We are cordially inviting you to the launch of the new issue of Solomiya Magazine, titled State of the Nation, for October 8, 6:30 pm.
The launch will consist of a moderated discussion with the editors and authors of the issue. Those participating in the discussion will include Asia Pavlenko, Vsevolod Kazarin, Andrii Ushytskyi, Sebastian Wells, and Olha Marusyn. The discussion will be followed by a reading of the text “Sixty Seconds to Swallow,” which was co-authored by Pavlenko, Kazarin, and Marusyn for the magazine.
About State of the Nation
The reader State of the Nation reflects multiple experiences of not belonging in the nationally prescribed sense, and instead explores the heights and abysses of the in-between: through movement and migration, through doubts about the prospects of the war, through a longing for forms of political subjectivity that are not organised along national lines. It questions traditions that have long served as carriers of national sentiment in Germany since the Nazi era; reflects on the relationship between decoloniality and nationalism in the contemporary art world; uses counter-mapping to understand the political imagination of ancient Mediterranean societies; searches for possibilities of mini-solidarities between Estonians and Russophone Estonians in Narva; delves into new forms of artistic mentorship that help to escape the shackles of the postcolonial era in Ghana; and playfully reflects on the Minute of Silence in Ukraine—a nationwide ritual recently enshrined in law.
About Solomiya
Solomiya (she/her) is a contemporary art collective offering a platform for experimental publishing, curating, and research. Founded in Kyiv in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she focuses on underrepresented discourses and subjective ideas, and connects cities and cultures across the globe. At the heart of the collective’s practice is the publication of the English-language printed magazine Solomiya. The collective also curates public programs and exhibitions, and produces works both by its members and in collaboration with artists, writers, collectives, and designers.
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