XS: Diary of an artist collaborative

XS: Diary of an artist collaborative

Four abandoned storefronts. 1) a dingy, derelict, dark room. A crumbling sign for a sustainable furniture shop. Shelves on the walls, and a hole punched through with the words “CRAWL”. 2) an old cafe. Rotted ceiling panels cover the counter and floor. A bright green and purple “THANK YOU” sign. 3) the remnants of a nail salon. Full nail-polish display intact, dusty. Mani-pedi chairs like beached whales, nasty. Someone has spray-painted in terrible colors. 4) A narrow white room. White tiles, pale green strip. A fallen angel.
Four abandoned storefronts. 1) a dingy, derelict, dark room. A crumbling sign for a sustainable furniture shop. Shelves on the walls, and a hole punched through with the words “CRAWL”. 2) an old cafe. Rotted ceiling panels cover the counter and floor. A bright green and purple “THANK YOU” sign. 3) the remnants of a nail salon. Full nail-polish display intact, dusty. Mani-pedi chairs like beached whales, nasty. Someone has spray-painted in terrible colors. 4) A narrow white room. White tiles, pale green strip. A fallen angel.
A radical architecture magazine published at the Yale School of Architecture made for students to propose cutting edge ideas in the field. ‘Novum Organum’, Students at the Yale School of Art and Architecure. (1968-1969)
A radical architecture magazine published at the Yale School of Architecture made for students to propose cutting edge ideas in the field. ‘Novum Organum’, Students at the Yale School of Art and Architecure. (1968-1969)
A radical architecture magazine published at the Yale School of Architecture made for students to propose cutting edge ideas in the field. ‘Novum Organum’, Students at the Yale School of Art and Architecure. (1968-1969)
A radical architecture magazine published at the Yale School of Architecture made for students to propose cutting edge ideas in the field. ‘Novum Organum’, Students at the Yale School of Art and Architecure. (1968-1969)

By Saga Blane

The XS Zine is a platform for disseminating, critiquing, and advancing the agendas of six collaborative teams of XS. Zine issues are published in tandem with the workshops. The Zine will engage various modes of media: critical and creative writing, graphic de-sign and visual analysis, satire, comic strips, poetry, and photography. Its content will be divverse in origin and in form. Work published in the Zine is meant to excite, frustrate and engage readers, serving as a catalyst for original work and thought. The Zine is a catalyst; an agent provocateur; an archive; a missive from On High. Each issue of the Zine will prompt a conversation, and propose and assess avenues for action. The Zine is the primary mode of communication between XS and the Yale and New Haven communities, and will bring together the diverse voices within the project and open up internal conversations to a more public engagement.