“Where would we be without the other queers
who gave us words to grow and take roots in our minds
[…]”

Try this: Explain what asexuality and aromanticism are without mentioning what they are not. What does it mean to understand ourselves through negation? “momentum” is an elaborate visual poem about a queer becoming from a semi-rural aro-ace perspective. It is about finding openings in our surroundings and mirrors in our fellow queers, dreaming up futures beyond white picket fences.

To form a leporello-style zine, the entire visual poem was printed as one continuous band, which were then folded into pages. You can leaf through those pages like you would a book or unfold them for an uninterrupted reading flow.

This zine was created in collaboration with Lenh (they/them) from in some between, an independent queerfeminist designer from Groningen.

Each order includes:
1 leporello zine (7 pages, 15 x 18.1 cm, unfolded 18.1 x 118.9 cm)
1 caption sheet with the poem in plain text (14 x 17.2 cm)
1 protective zine-wrapper

If you prefer an online-version of this visual poem, we got you covered. If you are interested in a print (DIN A3/29.7 x 42 cm) of any page from this zine, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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