のぼる [noboru] is a collective and zine project based in Tokyo initiated by aliwen, Hanna Hirakawa, and myself, bringing together our fields of inquiry including gender and media, critical materialities, and sensory ethnography. We interweave our perspectives grounded on specialized knowledges and personal experiences and aim to start conversations around ecology, queerness, and randomness.

「のぼる 〇」 [noboru zero] is about seas and mountains and explores ecocritisism and chosen families. It pieces together our entangled life experiences with the environments that surround us. We invite the reader to encounter their own fragmented affective memories, through our very personal and yet mutually compelling propositions. 「のぼる 〇」 consists of captured photos, diary entries, and moments indirectly linked to the shaping of our lives, accompanied by a manifesto and footnotes. This zine highlights the significance of diffraction, abstract imagination, and later reflection in knowledge production.

のぼる一 (noboru one): genealogies is the second issue of the zine in which we sought to reflect upon our bloodlines and the possibilities of queer family as a form of healing. Combining photography, intimate messaging, and poetic wordplay, the zine brings together experiences of intergenerational trauma, illness, and belonging. The cover of the printed zine resemble pierced human skins, on our three skin colors.