Sudario Magazine
Marie Quéau, Katarina Angelopoulou, Taysir Batniji, Olgaç Bozalp, Federico Clavarino, Rä di Martino, Karim El Maktafi, Maen Hammad, Karim Kal, Stelios Kallinikou, Yazan Khalili, Irene Fenara, Bojan Mrdenović, Bandia Ribeira, Sara Sadik, Federica Sasso, Jacques Sorrentini Zibjan
Sudario is a visual arts magazine dedicated to amplifying voices from and about the Mediterranean.
Issue 1 - Ouroboros
We invited Marie Quéau to create a series of images for Sudario #1 - Ouroboros. Quéau is a French artist whose photographic practice questions the descriptive nature of images by drawing on collective imagination and science fiction. In autumn 2025, her series Fury was exhibited at Le BAL in Paris, coinciding with the release of a new monograph published by Roma Publications. In her commission for Sudario she presents eighteen plates, conceived as palimpsests, cover the volume of “The Universe of Parapsychology and Esotericism”, a book she found in a second-hand bookstore. Her images — the “Barges wildfire of summer” 2025, airplane dismantling platforms, scrapyards, caves — dialogue with the 1975 entries on unexplained phenomena, mystical beliefs, and occult practices. All of it is bathed in an unsettling blue light where fire simmers beneath the surface. Her plates are scattered throughout this first issue, a sort of fade-to-black that both separates and connects the projects of 16 artists.
The limited edition has been conceived in collaboration with Marie Quéau and printer Paolo Nava (Milan), designed by ATTO. An offset print of one of the plates imagined for Sudario is enclosed in an Shiro Echo Raw envelope that wraps the magazine, making the set a collectible piece available in 75 copies.
Offset printing white/Pantone + four colors/Pantone
- Pantone blue: 072U + 2 opaque whites
Paper used: Fedrigoni Sirio Ultra black 280 gsm
Stapled with postage stamp stitching
Each limited-edition print comes with a copy of Sudario Magazine — Ouroboros, which is included in the total retail price of the edition.
These posters were produced on the occasion of the launch of Sudario – Ouroboros, the first issue of Sudario Magazine. Each image is taken from a MiniDV video frame created specifically for the project, preserving the grain, texture, and chromatic instability of the original analog source.
Two versions are available:
Burning Issue — the magazine set ablaze, captured at the moment of ignition.
Encased Issue — the magazine wrapped in decomposing candles and sealed in cellophane, an image of deterioration and collapse.
Both posters are printed as high-resolution digital prints on 350 gsm uncoated art paper, chosen for its weight, rigidity, and its ability to retain tonal depth while preserving the raw quality of the MiniDV frame.
Format: A3+ (approx. 45 × 33 cm)
Edition: Open
Printing: Digital print, full bleed
Paper: 350 gsm uncoated art paper
Source: MiniDV still frame, 2025
Rarity | Only 3 copies available
Originally published in 2016, Sudario Fanzine – Issue No. 2 is one of the rarest titles from the four-issue series produced between 2014 and 2018. Widely considered one of the most iconic releases of the project, this issue has circulated internationally and has been acquired over the years by major institutions and private collections, including The Photographer’s Gallery in Soho. Most existing copies now reside in long-term archives or established collections—making the few remaining copies exceptionally scarce.
Curated by Stefano Tripodi and produced by The View From Lucania, Issue No. 2 continues the original mission of Sudario: to look at Southern Italy beyond stereotypes, tracing its fractures, brightness, and contradictions through images alone. The fanzine proposes an editing approach where absence functions as much as presence, inviting readers to make their own narrative connections without textual guidance.
The issue features contributions from:
Martin Errichiello & Filippo Menichetti — In quarta persona
Valerio Spada — I Am Nothing
Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs — Constructions (Basilicata)
Michael Sieber — Gentle Genius by GG-Loop
Designed and printed in Risograph by ATTO studio (Sara Bianchi and Andrea Zambardi), the fanzine reflects the raw, tactile, and experimental spirit that defined the early years of Sudario.
Printed in a limited edition of 60 numbered copies, Issue No. 2 sold out shortly after release. Only three copies remain available here, originally held back for press and archival purposes.
195x270mm
Fedrigoni Woodstock Cipria 140gsm paper
2-color Risograph print
Rarity | 13 copies available
Edition of 60 hand-numbered copies
Published as the final chapter of the Sudario Fanzine series (2014–2018), Issue No. 3 is dedicated in its entirety to an Italian-American hermit who lived in isolation inside a cave along the Ionian coast of Calabria. The project emerged from a long, quiet correspondence and a series of visits to this remote site, where the artist spent his days painting, surrounded only by the sea, stone, and a few essential objects.
Over time, the relationship evolved into a form of mutual trust: Sudario’s founder, Stefano Tripodi, would bring wine, cigarettes, and supplies in exchange for stories, drawings, and the possibility to document the space. The hermit’s self-portrait — the only photograph he ever shared — appears on the cover, with his face obscured to protect his identity and the fragile ecosystem of his solitude.
The entire issue is built around this encounter: a portrait of a life withdrawn from society, shaped by devotion, repetition, and the material reality of the cave itself. It is one of the most intimate and emotionally resonant editions in the series.
Issue No. 3 was presented at Marsèll Paradise (Milan) and selected for i9, ArtVerona’s 2018 platform dedicated to Italian independent publishing.
Designed and printed in Risograph by ATTO studio (Sara Bianchi and Andrea Zambardi), the fanzine reflects the raw, tactile, and experimental spirit that shaped the early years of Sudario.
This edition consists of 60 hand-numbered copies. Only 13 copies remain available.
Further documentation of acquisitions and institutional holdings of the Sudario Fanzine series is available upon request.
195x270mm
Favini Bruano Nero Notte 140gsm paper
3-color Risograph print
The first issue of Sudario magazine takes its title from the ancient figure of the Ouroboros, the serpent that devours and regenerates itself. It is a symbol of cycles without end, of collapse that feeds new growth, of opposites that refuse to separate. This image gives form to the way we look at the Mediterranean today: as a space where catastrophe and survival are inseparable, where faith and cynicism, myth and infrastructure, ritual and violence, coexist in one continuous loop. The Ouroboros embodies this logic of resistance: destruction that is also creation, a circle that holds contradiction without closure.
Curated by Stefano Tripodi & Magal Avezou
Designed by ATTO
Presenting:
A newly commissioned work and a special limited edition by Marie Quéau (France)
And projects by:
Katerina Angelopoulou (Greece) Tayisir Batniji (Palestine) Olgaç Bozalp (Turkey) Federico Clavarino (Italy/UK) Rä di Martino (Italy) Karim El Maktafi (Maroc/Italy) Maen Hammad (Palestine) Karim Kal (France/Algeria) Stelios Kallinikou (Cyprus) Yazan Khalili (Palestine) Irene Fenara (Italy) Bojan Mrđenović (Croatia) Bandia Ribeira (Spain) Sara Sadik (France) Federica Sasso (Italy) Jacques Sorrentini Zibjan (France)
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Format
Closed size: 230 × 306 mm
Open spread: 460 × 306 mm
Ratio: 3:2, equivalent to the classic format of analog photographs.
Weight: 1.130 kg (with shipping packaging)
EDITORIAL STRUCTURE
The magazine follows a continuous-flow sequence, in which images move seamlessly from one project to the next.
It is composed of:
Commissioned project
Marie QuéauSelected artists’ projects
A curated selection forming the core visual narrative.Editorial section
Including written contributions, artist biographies, and the colophon.
This structure creates a fluid, uninterrupted reading experience, where individual contributions merge into a single visual essay.
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