slug

shop—space—blog—residency—press—digital rest stop dedicated to slowing down & wasting time

wtf is this

objects (coming soon)(all in due time)

digital residency (ditto)

under the flowerpot

ig (waste with us)

contact

it’s the . time to waste some time.

slug is a rebellion quiet as moss. slow as dusk. standing (sitting, sprawling, simply there) against the gleam of want-more, need-more.

we know the world won’t pause, the system won’t stutter for us. there’s always more to know, to do, to grasp at.

here is a silver trace of slowness. a gentle nudge to fall out of step.
waste time. drift into the soft hollow of boredom, of freedom.

stay here. waste a while.

the horn
tree stethoscope

the pinard horn stethoscope was invented to listen to babies in utero. but here’s an invitation. press it against the bark of tree. hear the slow hum of sap rising. hold it to the ground. hear the earth’s own heartbeat. place it onto your skin. or another’s. tune into the secret language of bodies. listen.

100% dark beechwood.
variations in pattern are normal.
length: 15cm. (fits in your back pocket.)
weight: ca. 70g. (about the weight of an egg.)

writer & poet ilona lodewijckx found herself bound to the steady drip drip drip of dopamine coming from curated feeds & algorithms. her attention frayed thin. she decided to reacquaint herself with a lost art: the art of being bored.

slug is the result of this search. a way to carve out space. physical. mental. temporal. space for what doesn’t demand. doesn’t insist. unproductivity. purposelessness. soothing unconcentration. slug is a gentle rebellion against our system of hyper-speed & hyper-sell. of every second filled & filled. it celebrates time well wasted. knowing only in open space can new things find shape.

slug isn’t a way of looking away. or disconnecting just to disappear. we stand firm with palestine. lebanon. sudan. congo. & all who resist oppression.