‘I am full of asbestos. I am a cathedral of microplastics. I am a blotting pad for emollients. I am the Judo laureate. I am bilgewater. I am muck and sediment. I am aggregate. I am in the zone.’
In Samuel Fisher’s Make more visible, the river’s vein slops, steel and silicone through the city. Matter jostles up against narrative. Tune in. The message is broadcast.
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We are celebrating the publication of Make more visible, a pamphlet by Samuel Fisher commissioned in the context of Adam Shield’s exhibition Flood Drill. Make more visible is one in a series of commissioned pamphlets that connect to the TACO! exhibition programme. Others include The Day Sketch Document: LA Madeleine in Increments of Being via Voicenote by Eve Esfandiari-Denney and Resuscitator by Hesse K.
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Samuel Fisher is a writer, bookseller and publisher. His debut novel, The Chameleon (Salt, 2018) was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, shortlisted for the Collyer Bristow Prize and won a Betty Trask in 2019. His second novel Wivenhoe was published by Corsair in 2022. The follow up, Migraine, was published in 2025. He co-owns Burley Fisher Books in Hackney and is a director of Peninsula Press.
Drawing on psychogeography, hauntology and the dérive, Laura Grace Ford's work interrogates the psychic contours of urban space with a particular focus on subcultural scenes, marginal political networks and UK club culture.
Alex Hodson writes for Past Tense, a London-based radical history project, publishing books, pamphlets, posters, maps, and running walks, talks and other events, relating to London's working class, social and subversive history.
e v is a writer, bookseller and serially nascent scholar of network cultures. Their debut pamphlet, h( )le, was published by Loose Associations in 2025, with short collection Pop the Gock to follow later this year.
Forest Greenway is a bitch, is a lover, is a child, is a mother, is a sinner, is a saint, they do not feel ashamed. They like books and art. Observations about life and art make them wonder what is to be done about it all. Sometimes they write down these thoughts for others.
