Telematic people is a phrase used to describe us moderns in Vilém Flusser’s Into the Universe of Technical Images (2011[1985]) that appealed to me while collaborating with Maria Ahmed on a zine inspired by Flusser. Our zine was named In Pursuit of an Apparition, Hands Can Miss the Object (2024); also, Flusser’s words.
It seems somewhat reductive to read Flusser’s coinage as either utopian or dystopian. Instead, perhaps, it expresses a zoomed-out view, one that recognises paradox as unavoidable, which can be challenging for us myopic creatures who cling (perhaps somewhat defensively) to our parochial visions of reality.
The collaboration with Maria marked the beginning of Telematic People Publications, a series of zines and booklets that explore the implicit and unavoidable shifts, rifts, and fractures we are all grappling with, consciously or less so, as our historical human exceptionalism is forced to confront itself in the face of developments across science, technology and beyond.
This project is open to collaboration. Please get in touch – info@sarahjanefield.co.uk.
Zines and booklets prices including postage and packaging within the UK. Please use the link below, or you can pay directly via Revolut or PayPal; email me at info@sarahjanefield.co.uk for a link. If you are ordering from outside the UK or wish to purchase individual prints, please email with your request.
Sense & Reason (or The Image of the Human) (2026) £17.50
157 x 240 mm, 56 inner pages, 100gsm x gloss full colour + 4 350 gsm Racing Green Colorplan with black ink, staple-bound.
BHAM💥 The Black Hole Aesthetic Machine (2025/6) £12.00
A5, 36 x inner 100 gsm recycled natural pages + 4 cover 300gsm full colour recycled uncoated, staple-bound.
Orpheus in Homebase and Other Images (2025) £15.00
157 x 240 mm, 52 inner pages, 100gsm x gloss full colour + 4 350 gsm Racing Green Colorplan with black ink, staple-bound.
In Pursuit of an Apparition, Hands Can Miss the Object (2024) £12.00
Collaboration with Maria Ahmed
A5, 36 x inner 100 gsm recycled natural pages + 4 cover 300gsm full colour recycled uncoated. Second print on satin, staple-bound.
Materialism and its Discontents (2024) SOLD OUT
157 x 240 mm, 32 inner pages 100 gsm x recycled natural colour + 4 170 gsm full colour recycled natural, staple-bound.
LAMELLA://pamphlet (2023) SOLD OUT
157 x 240 mm, 56 inner pages 100 gsm x recycled natural colour + 4 170 gsm full colour recycled uncoated, staple-bound.
dialogues for one (2023) SOLD OUT
A5, 56 x inner 100 gsm recycled natural pages + 4 cover 300 gsm full colour recycled natural, staple-bound.
why is there an astronaut in a field of flowers/ (2021) SOLD OUT
A4, 50 x inner pages 100gsm recycled uncoated + 4 cover 300 gsm full silk, perfect binding.
this family too (2020) SOLD OUT
A5, 40 pages, includes covers, uncoated recycled, staple-bound.
