Permanence is rare. Putting ink on paper is a serious act of preservation. To survive impermanence we tirelessly catalogue, post, print, and archive, maintaining a metabolism.

Survey#25 is a show curated by Malena Grigoli and Colin Martinez that displays collected, archival, published, and secret printed work.* Its authors lean into the geographical, archival, ecological, and distributable qualities of printed matter– always tracking sensuality to a page.

By surveying contemporary printed matter, the curators have begun to draw parallels across mediums and within artists’ individual practices. In Alex Benedict & Gil Campos’ receipt paper works. the cheap and utilitarian materials is carved out as an archival tool. Binders become repositories for dense, long term projects in the works of Kyle Mace, Malena Grigoli, Colin Martinez and olivier, becoming the backbone of document-style works in many mediums. Often artists within Survey#25 use risograph printing for its unique textural artifacts across paper qualities.