When the Russian magazine Chto delat?/What is to be done? was part of Documenta Magazine during Documenta 12, Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt were invited to write for one of their issues. For this occasion the poster "To turn one's anus towards the sun and say "GO"!" was published as spread in #16: Potentialities Beyond Political Sadness. Iaspis financed three issues of Chto delat?/What is to be done? magazine and co-produced a seminar in Kassel in August 2007. Read more about the collaboration here.

The poster "To turn one's anus towards the sun and say "GO"!" can be downloaded as pdf here, or can be read in English and Russian here (text only).

Ersta konsthall, initiated by the Swedish artist Linus Elmes, is located in a restaurant and forms a natural meeting point between the bar and the WC. For Ersta konsthall we made recordings of three of the SQUID contributions. The visitors could sit down in the small intimate space of Ersta konsthall and listen to texts by Veronica Brovall, Po Hagström and Jan Verwoert. Anders Karnell, Jenny Telemann and Mako Ishizuka made the readings. A compilation of all the texts available at SQUID was also available as printed matter. Furthermore, the new SQUID website, designed by the artist Sunny Lee, was officially launched. At the opening three new SQUID contributions were released:

#29 Genusvägrarmanifestet / The Manifesto Of Gender-Refusal / Le Manifeste Anti-Genre, by A. K. Westin
#28 New Territories In Acre And Why They Matter: Notes On Hope And "The Game" Of Coexistence, by Marjetica Potrc
#27 Ma And The Four Dimensional Concept Of Reality In Today's Tokyo, by Ninia Sverdrup

When Travelling Magazine Table was exhibited at Iaspis, April 22-30, 2006, SQUID became part of the TMT archive. In relation to this, Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt made a presentation of SQUID and also took the opportunity to release four new contributions:

#26 Obligatory Passage Point, by Linus Elmes
#25 Ett parallellmanus till filmen: The Dream Of A Book, by Beata Berggren
#24 06.04.02, by Jelena Rundqvist
#23 Tema, igen., by Fredric Gunve

TMT was initiated by the art collective Nomads & Residents (Bikvanderpol and Cesare Pietrousti) 2001.

For this occasion the idea of a SQUID-specific furniture was further developed in collaboration with the Swedish furniture designer, Mattias Wreland. It contained archive boxes with the texts from squid-net.com for the visitors to take with them, a computer for browsing the website and comfortable seats. The program for the lounge included live readings of texts from squid-net.com, a discussion on the theme of "Theme" moderated by the artist Fredric Gunve.
The live readings were made by Martin Ahlberg, Anders Karnell, Mariam Nordmark, Petra Eleonora Näslund and Pontus Olgrim. Five new contributions were released:

#22 Mycket snack, lite(n) verkstad, by Fredric Gunve
#21 Excerpts From Bridge Over Deep Ditch, Poems Written In Ubud Nov 05 - Jan 06, by Torbjörn Säfve
#20 Dear Tom, by Michael Blum
#19 Love, Pain And Self-Erection, by Marcus Steinweg
#18 The Main Character Of The Scene, by Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt

Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt were invited by the Russian workgroup "Chto delat?/What is to be done?" to present SQUID and participate in "Chto delat?/What is to be done? working meeting in Petersburg". Both SQUID and Chto delat?/What is to be done? are accessible on the Internet, this doesn't mean though, that the work can be done only online. We believe that to meet and engage in discussions face to face is still a fundamental basis for this kind of work.

For the first public launch of SQUID at Tensta konsthall, Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt designed a SQUID-specific furniture that contained archive boxes with the texts from squid-net.com for the visitors to take with them, a computer for browsing the website and a printer for print on demand. The web design was made in collaboration with the artist Robert Pörschke. Our initial 17 contributions were:

#17 Lost Homing Pigeons, by Aaron S. Davidson and Melissa Dubbin
#16 Coca-Cola Holy Water, by Paula von Seth
#15 Reflections Of A Percussionist, by Thomas Wingren
#14 Yet Another Artist With A Project, by Katja Aglert
#13 How I Became An Artist, by Saskia Holmkvist
#12 Labyrinth, by Peeter Laurits
#11 Drifting Through Incomplete Renovation, by 'What is to be done/CHTO DELAT?'
#10 The Heroes Of Absolute Zero, by Janna Holmstedt
#9 Poetry Is What Gets Lost In Translation, by Ylva Mazetti
#8 Untitled [In Progress], by A.S. Bessa
#7 Through the Home Tunnel, by Veronica Brovall
#6 This I Know About Home, by Jan Verwoert
#5 The Melancholy Of Evolution, by Po Hagström
#4 For The Love Of Foucault, by Marcus Steinweg
#3 Crystal Palace, by Camilla Bergqvist
#2 The Story As Seen From A Moving Viewpoint, by Yukie Kamiya
#1 "I Have Never Seen A Girl Wearing A Muslim Headscarf On Television Without It Being About The Scarf...", by Ellen Nyman

Before SQUID became public, Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt were invited to work with the project for three months in a production-site at Tensta Konsthall. During this period we used the production-site as an open studio where visitors were welcome to take part of the work process and ask questions about the project.