Worldplay on Paper Vol 1. is Soft Serve’s first zine series.
The third consecutive WORLDPLAY event was held at the Mogale Festival on 3 November 2023. Multi-disciplinary arts organisation Wêreld partnered with Hear My Voice (poetry organisation), Open Window School of Visual Communication and Soft Serve (Maaike Bakker and Nina Torr) to produce a series of printed A5 zines which feature the collaborative artworks of 20 illustrators and poets, a project titled “WORLDPLAY ON PAPER”. All the illustrators involved are Open Window Alumni or lecturers. The pairings are:
Xabiso Vili X Maaike Bakker
Bibi Slippers X Nina Torr
Angie Gallagher X Neil Badenhorst
Jolyn Phillips X Imile Wepener
Lethu Msimang X Miriek Jansen van Rensburg
Jonathan Lefenya X Kyle Kemink
Jaco van der Merwe X Zinhle Zulu
Xitha Makgeta X Daniella Rodrigues
Belita Andre X Bianca Brand
Flex of He & I X Nathan McKay
The project was funded by the ATKV and The Open Window. Covers were screen printed by Barry van der Westhuizen. Inner pages printed by Wet Ink.
