Client
Festival of Architecture Flanders
Services
A book and a theater show
Year
2021
De Grote Invitatie (The Big Invitation) was an invitation to the residents of Ostend to work together on their city. Under a tree in the Vuurtorenwijk, the Westerkwartier and Mariakerke, Ostend residents came together to work on the potential of their neighbourhood. They translated this into the role of their neighbourhood for Ostend and shared it via posters, a book and a theatre performance.
‘’Redaction ■■■■■■ is an intervention into the textual surface of the present, ■■■ one which makes the contours and logics of this surface more legible. Its aesthetics of forgery and détournement, of re-appropriation and re-performance, produce a uniquely direct and ■■■■■■ effect ’’ Andy Zuliani
The Publishing Power of Place logo draws on the act of redaction as both a graphic language and a spatial metaphor. The blacked-out letters reference redaction as an intentional intervention on the page—an act that conceals while simultaneously drawing attention, shaping meaning through absence as much as presence. Rendered in a marker-like style, the logo suggests collective authorship and co-redaction, evoking community input, informality, and an ongoing process rather than a fixed, finished identity. This approach parallels the co-design of space and place, where existing conditions are intervened upon, rearranged, and reinterpreted rather than erased, allowing new possibilities to emerge over time. Like spatial practice, the logo embraces incompleteness and adaptability, positioning publishing as a living process, something continually revised, built upon, and shaped by those who engage with it. Omar Wanas
