Colorama

Colorama is a publishing house and risoprinting studio based in Berlin and run by Johanna Maierski since 2015. Colorama understands publishing as a collaborative, trial-and-error practice and democratic tool to participate in artistic and political discourses. We focus on giving access to knowledge, skills and networks through residency programs and teaching while constantly contemplating our methods and role as a publisher.
Our publications feature the works of current comic- and serial artists, exploring the means of assembling and storytelling.
We see Colorama as part of a wider community or publishers and printers that believe in para-institutional learning, equity and autonomy.

Molly Colleen O Connell, Who's afraid of a Florida Woman, Colorama, 2024, © Molly Colleen O Connell

Cover of a 160p riso/offset book that gives an insight into Molly's artistic practice from the last 15 years.

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Melek Zertal, Colorama & Melek Zertal Zine Collection, Colorama, 2024, © Melek Zertal

Folder with 5 different zines by Melek Zertal. We have a long-standing publishing relationship with Melek Zertal. This is an attempt to document her smaller projects into one collection without loosing the zine character of them.

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For 1 year, started in February 2024, the artist duos SM studio and Florian Emden engage in an epistolary correspondence.

Colorama will riso-print and distribute them.
In this published, monthly correspondence, the duos write about current reflections on their work, themes of inspiration and friendship, merging fiction and documentation with design work.

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