Figures
Moosje M Goosen and Ian Whittlesea
Published as part of Leesmap 2 by PrintRoom Rotterdam
Cover design by Nicole Martens
Riso printed
A5
Edition of 150 copies
2025
As PrintRoom Rotterdam says:
We're bringing together longtime and new publishing friends in a unique collective publication project Leesmap. This playful and experimental publication gathers a variety of artist magazines and will be distributed to a wide range of unexpected places from hairdressers or dentists waiting room to art spaces laundromats libraries and maybe even your own living room.
Leesmap is inspired by the traditional Dutch 'leesmap' - a folder with mainstream magazines popular in the 70s and 80s. Leesmap was, and still is, a way for people to access tabloids or erotica that one would hesitate to buy in a shop Traditionally the magazines would be delivered in an anonymous cover and held in a nondescript folder which would then travel from household to household. By revisiting this concept PrintRooms Leesmap explores an alternative model for the distribution of artist publishing.
Leesmap 2 features a wide array of magazines each exploring a different take on popular periodicals - a womens zine, a childrens zine, a wellbeing zine, a parenthood zine, a DIY zine, a pastime zine and even a yellow pages zine.
Contributing artists and publishers include:
Moosje M Goosen Ian Whittlesea Loraine Furter Moustapha Mouss Guiss Kexin Hao Kimberley Cosmilla Sandy Christ Sophie Douala Jan Steinbach Martn La Roche Catarina Real DongYoung Lee Miek Zwamborn Rutger Emmelkamp Seth Crook Bronwen Jones Agathe Gabrielle Delaite Nicole Martens The Anarchist Citizenship Kinsi Abdulleh Hugo Rocci Jos Quintanar
Leesmap cover design by Nicole Martens