Haus-A-Rest

A zine shaped by artists, for the bold, the curious, and the uncompromising.
Haus-a-rest exists for the creatives who notice what others miss, who translate lived experience into striking images and fearless words. This is a space for the daring, the different, and the deeply authentic.

Each issue brings together work that resists the obvious, fresh perspectives, quiet rebellions, and art that moves without asking permission. We’re drawn to the unseen, the unfiltered, and the moments that linger.

Our Open Calls remain free and open to all.

They’re an invitation to share what’s been forming, to test new ideas, and to connect with a community rooted in curiosity and creative risk.

Step into the zine.
Let’s carry forward the voices that refuse to fade into the background.

Issue 73

“The essence of Movement”

Haus-a-rest turns its attention to The Essence of Movement, an invitation to artists, performers, writers, and interdisciplinary practitioners to explore movement in all its forms: as gesture, transition, rhythm, transformation, resistance, memory, language, and presence.

We welcomed work that investigates movement not only through physical action, but through written form, sonic expression, performative acts, spatial intervention, and conceptual process. We're interested in how movement inhabits the body, the page, the voice, the archive, the environment, and the imagination.

This theme opens onto a set of questions that contributors sat with:

• How does movement leave traces?

• How can writing perform?

• What remains after motion disappears?

• Can stillness itself become a form of movement?

We encouraged submissions that blur disciplinary boundaries and challenge fixed formats, work that moves between mediums as freely as it moves through them.

Explore the results here One line Gallery to see the full range of visual work submitted, and who the artists are. There is a rich and varied collection of great work.

Step into the Writers' Corner for the words that come to surface, where contributors have reached into the spaces between sentences to share what usually stays unwritten.

Alongside the submitted work, we are delighted to share writing from some  our brilliant poet Peter Devonald and the first half of his year has been very busy find out what he’s been doing on our blog here.

Editors,Dr Jenna Fox, and Nichola Rodgers have been busy with exhibitions, commissions, changing studios and setting up workshops, see their work and incites on finding the right space in the blog.

You can also find the collection rolling out across Instagram and Facebook, where we're sharing work, stories, and a closer look at the artists and writers behind the pieces. Follow along and join the conversation.

Thank you to everyone who submitted, who shared, and who trusted us with something real. It takes courage to hand over the hidden parts, and this issue is proof of just how much power lives there.

As always, HAUS-A-REST remains a platform for experimental, independent, and boundary-pushing work.
This issue is a testament to the creative energy of artists who transform overwhelm into form, repetition into rhythm, and chaos into meaning.

Enter the issue. Explore the layers.

micro residency open call

Our Micro Residencies

We’re excited to continue these Micro-Residency, a small but intentional space for artists, writers, and creative thinkers who want to deepen their practice, expand their ideas, and receive thoughtful guidance along the way.

This is a new space is for reflection, experimentation, and artistic guidance, if this is something you are interested in then please do get in touch via curator space link on our opportunities page.

The residency isn’t tied to a specific location, it’s a flexible, supportive environment shaped around each participant’s needs. Whether you are at the beginning of a project, stuck in the middle, or simply seeking a clearer sense of direction, the micro-residency can provide:

• Creative Advice,

• Insight into process, artistic development, and sustaining momentum

• Provocations and exercises to challenge habits, expand methods, and spark new thinking

• Critique sessions that value generosity over hierarchy

• Dialogue and reflection, because sometimes a conversation can unlock more than a month of solitude

• Exposure through the zine and social channels, for our residents who wish to share work in progress

The HAUS-A-REST Micro-Residency is built on the belief that artists don’t always need grand studios, vast budgets, or months away from the world, they often need attention, exchange, and a context in which their ideas can breathe.

In a time of constant accumulation, of information, pressure, expectation, this residency offers a moment to sift, sharpen, and reimagine. It’s a place to sort through your creative overflow, to cultivate clarity, or to find excitement in the mess.

you can apply on our opportunities page.
Stay tuned, stay curious, and keep making.

Meet our Next Micro resident artist

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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FEATURED ARTIST THIS ISSUE

Francesca Busca

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Our Team

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OUR NEXT OPEN CALL ECO-MATERIALS

CAN BE SEEN HERE

Our Open Call details are here

or via the link here at Curatorspace