Empathy of Others
„Empathy of Others" is a book with this title with the relections on how „empathy of others" works (or is erased) through contact with artworks. In center of the conversation are two art works by Sasha Kurmaz. Texts by Marita Landgraf, Alona Karavai, Lisa Korneichuk, Annika Dorau and Bettina Klein. Photos and collages by Sasha Kurmaz. The book is available in English, Ukrainian and German. When ordering, please indicate in the notes which language edition you would like to purchase.
Those Who Saw Death
„Those Who Saw Death" is a text by Kateryna lakovlenko in the form of a poetic libretto and based on documentary evidence of the war – interviews and her own memories. The author creates an allegorical world (somewhere between real and metaphysical), and one by one introduces the characters - Death and people who've experienced loss. The book edition of the text will include illustrations by Stanislav Turina.
Matches
"Dear Sufferers, I wish you, my dear ones, good luck on the path of reading, acting out, parodying, criticising, mocking, feeling resentment and affection whileg to know these people. They are now in your trusted eyes. And I have only one request for you: while reading, please do not imagine yourself as scattered earth, and if you have already done, do not blow it away" - from the play "Matches" by Yevhenia Belorusets. Yevheniia Belorusets is a Ukrainian photographer, writer and translator. Her work lies at the intersection of visual art, literature, journalism and civic activism, between documentary and fiction. The theater play "Matches" was written and illustrated by the author in 2023.
Ilostmylibrary is a niche publishing project by the NGO Asortymentna Kimnata and an (almost accidental) collection of books about the unreported, unpopular, and peripheral. It’s an unstructured library with plenty of gray areas and a lack of linearity. It is similar to the spontaneous libraries that still appear in our (temporary) homes, even if we have decided not to collect books anymore.
The artist was here
Matches
Those Who Saw Death
Empathy of Others
The Exercises on Female Exhibitionism
Collective Fantasies and Eastern Resources
Teenagers. War. Art.
Flooding
