PROGRESSO ARCHIVE – 007

Inspired by the traditional self-flagellation procession of San Vicente de Sonsierra, Saba and Pablo infuse their pilgrimage with moments of reverence and reflection. By combining analog and digital collage techniques, they create a visual narrative that mirrors an endless quest for redemption. 

"We Wait For It Patiently" works serves as an archive, preserving and reinterpreting Spain's rich cultural and religious traditions.

230 x 315 mm, 58p
Design: Pablo Sánchez & Saba Casalta
Editors: Gemma Penya & Aitor Bigas
Text: Marc O’Callaghan
Printing: Nova Era, Barcelona
Publisher: Progresso

Limited edition 33 copies

PROGRESSO DISTRIBUTION (EU)

“su·ti·ru·zu” is a visual diary documenting the journeys of filmmaker and photographer STILLZ in Japan. Titled after the phonetic pronunciation of “STILLZ” in Katakana, the book offers an intimate exploration of his relationship with the country, which he has frequently visited since the age of sixteen. Through a series of dynamic photographs —both digital and analogue— this first edition presents an eclectic mix of bold, youth-driven energy, friendships, eccentric characters, serene natural landscapes, and a recurring fascination with cars; capturing everything from the rush of Shinjuku’s streets to the stillness of Mount Fuji. 

Organized around STILLZ’s trips between 2020 and 2024, this photo-chronicle gives a glimpse into the author’s travel memories, seen through his unique raw perspective. Across the pages, these memories blend with appearances from music icons like Rosalía, Yuki Chiba, Bad Bunny, Mora, or Arca, reflecting the artist’s strong and evolving connection to contemporary culture. In essence, the publication unfolds like a collage, piecing together fragments from STILLZ’s japanese experience and revealing the fleeting beauty of a country that continues to inspire him. 

21 x 27 cm
Publisher: WEOWNTHECITY
Prologue: Yuki Chiba
Design: Querida
Europe Distribution: Progresso

All copies are hand numbered.

PROGRESSO ARCHIVE – 006

In 2018, Borja Llobregat and Ostap Yashchuk embarked on a transformative journey, converting a vacant warehouse into RUGE, a DIY photo studio fueled by ingenuity and YouTube tutorials.

Their studio, lacking a blueprint, evolved daily, between a cozy home and a professional workspace, attracting both mainstream clients and fostering a vibrant creative community in Madrid.

Despite their success, plans to extend their lease were dashed when the building owner sold the premises to an investment firm, forcing Borja and Ostap to confront the impending departure of RUGE.

In response, they embarked on a mission to preserve RUGE’s essence, meticulously photographing every corner of the studio, capturing its spirit in a book that serves as both an archive.

Their story underscores the dynamic nature of creative spaces, emphasizing the importance of adaptation and resilience in the face of uncertainty.

Through their documentation, RUGE’s legacy transcends its physical confines, offering a timeless glimpse into the heart and soul of a space that forever shaped Madrid’s creative landscape.

12x16 cm
Fabric Soft Cover
Design: Ostap Yashchuk & Borja Llobregat
Features editor: Andrea Lazarov
Proofreading: Heather Cameron
Printing: Nova Era, Barcelona
Publisher: Progresso

Supported by Carhartt WIP

Limited edition 150 copies

RUGE BLACK HOODIE

Hoodie designed for the booklaunch of the Archive 006 - RUGE by Borja Llobregat & Ostap Yashchuk

With the collaboration of Carhartt WIP.

100% Organic Cotton
Design: Progresso

June 2024

PROGRESSO CAP

100% Organic Cotton
Low profile 6 panel design
Soft unstructured crown
Pre-curved peak

February 2023

PROGRESSO ARCHIVE – 005

The publication 'E42' intertwines the author's photographic chronicles with a carefully curated array of quotes sourced from literature, archives, and historical manuscripts, fostering a profound discourse that interlaces aesthetics with politics. By delving into the EUR neighborhood, it extends a compelling invitation to readers to embark on a journey of exploration.

This book is a portrayal of the stark contrast between the envisioned glory and the silent reality that EUR has become, inviting readers on a romantic stroll through the fuming ruins of a dream that failed to materialize. 

22,5 × 30,5 cm
Hardcover 
Design: Querida
Publisher: Progresso
Limited edition 150 copies

December 2023

PROGRESSO ARCHIVE – 004

With selected artworks from the archive of the visual artist Rita Lino, and afterwards assembled together by lafolie8, “How to pose the model” is the first poster curated and produced by Progresso.

When unfolded, the set of subtle images come together at peace, revealing a series of movements that seem to have been interrupted by the audience.

Focusing mainly on her personal work, Rita Lino has been developing and materialising it in many series of photos as visual exercises that explore a natural obsession with the self and the persona; a continuous work-in-progress using the body as primary matter to be re-created and exorcised.

Lino describes her photography as animalistic, instinctive, intimate, narcissistic, a thousand possible interpretations, a spiritual place, a self-sustained rehab outlined by a brutal transparency.

59'4 × 84'1 cm
Folded poster inside an envelope
Design: Lafolie8
Publisher: Progresso
Limited edition

November 2023

PROGRESSO ARCHIVE – 003

“One” is the first printed selection of an ongoing series by the American Colombian photographer and film director STILLZ. Designed as a type of “telephone directory”, the book results in a compilation of photographs he has been taking with his 70s Polaroid Big Shot since 2017.

Inspired by Warhol’s Polaroids (1958-1987), he uses this same format to create a living map of America’s contemporary urban scene. In a way, the publication functions as the artist's manifesto and a declaration of intent, using his own words, “to create a kind of personal mark at a specific point in time for the music culture”. Indeed, as once did Warhol, STILLZ continues to work with the most influential characters of our times.

The collection of portraits, including artists such as Erykah Badu, A$AP Rocky, Miley Cyrus or the late XXXTentacion, is the material testimony of STILLZ’s outstanding professional career and the relationships that are forged during the process.

22,9 x 28,9 cm, 240p

Hardcover

Published by Progresso
Prologue by Rosalía
Design by Basora

Supported by Carhartt WIP

ONE T-SHIRT

Long-sleeved T-shirt designed for the booklaunch of the Archive 003 - ONE by the artist STILZ. 

With the collaboration of Carhartt WIP.

100% Organic Cotton
Design: Progresso

June 2023

PROGRESSO ARCHIVE – 001

The artist’s book "The Social Life of Ghosts" by Marria Pratts features more than one hundred drawings. With this repertoire, Marria appears to uphold the relevancy of drawing. And despite, or indeed thanks to, its modesty and the simplicity of its execution, reasons for which it is often not a respected medium, Marria rejects such market categorizations. 

These works are not minor nor are they preparatory. Neither are they so as standalone pieces, nor are they so as the sequential narrative they form after being selected, organised and presented as a collection in this publication. In the same way she does in her huge paintings or neon brushes, Marria once again demonstrates a willful and affectionate pursuit of insistency, never-ending purpose and an opening up of the world. In both form and content, the artist gifts us a unique reflection of the radical experience of liminality and alienation that still surrounds us and that is so lonely and, at the same time, so collective.

18 × 24 cm, 272 p
Fabric hardcover with tip-on
Design and editing: Progresso
Language: English

July 2022

THE SOCIAL LIFE OF GHOSTS T-SHIRT

Long-sleeved T-shirt designed for the booklaunch of the Archive 001 - The Social Life of Ghosts by the artist Marria Pratts. 

With the collaboration of Carhartt WIP.

100% Organic Cotton
Design: Progresso

September 2022