are not about novelty—they are about expanding what print can do, and how it can exist in space as both image and object.
Today, we still publish zines and curated artist editions under the Bongoût name, keeping alive the spirit that first drove our work in 1995: urgency, independence, and a connection to underground culture. Our process is intuitive and cyclical. We move between structure and spontaneity, between craft and disruption. We work without fixed rules, welcoming the friction between form and content, authorship and collaboration.
For us, print is not just a method of reproduction. It is a space of resistance, a tool for connection, and a language that keeps evolving."
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