about Teh Studio
Teh – the word for “tea” in Malay & Hokkien.
Teh Studio is an interdisciplinary production space of collaboration and dialogue.
With a particular love for craft and form, Teh celebrates a spirit of slowness and stillness, Teh hopes to explore (em)bodied processes of artmaking through immersive conversation, material art objects and communal gatherings.
about San Press
San - the word for “three” in Mandarin.
San is Teh Studio’s imprint. We specialize in zines, chapbooks, artbooks, experimental print objects, and hybrid art forms, working in material and minor configurations of literary and visual art.
What are minor configurations?
“Out of the damage inflicted upon minority cultures…emerges the possibility of a collective subjectivity formed in practice rather than contemplation.” (JanMohamed and Lloyd)
“We can say that the practice of publishing always, thus, implodes the present fabric of meaning. The act of publication, therefore, corresponds to the act of protest, and the space of publication becomes a space of protest and contestation, where the possibility to un-weave repressive and hierarchical histories is (re)awakened.” (Archive Books)
If you are into stories, inter-art projects, collaboration and experiential, affective modes of work, say hello!
San is Teh Studio’s imprint. We specialize in zines, chapbooks, artbooks, experimental print objects, and hybrid art forms, working in material and minor configurations of literary and visual art.
What are minor configurations?
“Out of the damage inflicted upon minority cultures…emerges the possibility of a collective subjectivity formed in practice rather than contemplation.” (JanMohamed and Lloyd)
“We can say that the practice of publishing always, thus, implodes the present fabric of meaning. The act of publication, therefore, corresponds to the act of protest, and the space of publication becomes a space of protest and contestation, where the possibility to un-weave repressive and hierarchical histories is (re)awakened.” (Archive Books)
If you are into stories, inter-art projects, collaboration and experiential, affective modes of work, say hello!
reach me at tehpeople.studio@gmail.com ︎
Where have we been?
2023
Double Book Launch featuring Emily Lu & Darian Razdar - DECEMBERRock/Paper/Scissors Book + Print Fair - JANUARY
2022
Toronto Canzine [Toronto Reference Library] — OCTOBER 2021
Vancouver Art Book Fair [Digital] – OCTOBERiZINElation Club: ZINE COOP Show & Tell Party [Digital] – JUNE
Toronto Canzine x TCAF [Digital] – MAY
︎Right Relations ︎
Teh Studio and San Press is an anti-imperial space working toward decolonial futures, in recognition of Indigenous sovereignties on this land, in allyship with the Black community, and other communities of colour resisting White supremacy. We expect our collaborators to understand, respect, and work toward these capacities as well.
︎Situated Practice / Land Back︎
I work in Tkaronto, Mohawk for “the place in the water where the trees are standing”, and Dish with One Spoon territory. This land is also Treaty 13 and Williams Treaties territory, land calculatedly stolen and taken violently from Indigenous peoples such as the AAnishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Wendat, who have been stewarding and living on the land long before the arrival of colonial settlers. They are still here, and continue to lead in fighting for land back and active stewardship of Turtle Island’s lands and waters.