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  Hey friends, supporters, and future-builders! 💛 With the encouragement of my dear friend Iliana, I started a small fundraiser to bring my game "Our Future Is Somewhere Here" to Dutch Design Week 2025! 🚀 Your support covers fees, travel, accommodation & materials, with rewards from postcards to playtesting. 🥳 Find out everything about it here and donate if you feel like: https://ko-fi.com/aaaalnik

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  🫐 The wait is over! My letter on the 13th is back again and with great news: all about the Dutch Design Week opportunity, the fundraiser, and of course other things I wanted to share with you. Enjoy here: https://open.substack.com/pub/alnik/p/aug-_25?r=gnwq1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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  "Our Future Is Somewhere Here" is going to the Dutch Design Week! This is a wonderful opportunity for the game to find its publisher; thus, I am looking for your support ♡ Do you know a suitable publisher whom I can invite to meet me and the game there? Let me know! https://ddw.nl/programme/our-future-is-somewhere-here Would you like to help me get there? Find out all about the fundraiser campaign here: https://ko-fi.com/aaaalnik Forever grateful for any kind of support - a...

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  📚 Our next adventure is around the corner: Athens Art Book Fair! We will bring old and new publications and 5 of us will be there! Please, come by if you are in Athens! When? 3-5 October 2025 Opening Hours: Friday 3/10 5-9pm, Saturday 4/10 & Sunday 5/10 1pm-9:00pm Where? Stoa Tristrato (You can enter the venue from three entrances Stadiou 29, Dragatsiou 6, Aristeidou 6) Free entrance (2€ suggested donation – which automatically counts as an entry in the Art Book Fair Lottery) “Athe...

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  This month's publication is about my next gigs in Athens and Eindhoven, giving away a freebie illustration on Unsplash, and looking for alternatives to Google (and Big Tech): https://alnik.substack.com/p/sep-_25

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  My dear community in the Netherlands and around, I need your help: I am looking for a publisher who would be a good match for my game "Our future is somewhere here". Can you recommend me one publisher who might love to work on this project? About the game and its prototype: https://alnik.me/art/our-future-is-somewhere-here

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  Friends in the Netherlands during Dutch Design Week who plan to attend it: the game-playing sessions schedule is published, and you can already reserve your spot! There will be 4 sessions, held in English: Sat 18 Oct, 14:00-15:30; Tue 21 Oct, 17:00-18:30; Thu 23 Oct, 17:00-18:30; Sat 25 Oct, 14:00-15:30. More info and how to sign up here: https://eindhoven.op-shop.nl/2284/ddw-2025-game-playing-session-our-future-is-somewhere-here DDW tickets here: https://ddw.nl/tickets

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  During Dutch Design Week, there were more than 40 people playing the game, coming from many countries, such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Palestine, the Philippines, Portugal, Thailand, Taiwan, Ukraine, and many more I failed to grasp in this intense and exciting vortex. During the 19 game-playing sessions, these people connected immediately, shared their personal life experiences and worked as small collectives towards a comm...

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  I haven't participated in a Christmas bazaar since 2019 and I am so excited: this weekend I get to meet some local people, connect with other artists and show some of my works. Pass by if you're in Nicosia. 29-30 November 11-19 h Yfantourgeio (the workplace)

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  I saw "Tilda Swinton - Ongoing" last month in Amsterdam and I was so lucky that it was happening while I was there. As a long-time fan of her work and personality, it was such a treat to enter into her space for a bit. Published the visit log on my alwiki here: http://wiki.alnik.me/index.php?title=Tilda_Swinton_@Eye_Filmmuseum

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  February art letter is out ♡ From the Direction:Strong residency in Beli Iskar, to new yoga print, to speaking at the Sofia Human Rights Forum next month, and a few thoughts on rest, creativity, and choosing your direction every day. If you’re curious about art, process, and the humans behind the work, this one is for you. Take a look. https://alnik.substack.com/p/feb-_26

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  🐱 Normal life in Cyprus goes on, especially for the biggest group of its inhabitants: the Cypriot cats. However, the silent tension is there, and everyone is hoping for no escalation of the war, nor involving the island in any additional military activities. Sadly, that is not in the hands of the Cypriot people, even though they’re the ones living here.

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  dear lurk community and beyond, I've finally started to clean up my digital garden and from this month on, I am moving my monthly art letter away from substack. This means it will no longer be so public - it will come to your inbox if you have subscribed to it in advance. Have a look here (you can also see previous editions to have an idea what to expect) and subscribe if you're curious about what I will share with you in the future: https://alnik.me/letter I send it on every...