SCEPTER is an independent annual publication that proposes a balanced approach to artist interviews. During conversational sessions with artists we discuss collaboration while creating an art piece together. The flow of the dialogue, the location of the encounters, and the mediums we use to create together are all guided by the artist.

Each volume explores a different general theme, and takes place in a new city, allowing us to highlight international perspectives on collaboration, community, and making.

The name comes from the idea that the scepter is an icon of monarchical power; we are metaphorically handing a SCEPTER to each artist, giving them authority over their own interview.

SCEPTER is printed across locations on the ancestral land of Turtle Island. SCEPTER is edited between the unceded territories of the Massachusett and Pawtucket People, and the Lenape, Mohican, Kanienʼkehá:ka, and Abenaki People. We want to honor and pay respect to the People who cared for these lands, as well as their descendants who carry the weight of that history today, and we commit to act in the gesture of truth and reconciliation.

Our first volume (2024) was based in Berlin and focused on identity featuring artists Basma al-Sharif, Daniel Hengst, Allistair Walter, Paul Michels and Zoya Mothupi-Sarges (Uwineza).

The second volume is based in Paris and is currently in production.

Co-created with Renée Fritschel.  

Available for purchase at Paper Moon in Troy, NY

Launched at the Tang Teaching Museum in Saratoga Springs NY

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