During our tenth and final session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we reviewed works in progress of participant’s personal zine and artbook projects. From works in early conceptual stages and all the way to finished mockups, we commented on the work of our peers, discussed things that worked well and gave constructive suggestions.

We discussed the importance of prototyping your artbook at different stages of the process, the benefits of small and bite sized print runs, as well as editorial and design processes.

We were honored to have such a variety of talented and hardworking individuals who produces amazing artworks that we are very excited to share with you in our upcoming publications.

This program is made possible with the generous support of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo.

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During October 2025, as StoryLab we were very honored and exited to collaborate with the University of Prishtina’s Sociology Department, Poetics of Walkability, Czech Technical University’s Faculty of Architecture, and Pro Peace with “Prishtina Walkability” workshops.

StoryLab contributed with creative writing workshops alongside multidisciplinary array that included architecture, urbanism, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, memory studies, among others.

During out first session we did an exercise to create stories inspired by memories of the walk through Prishtina from the previous day. Different paths taken alongside personal interests and points of view led to emergence of many themes. This led us to discuss psycho-geography as an art movement, as well as showcasing of some art books that use walking as a theme. We then proceeded with a writing exercise that encouraged the participants to use their memories to create short stories.

During our second session we explored uses of memory in literature — form Proust’s madeleines all the way to Baldwin’s non-fiction. Then we continued by discussing participant’s draft ideas for the final multidisciplinary projects. Based on the themes we looked at literary works by Borges and Italo Calvino, and proceeded with writing exercises directly inspired by these writings.

During our third session participants presented works that fell under three common themes that had emerged: 1. (in)visibility – about the activism in Prishtina during the 90s, 2. City as an Archive and 3. City of Duality – about gender, freedom, and lack thereof. These featured literary texts, poetry, photography, audio, video, drawings, and other forms of multimedia arranged throughout the map of Prishtina.

During our tenth and final session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we reviewed works in progress of participant’s personal zine and artbook projects. From works in early conceptual stages and all the way to finished mockups, we commented on the work of our peers, discussed things that worked well and gave constructive suggestions.

We discussed the importance of prototyping your artbook at different stages of the process, the benefits of small and bite sized print runs, as well as editorial and design processes.

We were honored to have such a variety of talented and hardworking individuals who produces amazing artworks that we are very excited to share with you in our upcoming publications.

This program is made possible with the generous support of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo.

On the second day of “In Between | Në Mes | Dazwischen” on Saturday 15th of November, the halls of the Prishtina Bus Station were transformed by the sound and the musical performance of ZWADA.

On a cold November night many a traveler stumbled upon unexpected tunes like “Burn in Hell”, “Lady’s Eyes”, “Falma Hanën” and “Hajde puthëm”, as they found themselves in between destinations.

As the performance in Munich was going as scheduled within a moving bus, back in Prishtina we organized a metaphorical welcome with music – like triumphs of old – for the bus that would be indefinitely held “in between”.

The Prishtina-Munich link was again reinforced through “Interstitial Ghosts”, an interactive digital art installation, by Endrit Jashanica and Futur Studio, where audiences met and interacted with each other.

Special thanks to Prishtina Bus Station for the exceptional cooperation and support of the public art projects.

Special thanks to Prishtina Bus Station for the exceptional cooperation and support of the public art projects.

We kicked off “In Between | Në Mes | Dazwischen” at Prishtina Bus Station on Friday 14^th of November with “Well for Fountain”, a performance by Valdrin Thaqi and Svenja Schafer, interpreted by Klara Grapci-Gërmizaj and Art Pasha with music composed and interpreted by Viola Rrecaj. The performance took place against the backdrop of passengers rolling their luggage and buying bus tickets, in an “in between” space amidst a static audience and people in transition.

It was followed with a culinary experience by Rebeca Werkmann, that fused Kosovar and German cuisines. These “in between” delicacies epitomize through food the conceptual link between Prishtina and Munich.

While the Prishtina event, organized by StoryLab, was ongoing, the event in Munich organized by dasvinzenz, happened at the same time in the form of a series of performances inside a moving bus (which would symbolically transport the Munich audience to Prishtina).

Both events spread across time and space were brought together by “Interstitial Ghosts”, an interactive digital art installation, by Endrit Jashanica and Futur Studio, where audiences from both Prishtina and Munich could meet and interact with each other in a virtual “in between”-space.

Stay tuned for info and images from the second day of “In Between | Në Mes | Dazwischen”.

Special thanks to Prishtina Bus Station for the exceptional cooperation and support of the public art projects.

StoryLab was part of the Art Book Fair in Tirana in November/December 2025 organized by 28 November.

Visitors could buy our publications such as zines, art books, comic books, bookmarks, stickers, tote bags, and other literary and art merchandise.

If you want to get a copy of StoryLab publications you can DM us on Instagram and we will deliver it to you by the post office. For more information on our publications check our E-Shop at https://storylab.al/shop/