Tracing Mothertongue

This is an impression from the publication of Darya Andijan called Tracing Mothertongue, it shows a close up of a notebook with scribbles that resemble arabic letters and a pen next to it.

Tracing Mothertongue Author How to buy this book This book is expected to be published in 2027

A Film Disrupted

Four middle aged and older women pose as cheerleaders on a gymnasium floor. They wear matching red long sleeved uniform dresses with white stripes and white sneakers, holding fluffy white pom poms. The two women on the outer sides stand with one arm raised high, while the two in the center sit on the blue basketball court surface, with one performing a side split. Behind them, a symmetrical cream colored wall features a dark framed double door directly beneath a basketball hoop and its rectangular backboard.

A Film Disrupted” is an artist book publication based on the creative journey of crafting the ‘Nice Ladies’ feature documentary that happened under life-changing circumstances. ‘Nice Ladies’ tells the story of the vibrant cheerleading team of 50+ y.o. women from Kharkiv called Nice Ladies, who compete in the 25+ age category. The team’s seemingly unbreakable bond gets challenged by the russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Despite the successful completion of the film in 2024, which was in pre-production from 2019 on, an outstanding violent disruption by the full-scale invasion happened not only in the life of its characters, but it shook to the core the filmmaking itself. Through the carefully designed flow of text and imagery, the publication will give space to the artistic examination and documentation of this irreversible disruption. Narrated from Mariia Ponomarova’s director’s perspective, it will account for the cost of persevering and reflect on ways to preserve the film’s feminist core despite the lasting impact of war.

Sedimenta

A close up of a red book with black prints on it that resemble seashells and sand dollars from the upcoming publication Sedimenta by Juan Palacios.

Sedimenta – in development Author Juan Palacios How to buy this book This book is expected to be published in 2026

The Daughters, The Interpreters and The Family

A closeup of an open book. You see a photo of a pink coat that is inserted in the book between the pages. Beneath it you see some text. This is a closeup from the publication The Daughters, The Interpreters and The Family from Eliane Esther Bots.

This book brings together narratives of conflict-related experiences and memories from three distinct perspectives: second-generation Dutch-Bosnian daughters, interpreters who worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and the Adajew family, who fled the wars in Chechnya and resettled in Warsaw, Poland. The publication is organised into four parts: the first three reflect these distinct perspectives, while the fourth features a selection of documents, including paintings, drawings and poems. A special section in the third part of this publication is dedicated to the translation of a part of Homeland’s Commandments, a collection of Chechen poems, into English.