A micropress and studio for obsessive research and creative inquiry, translating big curiosities into small formats. Hyperisms uses zines and printed media to investigate the systems, places, and behaviors that shape how we live.
*A zine is a small-circulation, self-produced booklet or magazine!
BIG IDEAS, SMALL FORMATS
What we're into? Distilling complex systems, histories, and phenomena into meaningful, bite-sized zines and printed media. Art that is educational, engaging, and beautiful, all at once.
ART WHERE YOU ARE
The medium is the message! Our work is distributed through vending machines and snail mail. We place art directly into everyday environments. No galleries required - just curiosity, a few dollars, and a moment of encounter.
AN ECOSYSTEM FOR PLACE-MAKING
Hyperisms is a distributed system of artists and storytellers working at the intersection of place, research, and community. We collaborate across cities through zines, vending machines, and shared, artist-owned infrastructure.
Want a Hyperlocal Vending Machine?
Be a part of the growing movement! If you'd like to see a hyperlocal vending machine stocked with maps, zines, and other printed media about the hidden histories, and local lore of your city, reach out! We can provide as much or as little support as you need: sourcing artists and storytellers, refurbishing and reprogramming a machine, and a spectrum of independent and joint ownership and maintenance options.
Durham, NC
Seattle, WA
Our ethos is grounded in place-making with intention, slow-growth, sustainability for creators of art and accessibility for consumers of it. If that's your vibe, reach out!
​Kelsey Graywill is a cognitive scientist turned artist. She holds a BA and MSc in Neuroaesthetics from Duke University and University of London, Goldsmiths. After a brief, soul-sucking stint working in pharmaceutical marketing consulting, she quit her job to teach elementary schoolers how to ride bikes and work in urban planning and transportation communication. She started the work that would eventually become Hyperisms in 2022. In 2024, her first educational art vending, which NPR’s member station WUNC describes as the “subject of much intrigue – instead of chips and candies, it offers to feed patrons in a different way: by sharing knowledge,” launched her into a creative career centered on place-making, behavior, and belonging. Kelsey’s work on creative cartography and zinemaking as research methodology has been incorporated into curriculums at Duke, UNC, Hofstra, and Lehigh universities. Visit her portfolio site for more info.
