A discussion between the booksellers of Hopscotch Reading Room and Khan Aljanub Bookstore on translation as hospitality and the necessity of publishing communities being multilinguistic, and when this necessity forces booksellers into the role of bookmakers. This discussion will be the initiatory text of a joint publication between the two bookstores.
Eine Diskussion zwischen den Buchhändlern des Hopscotch Reading Room und Khan Aljanub über Übersetzung als Gastfreundschaft und die Notwendigkeit, dass Verlags-communities mehrsprachig sind, und wenn diese Notwendigkeit Buchhändler in die Rolle von Buch-machern zwingt. Diese Diskussion wird der Initiativtext für eine gemeinsame Veröffentlichung der beiden Buchhandlungen sein.
A discussion between the booksellers of Hopscotch Reading Room and Khan Aljanub Bookstore on translation as hospitality and the necessity of publishing communities being multilinguistic, and when this necessity forces booksellers into the role of bookmakers. This discussion will be the initiatory text of a joint publication between the two bookstores.
Eine Diskussion zwischen den Buchhändlern des Hopscotch Reading Room und Khan Aljanub über Übersetzung als Gastfreundschaft und die Notwendigkeit, dass Verlags-communities mehrsprachig sind, und wenn diese Notwendigkeit Buchhändler in die Rolle von Buch-machern zwingt. Diese Diskussion wird der Initiativtext für eine gemeinsame Veröffentlichung der beiden Buchhandlungen sein.
We understand publishing and printing as a collaborative practice and a tool to participate in artistic and political discourses. We focus on creating platforms for alternative knowledge production and resource sharing through residency programs, stipends and teaching, continuously contemplating our role as a publisher and teacher.
We see Colorama as part of a wider community or publishers and printers that believe in para-institutional learning, equity and autonomy. We believe that the upright walk with a likeminded individual loosley holding your hand will sharpen your thoughts, strengthen your practise and soothe your self doubts – resulting into something new, exciting and rewarding.
Visit us
Colorama
Drontheimer Straße 6
13359 Berlin
Opening hours
12-6 pm on Fridays
For Studio visits during the week or consultations for print-projects, get in touch for an appointment, please.
Get in touch
Publishing, Lectures, Consultation, Internships
hallo@colorama.space
Printing
printing@colorama.space
Wholesale and Book orders
shipping@colorama.space
Connecting
Studio Life, Printing and Publishing Program
Workshops, Stipends and Membership Program
Clubhouse Residency
Team
Johanna Maierski
Publisher, Teacher and Printer
Johanna Maierski is a publisher, teacher and printer that grew up in Berlin where they studied Architecture and Urban Research. In 2015 they founded Colorama an Art Press and riso-printing studio that has been travelling, exhibiting and presenting worldwide. Since 2016 Johanna is hosting Clubhouse together with Aisha Franz, a yearly comic residency program in Berlin. In 2020 they founded Colorama Workshop together with Lauria Joan, an educational community space for printing, self-publishing and book-making.
Lauria Joan,
Bookbinder artist and editor
Lauria runs Pseudo Press, an independent bookbinding and book production studio. Together with Johanna Maierski of Colorma Books, she is one half of Colorama Workshop. Originally from Halifax, Canada, she has been living in Berlin since 2019. Lauria is currently managing the contract printing and membership program.
List of interns who have worked at Colorama since 2015 (chronological order from most recent to oldest)
Maya Kurella, Esther Vandenbergh, Coraline Tassy, Lily Orset, Carli Biller, Elizaveta Pavina, Klervie Pillard, Kiki Karatza, Helen Turner, Rose Walker, Tabitha Portch O'Neill, Margot Sounack, Reuss Maureen Leprêtre, Zoe Ladet, Olga Sulek, Linda Retterová, Nadine Hammud, Marylou Billoin, Jolanda Obleser, Nino Cadeau, Lauria Joan, Paula de la Vega, Marieke Luthart, Molly Cranston, Hannah Marine, Clara Citaristi, Clémentine Zwahlen, Milena Bassen, Burcu Türker
We understand publishing and printing as a collaborative practice and a tool to participate in artistic and political discourses. We focus on creating platforms for alternative knowledge production and resource sharing through residency programs, stipends and teaching, continuously contemplating our role as a publisher and teacher.
We see Colorama as part of a wider community or publishers and printers that believe in para-institutional learning, equity and autonomy. We believe that the upright walk with a likeminded individual loosley holding your hand will sharpen your thoughts, strengthen your practise and soothe your self doubts – resulting into something new, exciting and rewarding.
Team
Johanna Maierski
Publisher, Teacher and Printer
Johanna Maierski is a publisher, teacher and printer that grew up in Berlin where they studied Architecture and Urban Research. In 2015 they founded Colorama an Art Press and riso-printing studio that has been travelling, exhibiting and presenting worldwide. Since 2016 Johanna is hosting Clubhouse together with Aisha Franz, a yearly comic residency program in Berlin. In 2020 they founded Colorama Workshop together with Lauria Joan, an educational community space for printing, self-publishing and book-making.
Lauria Joan,
Bookbinder artist and editor
Lauria runs Pseudo Press, an independent bookbinding and book production studio. Together with Johanna Maierski of Colorma Books, she is one half of Colorama Workshop. Originally from Halifax, Canada, she has been living in Berlin since 2019. Lauria is currently managing the contract printing and membership program.
List of interns who have worked at Colorama since 2015 (chronological order from most recent to oldest)
Maya Kurella, Esther Vandenbergh, Coraline Tassy, Lily Orset, Carli Biller, Elizaveta Pavina, Klervie Pillard, Kiki Karatza, Helen Turner, Rose Walker, Tabitha Portch O'Neill, Margot Sounack, Reuss Maureen Leprêtre, Zoe Ladet, Olga Sulek, Linda Retterová, Nadine Hammud, Marylou Billoin, Jolanda Obleser, Nino Cadeau, Lauria Joan, Paula de la Vega, Marieke Luthart, Molly Cranston, Hannah Marine, Clara Citaristi, Clémentine Zwahlen, Milena Bassen, Burcu Türker
Visit us
Colorama
Drontheimer Straße 6
13359 Berlin
Opening hours
12-6 pm on Fridays
For Studio visits during the week or consultations for print-projects, get in touch for an appointment, please.
Get in touch
Publishing, Lectures, Consultation, Internships
hallo@colorama.space
Printing
printing@colorama.space
Wholesale and Book orders
shipping@colorama.space
Connecting
Studio Life, Printing and Publishing Program
Workshops, Stipends and Membership Program
Clubhouse Residency