book publications
WHAT THE SILENCE GREW
artist books, zines – publications
FLEET & RHINE FINE ART PUBLISHER
Small editions, tailor – made
Fleet & Rhine self-publish unique artist books. With an emphasis on delicate papers and environmentally friendly printing processes, each project is a limited edition, hand-bound, and signed.
Vivienne co-founded Fleet & Rhine in 2017. Being originally from Basel/Switzerland where the river Rhine flows through its middle and living in London where the river Fleet flows underneath her garden. She got inspired by Thames and Hudson book publishing house. Its founders had homes in London and New York and named the company after the two rivers. With water as a one of the key feature in her work, and its origin of life she thought it appropriate to name this venture – Fleet & Rhine.
Manifesto 04.05.2025
what the silence grew — created by Vivienne Schadinsky — is an offering.
A quiet unfolding.
A place to listen to the world as it is, and as it could become.
The publications are rooted in a desire to nurture our attentive relationship to the living world.
It was born from a space of silence,
where new ways of seeing and feeling could take root.
It grows through careful observation, patient listening,
and the hopeful gesture of tending to something small.
Like all materials I choose in my art practice,
what the silence grew is shaped with care —
care for the planet, and care for process.
Every element is thoughtfully sourced:
from the natural inks we use,
to the paper whose fibres we trace back to forests
managed in harmony with life.
We collaborate closely with printers and craftspeople
who understand that materials carry memory —
and that beauty must never come at the cost of the earth.
As an artist and educator,
my work lives at the intersection of creative practice and ecological consciousness.
Through my art curriculum and teachings on sustainability,
I have created frameworks that encourage reflection
and empower action.
In a time of accelerating change and uncertainty,
I believe that creative thinking is one of our most necessary tools —
not just to solve problems, but to imagine bridges across them.
This project invites readers to attune to the rhythms of nature —
particularly through the lens of the 72 Japanese microseasons:
subtle, fleeting markers of transformation.
By aligning with these miniature seasons,
we begin to notice what so often escapes our attention:
a bud forming,
a shadow shifting,
a moment of breath between events.
In these spaces, art becomes more than expression —
it becomes practice.
The creative thoughts and exercises devised for this publication
are pathways to engagement —
with ourselves,
with the changing climate,
and with the living systems we are part of.
They are simple.
They are joyful.
Many are linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
offering a tangible, hopeful entry point into deeper conversations
about ecological and social justice.
what the silence grew is for those who wish to move through the world
more slowly,
more attentively,
more tenderly.
For those who believe transformation begins with awareness —
and that small gestures, made with care,
can shift the course of things.
Let this be a space to grow what silence offers:
rootedness, renewal,
and the will to imagine something better.
