FF
WYSOCKA / POGO
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Born in West Germany in the late 1960s, FF Magazine (Freies Forum für Erziehungsfragen) was a peculiar blend of pseudo-educational periodical and underground fetish zine. Across its 500+ small-format issues, it gathered a devoted cult following and quietly shaped a niche visual language around discipline, authority, and transgression; material that slipped between social history and subcultural print culture.
In their hands, these once-niche artefacts are stripped of their original moralising intent and reborn as tactile, uncanny fragments: teasers for a forthcoming book and a continuation of the duo’s practice of collecting and reframing found imagery. Through their innovative, process-driven use of the Risograph, Wysocka/Pogo transform this obscure archive into vivid, one-of-a-kind works that reveal how images migrate and mutate across time.
“The spanking series is based on an obscure German magazine called “freies Forum für Erziehungsfragen” short “ff” that would translate as: “free forum for educational issues” it’s sort of a cult classic magazine in the world of spanking. It was published for 52 years. (1967-2019) there’s over 500 issues published. Always A5 sized, 64pages, black and white printing. It’s basically a Zine with 500 issues. Each issue has a few „stories“ and a handful of obscure / bizarre / weird black and white photos. We collected over 100 original issues. The prints are basically a teaser for a bigger book project coming later this year.”
— Wysocka / Pogo, 2025
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Magdalena Wysocka [b.1987, Poland] and Claudio Pogo [b.1978, Germany] are a Berlin based artist duo who have been working together since 2016. With backgrounds in printmaking and photography, their work bridges a variety of related mediums, from large-scale printed canvas works to handmade photobooks. Their practice is centred around collecting and re-contextualising found imagery.
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Unique artworks
Hand pulled Risograph prints on vintage paper
Mounted in off-white passe-partout
Prices exclude frame & shipping
£200 each
For availability,
contact | tom@opendoors.gallery
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Wysocka / Pogo: FF no.3, 2024
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Wysocka / Pogo: FF no.11, 2024
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Wysocka / Pogo: FF no.12, 2024
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Wysocka / Pogo: FF no.4, 2024
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Wysocka / Pogo: FF no.6, 2024
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Wysocka / Pogo: FF no.9, 2024
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Wysocka / Pogo: FF no.10, 2024
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Wysocka / Pogo: FF no.5, 2024
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Wysocka / Pogo: FF no.1, 2024