Pointing At Things Is The New Writing
Jeannette Slütter
in conversation with: Francesca Hawker, Anouk van Klaveren, Zoë Dankert, Cara Farnan, Zoë Tim Hollander, Dewi Bekker, and Alicja Melzacka.
Jeannette Slütter
in conversation with: Francesca Hawker, Anouk van Klaveren, Zoë Dankert, Cara Farnan, Zoë Tim Hollander, Dewi Bekker, and Alicja Melzacka.
Pointing At Things Is The New Writing features the works of artist Jeannette Slütter and includes a transcription of a conversation with fellow artist Francesca Hawker. The series delves into the concept of oeuvre, inviting the reader to participate in a dialogue about what it means, how it's defined, and how it evolves over time.
The first part introduces this conversation. In the second part, new voices—Anouk van Klaveren, Zoë Dankert, Cara Farnan, Zoë Tim Hollander, and Dewi Bekker—join the discussion, adding their own questions, remarks, and anecdotes to the ongoing exploration of what defines an artistic oeuvre. The third part entails the last chapter of the conversation together with a monologue by Alicja Melzacka.
Language: English
Published by Unformed Informed (Publishing) 2023-2024, design by Ruben Verkuylen, 18 x 26 cm, 2/2 offset print on Arena Natural rough (100 gr), in a edition of 250. Part 1: 26 pp, part 2: 24 pp, part 3: 24pp, full set bound in a silkscreen printed cardboard cover.
Pointing At Things Is The New Writing is made possible by the generous contribution of Stroom Den Haag and Stichting Stokroos.
The first part introduces this conversation. In the second part, new voices—Anouk van Klaveren, Zoë Dankert, Cara Farnan, Zoë Tim Hollander, and Dewi Bekker—join the discussion, adding their own questions, remarks, and anecdotes to the ongoing exploration of what defines an artistic oeuvre. The third part entails the last chapter of the conversation together with a monologue by Alicja Melzacka.
Language: English
Published by Unformed Informed (Publishing) 2023-2024, design by Ruben Verkuylen, 18 x 26 cm, 2/2 offset print on Arena Natural rough (100 gr), in a edition of 250. Part 1: 26 pp, part 2: 24 pp, part 3: 24pp, full set bound in a silkscreen printed cardboard cover.
Pointing At Things Is The New Writing is made possible by the generous contribution of Stroom Den Haag and Stichting Stokroos.
Order the publication
Pointing At Things Is The New Writing can be ordered per part or as a full set.
Also available at: KIOSK, Rotterdam (NL), van Gennep, Rotterdam (NL), Page not Found, The Hague (NL), Stroom, The Hague (NL), Tique, Antwerpen (BE), 12-15 Reading Room, Vilnius (LT), I-N-G-A, Chicago (USA). Please contact them about the current stock
Also available at: KIOSK, Rotterdam (NL), van Gennep, Rotterdam (NL), Page not Found, The Hague (NL), Stroom, The Hague (NL), Tique, Antwerpen (BE), 12-15 Reading Room, Vilnius (LT), I-N-G-A, Chicago (USA). Please contact them about the current stock
Conversation at Wiels Art Book Fair, Brussel (BE) October 5, 2025
As part of WIELS Art Book Fair, we presented Publishing Dialogues, a public conversation about including the reader in the publishing process with Jeannette Slütter artist, Ruben Verkuylen designer, Francesca Hawker artist, and Rianne Zijderveld publisher.
This programme brought together the makers of the series Pointing At Things Is The New Writing: a project in which publishing is approached as a performative and conceptual act.
In this conversation, Jeannette Slütter, Ruben Verkuylen, Francesca Hawker, and Rianne Zijderveld, reflected on their experiment of opening up the publication process to readers, conversationalists, and other participants. Together they analysed the methods they have tested, the lessons learned, and the possibilities for more collective and dialogical forms of publishing.
This programme brought together the makers of the series Pointing At Things Is The New Writing: a project in which publishing is approached as a performative and conceptual act.
In this conversation, Jeannette Slütter, Ruben Verkuylen, Francesca Hawker, and Rianne Zijderveld, reflected on their experiment of opening up the publication process to readers, conversationalists, and other participants. Together they analysed the methods they have tested, the lessons learned, and the possibilities for more collective and dialogical forms of publishing.
Book launch part 3 at Page Not Found, The Hague (NL) December 13, 2024
During the launch of Pointing At Things Is The New Writing at Page Not Found in The Hague (NL), Jeannette Slütter led a performative guided tour, offering an in-depth exploration of the project. The tour took visitors through the creative process, design elements, publishing decisions, and the conversations and monologues that shaped the series, culminating in a meta-perspective on the concept of oeuvre.
Book launch part 1 at studio Jeannette Slütter, The Hague (NL) July 13, 2023
