welcome to my page~

hi. my name is catherine leigh schmidt. i'm an artist, designer, and writer from the united states. my work engages with theology, community building, and post-capitalist economic media. i'm based between london and sachsen-anhalt, germany.

as a designer i help collaborators realize light-weight projects with a particular focus on html, typesetting, and small print publications.

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writing published elsewhere

AMAEBCH 아마업체, exhibition text for show of the same title at Museumhead (Seoul), with Daniel Shinbaum, 2022. Cryptocurrency, like astrology, is a protocol for imagining and influencing the future.

Decentralized Autonomous Occultism, Spike Art Magazine, January 2022. Magic is a technology of imagination, and technology is magic made tangible.

Many Waters: a year of disillusionment, Good Horoscope, January 2023. Waves of hype crashing against the sands of time.

other projects

Panacea Publishing, a small, feminist press devoted to emerging queer literature.

Protocols for Post-Capitalist Expression, an NFT in collaboration with the Economic Space Agency Network, 2023

Yatra, a typeface published by Google, 2016

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fun facts

• i prefer my name in all-lowercase, thanks.
• my background is in font, web, and print design, software development, and community organizing.
• i am a child of corporate multinational expats and evangelical missionaries.
• i think criticism is a way to imagine a hopeful present.
• i have an upper-middle class background which has given me better access to institutional and financial support.
• i have lived in chile, florida, seattle, providence, mumbai, oakland, and berlin.
• i identify as a hot girl

to come

• research & writing portal
• website garden
• list of special interests
• friends list

last updated March 2024