Event details

Please join Princeton University Library for the annual Gillett G. Griffin Memorial Lecture.

Across their unique presentation, Sonnenzimmer--Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi--will share the origins of their graphic-centric studio practice and their most recent philosophical queries. The layered program will include performance, live media, and music presented as a porous interface aimed at challenging the preconceived notions of the graphic arts.

“All images are for the sun” proclaim the Chicago-based duo, and through this performative lecture, audience members will be asked to reconsider their relationship to human-made and naturally occurring images, alike.

Sonnenzimmer’s path, a product of the transitional period between 90’s DIY publishing and the 2000’s burgeoning internet culture, is a hand-made practice in an evolving industrial complex.

Through prepared remarks, reflections, and guided visualizations sparked by 20 years of exploratory self-publishing, Sonnenzimmer’s Graphic Minded stands as a living document of contemporary graphic expression as unique as it is universal.


Image Description:
A black and white photograph of two people looking directly at the camera is shown. Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi stand side by side, and are pictured from the waist up. They are both wearing black t-shirts with bright printed graphics. Arms to their sides, both look directly into the camera. The image field is complicated by a blurry hat, caught falling through the frame, mid motion. The hat partially obscures Nick’s face.

Image Credit:
Photo by Troy Lehman