Shib.bo.leth

Oggi si è svolto Fiori di Inchiostro, il terzo laboratorio di Gussy Garden, la serie di incontri per bambini dedicati alla fotografia e le tecniche di stampa presso il Parco Gussi di Vimercate.

Prossimo appuntamento: Il parco al rovescio il 28 giugno. Per prenotare link in bio.

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This was Ink Flowers, the third installment of Gussy Garden, the workshop series devoted to photography and printing techniques for children held at the Gussi in Vimercate between April and June.

Next up: Topsy-turvy Turf on June 28! Link in bio to sign up.

Photos by lightsmith Elisa Mapelli

Special thanks to Elia and Federico for the help under the rain! It was soooooo much fun.

Ieri si è svolto Il Sole Blu, il secondo laboratorio di Gussy Garden, la serie di incontri dedicati alla fotografia e le tecniche di stampa presso il Parco Gussi di Vimercate.

Prossimo incontro: carta marmorizzata il 10 maggio ore 10:30. Per prenotare link in bio.

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This was The Blue Sun, the second installment of Gussy Garden, the workshop series devoted to photographic and printing techniques for children held at the Gussi in Vimercate between April and June.

Next up: Marbled paper on May 10 at 10:30 a.m. Link in bio to sign up.

Photos by Lightslinger Elisa Mapelli

Shibboleth is flying to Istanbul for border_less Art Book Days from 15 to 17 May. Come see us if your in that corner of the world!

So much looking forward. Thanks to Melek and Huo for setting this up!

This was MicroMega Gioco, the first of four children’s workshops on photographic and printing techniques in the framework of the Gussy Garden series held in Vimercate.

Up next: Cyanotype on May 3rd at 10:30 a.m. Booking link in bio.

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Ieri si è tenuto il primo dei quattro laboratori Gussy Garden dedicati alla fotografia e le tecniche di stampa per bambini presso il Parco Gussi di Vimercate.

Il prossimo appuntamento è Cianotipia il 3 maggio alle ore 10:30. Link per prenotare in bio.

Photos by the nonpareille Elisa Mapelli

We rarely share anything that is not strictly connected to our books and workshops. We have always believed that doing the work matters more than talking about it or displaying it. Today, however, marks an exception because it is necessary to restate the centrality of cultural work.

We want to express our gratitude to the bookshop that has, more than any other, approached our work with rare respect: Bungee Space in New York.

Shisi and her colleagues embody a diasporic commitment to culture at a moment when cultural life—across the United States and in many other regimes, whether openly declared or discreetly maintained—is being flattened or erased by censorship. In such a climate, the simple act of sustaining a space for knowledge becomes a form of rebellion. Not a loud or riotous rebellion, but a quiet insistence for something: for the possibility of independent thought, for the right to form one’s own judgement, for the slow and demanding work of becoming an individual.

In a city as unruly as New York—where culture is tolerated only when it can be monetised—Bungee Space stands out as a counter‑current. It is not simply a shop; it is a portrait of an inner world, a place where books, objects, and conversations remind us that knowledge, in all the forms it can take, is what allows a person to think independently and critically about reality. In times of deep cultural flatness, this is perhaps the only rebellion left.

Visit Bungee on the Bowery, purchase from their website, and support the local bookstores that keep cultural life alive.

For the love of books,
Shibboleth

About us in the US

1)
Designed to be Used : the Social Life of Shibboleth’s Books

9 April, 7:30 pm
Bungee Space
13 Stanton st, NY

Shibboleth presents two publications that show how books can function as social technologies for thinking and learning together. We’ll be discussing Thesaurus of Child Ecology and Homographs as well as Grégoire Perrier’s artists films about both publications!

Slide 1: Flyer designed by Yoka (Yujia) Gong

Super special thanks to Shisi for hosting us!!

2)
Linguistic Estrangement and the Photobook

11 April, 2:30pm
Brown-Harvard Conference, Providence, RI
Pembroke Hall, Room 305

The talk examines how photobooks designed for communities facing communication difficulties translate into projects for the page that reconfigure the boundaries of social, cultural, and economic participation.

Slide 2: Greeting from where even cranes are footnoted by Shibboleths

Super special thanks to Tata Zoller for hosting us!!

The Bicycle
In the city, a means of transportation.
In prison, the circulation of false rumours.

A social publishing workshop to see what words mean, inside and out. A book will come.

Maximum Security Prison, Milano-Opera
18 and 25 March 2026
In the framework of the programme celebrating the 140 years of Legacoop in Milano.

We are thankful to Giusy Palumbo from and to Francesca and Martina from for the invitation

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La Bicicletta
In città, un mezzo di trasporto.
In carcere, la circolazione di notizie false.

Un laboratorio di editoria sociale per vedere dentro e fuori i significati delle parole. Diventerà un libro.

Carcere di Massima Sicurezza di Milano-Opera
18 e 25 marzo 2026
Nel quadro dei 140 anni dalla fondazione di Legacoop a Milano nel 1886.

Siamo grate a Giusy Palumbo di e a Francesca e Martina di per l’invito.

Gussy Garden
Laboratori per bambini a tema natura nel parco
A cura di Shibboleth e Elisa Mapelli
Parco Gussi, Vimercate

19.04 - Micrografia
03.05 - Cianotipia
10.05 - Carta marmorizzata
18.06 - Camera oscura

Per prenotare scrivere a [email protected] oppure compilare il modulo tramite qr code o al link in bio. Pagamento in contanti o carta in loco. Eur 10. Età 6-12.

Ringraziamo il Comune di Vimercate e la Cooperativa Buenavista per l’ospitalità negli spazi pubblici del parco.

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Gussy Garden
Nature‑themed workshops for children in the park
Held by Shibboleth and Elisa Mapelli
Parco Gussi, Vimercate

19.04 – Micrography
03.05 – Cyanotype
10.05 – Marbled paper
18.06 – Camera obscura

To reserve a spot, write to [email protected] or fill out the form via QR code or the link in bio. Payment on site by cash or card. Eur 10. Age 6–12.

We thank the Municipality of Vimercate and Buenavista Co-op for hosting us in the public spaces of the park.

Testo
27 February - 1 March 2026
La Leopolda, Florence, IT

Tzttt Tzttt Tzttt il tafano e l’estro. Letsgoski.