Maria Editions

18/10/2022

First book launch of Amanda by .m__m will take place tomorrow !

Olga Micińska will be joined by Medeleine Morley ❤️❤️

Please join our celebrations if you are in Berlin!

Link in bio for more 💌

18/10/2022

Excited that our new publication is being launched tomorrow in Berlin !
You can also find it
And more selling point will follow ❤️

Amanda
Olga Micińska

2022

Design: Studio Nico Stephou
Edition of 500
€15

42 Pages
Softcover, 16 x 23 cm
Published in Nicosia, Cyprus
Printed in Amsterdam,
Netherlands
ISBN 978-9963-2137-2-6

Contributions by: Maria Toumazou, Samantha McCulloch, Sepideh Karami and Madeleine Morley

Amanda is an artist book by Olga Micińska made in the framework of The Building Institute, an experimental organization aiming to strengthen the position of femme builders in the domain of technical construction work. Amanda brings together literary texts by Maria Toumazou, Samantha McCulloch, Sepideh Karami and Madeleine Morley, combining fiction stories with visual artwork.

Inspired by the Tradeswomen: magazine for women in blue-collar work published in the 80's and 90's in the United States, Amanda is a periodical discussing matters of technology and industry from a feminist (not only female) perspective. The first issue contains fiction stories of an emancipatory character, citing trade associations, oil industry in Iran and ghosts of the printer feeders.

Publication of the first issue of Amanda is kindly supported by Mondriaan Fonds and Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.

Olga Micińska is a visual artist currently living in Amsterdam. Also trained as a woodworker, Olga collaborates with craft studios of various domains. Recently she has initiated The Building Institute, an experimental and non-formal organization engaging with diverse questions surrounding the subjects of labor and technology, and aiming to strengthen the position of femmes in the field of technical construction work.

15/03/2022

We are proud to announce the launch of Lisa Gutscher’s artist’s book, the mind is the body, as part of her solo exhibition, Against a dark sky it is possible to catch glimmers of the wild energetics of indeterminacies in action, opening today at Frankfurt's 1822-Forum!

The mind is the body
Lisa Gutscher

Design: Studio Immo Schneider
Edition of 250
€ 25

22 pages
Cardboard book
210cm x 297cm
Printed in Plauen, Germany
ISBN 78-3-945243-49-7

"inside her, so many very different things are working together to keep her alive. a single cell in her body has more memory than the conscious mind has. inside her cells, mitochondria, a previously independent form of life, have found a haven and trade their ability to synthesize proteins and metabolize fats for room to live and reproduce. we’re in her cells too now, and the cells have accepted us."

Lisa Gutscher lives and works in Frankfurt am Main where she is currently enrolled at Städelschule. As a DAAD-scholar she studied Georgian Polyphony in the Caucasus region in 2020/21. Gutscher’s work consists of bodies made up of both found and haphazardly produced attributes. It stands as a network of abiding incompletion, an ever changing choir of urgencies and pleasures, contusions and failures, that communally relay polyphonically. Recent exhibitions include Against a dark sky it is possible to catch glimmers of the wild energetics of indeterminacies in action, 1822-Forum, Frankfurt am Main (2022); FÜNFZEHN JAHRE – FÜNFZEHN WERKE, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim (2021); facets, faces, Fffriedrich, Frankfurt am Main (2021); Recession Grimace, Klosterruine, Berlin (2020); 3-4 trees, ea-shared space, Tbilisi (2020).

The book will be available for purchase during the exhibition, 15 March - 9 April 2022.
Additional distribution points will be announced shortly.

Supported by Kulturamt Frankfurt, Stiftung der Frankfurter Sparkasse

04/03/2022

.m__m Olga Micińska's solo exhibition, "Guild", is now open for visitors at the Museum of Warsaw ! The homonymous series of photographs exhibited, will also be part of her forthcoming artist book, "Amanda" , which we're publishing and excited to share with you very soon!

The "Guild" is a continuation of Olga Micińska's activities to date. In the field of research and performance practices, the artist covers craftsmanship, in particular carpentry and weaving, methods of organizing production and systemic assumptions behind these processes.

04/03/2021

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27/02/2021

Make sure to visit the ‘Events’ section on our Printed Matter, Inc. page, https://mariaeditions.pmvabf.org/EVENTS!

Watch the film and video program orchestrated by John Ryan especially for the duration of PMVAF - Online until tomorrow!

'Raised on song and story' features works by Annika Ström, Cooper Union Workers Film Group, David Blandy, Hamza Halloubi, Jacob Dwyer, Keren Cytter, Laure Prouvost, Luzie Meyer, Yong Xiang Li

Image credit: Luzie Meyer, 'Period Piece', 2021

25/02/2021

Happy Birthday Sophia Dawson!

We are so grateful you trusted us with ‘Correspondence’ 💌

A reminder for Sophia's artist talk and panel discussion:

Join us and the Langston Hughes Community Library on Saturday, February 27, 2pm EST / 9pm EET, for an artist talk and panel discussion featuring Sophia Dawson, former US held political prisoners, and their supporters. Free and open to the public.

You can Register for the discussion via our Printed Matter, Inc. Virtual Art Book Fair page, https://mariaeditions.pmvabf.org/EVENTS !

24/02/2021

Maria Editions at Printed Matter, Inc. Virtual Art Fair goes live today 💗

You'll be able to browse our titles, order, chat with us and watch John Ryan 'Raised on Song and Story' from 5pm EST / 12 EET

www.mariaeditions.pmvabf.org

23/02/2021

Printed Matter, Inc. Virtual Art Book Fair is Opening tomorrow!

We are so happy and grateful to all the amazing artists we’re sharing our virtual table with!

Please join us for the launch of Sophia Dawson’s ‘Correspondence’, the launch of ‘Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites’ by Marysia Gacek, the launch of the second edition of ‘Mallorca’ with additional texts by Sara Blazej and William J. Simmons, a sneak-peek to Olga Micińska’s ‘Amanda’ through a collaborative poster, the video works 'Raised on song and story' orchestrated by John Ryaner with works by Annika Ström, Cooper Union Workers Film Group, David Blandy, Hamza Halloubi, Jacob Dwyer, Keren Cytter, Laure Prouvost, Luzie Meyer, Yong Xiang Li!

We will share our special virtual table link tomorrow!

22/02/2021

Big thanks to Sara Blazej and William J. Simmons for contributing to our second edition of 'Mallorca' available starting this week at Printed Matter, Inc. Virtual Art Book Fair!

Design: Marysia Gacek
Copy editor: Maria Petrides

Soft cover
Printed in USA

'Mallorca' is one of the fifteen short stories by Anais Nin published posthumously in 1977 as 'Delta of Venus'. It tells a story of a young Spanish girl, Maria, who decided to go swimming at night with an American named Evelyn. The text is accompanied by drawings by Heidi Hahn and a conversation between the artists and Marysia Gacek.

Printed with permission from the Anais Nin Trust and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

21/02/2021

On the occasion of Printed Matter, Inc. Virtual Art Book Fair we’re launching Marysia Gacek’s new artist's book!

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
Marysia Gacek

2021

Marysia Gacek's documentation of her stay at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Coxsackie, NY, in 2017.

Edition of 30
Softcover photo album
ISBN 978-0-9962822-7-7

19/02/2021

Our favorite bookshop and only stockist in Cyprus ❤

Ο εκδοτικός οίκος Maria Editions της εικαστικού Μαρίας Τουμάζου επιλέχθηκε για να λάβει μέρος στον ετήσιο θεσμό έκθεσης βιβλίου Printed ...

19/02/2021

Printed Matter, Inc. VIRTUAL ART BOOK FAIR opens this Wednesday, February 24, 2021!

The Fair is free to attend - Register here, https://pmvabf.org/cart

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18/02/2021

We’re proud to finally launch this anticipated project during Printed Matter, Inc. Virtual Art Book Fair

Sophia Dawson
CORRESPONDENCE

2021

Sophia Dawson’s collection of letters and ephemera from incarcerated members of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Movement. The book sheds light on Dawson's journey that inspired her murals, large-scale portraits, videos, sound pieces, and performances. Compiled and designed by Marysia Gacek.

Soft cover, perfect-bound
738 pages, 12 x 9 inches
Printed in the USA

‘Correspondence’ will be available to pre-order on our exhibitor’s page, mariaeditions.pmvabf.org, during the fair, 24-28 February, 2021.

17/02/2021

Artist Olga Micińska has produced a special new poster for the Printed Matter, Inc. Virtual Art Book Fair - as a prelude to her forthcoming publication, ‘Amanda’! It features images and text from the collaborators of the upcoming project!

Olga Micińska
AMANDA

Forthcoming
2021

A collection of texts and images will unpack and popularize the image of a feminist worker (not solely female) by challenging the gendered nature of the domestic/the workshop architecture. The book is to combine artistic research with fictional narratives, intending to reflect on the performative features of sculptures as prototypes, tangible objects which can fictionalize facts or actualize speculations.

Editor:
Olga Micińska

Contributors:
Olga Micińska
Samantha McCulloch
Sepideh Karami
Maria Toumazou

Photo credit Marcin Kamiński

16/02/2021

As part of our virtual table at Printed Matter, Inc. Virtual Art Book Fair we’ll also be hosting some special events!

Join us for 'Raised on song and story' orchestrated by John Ryaner

Featuring:
Annika Ström
Cooper Union Workers Film Group
David Blandy
Hamza Halloubi
Jacob Dwyer
Keren Cytter
Laure Prouvost
Luzie Meyer
Yong Xiang Li

In 2017, we published John Ryaner’s WOUO (a word of unknown origin), a collection of fictional texts using words of unknown origin as a starting point. Edited and designed by Ryaner, the book features texts by Susan Conte, Faye Green, Erika Landström, Ingo Niermann, Samuel Hasler, Aniara Omann, Line Ebert, and John Ryaner.

'Raised on song and story' will be available to view on our exhibitor’s page, mariaeditions.pmvabf.org, 24-28 February, 2021, starting during the fair’s opening reception on Wednesday, February 24 at 5pm.

16/02/2021

Printed Matter's Virtual Art Book Fair is a week away!❤

Ο εκδοτικός οίκος Maria Editions της εικαστικού Μαρίας Τουμάζου επιλέχθηκε για να λάβει μέρος στον ετήσιο θεσμό έκθεσης βιβλίου Printed ...

05/02/2021

A New Fair for a New Time - Same heart ❤

While the past year has been challenging, we are happy that Printed Matter, Inc. found a way to unite the community of artists’ publishers via its first ever Virtual iteration of their long-standing Art Book Fair!

We’re excited to be included in 400 exhibitors from over 40 countries! Even though Maria Editions is based in New York and Nicosia, we are proud to have been a platform for artists’ practices from all over the world.

During the fair you will be able to reach us via chat, attend special events, purchase our publications and browse our virtual table!

Central to our virtual table will be the launch of Sophia Dawson’s ‘CORRESPONDENCE’ which will be accompanied by a conversation with the artist! We will also share glimpses to our upcoming publication, ‘AMANDA’ by Olga Micińska and a specially commissioned poster preluding it!

The Opening is free and open to the public, February 24-28 – Register here, https://pmvabf.org/

01/02/2021

We have a new logo designed by Orestis Lazouras

Our M (for Maria, after our first names) made out of daggers!

Although our old logo looked like a latin cross, it was a dagger in DejaVu Sans all along, and we wanted to give more emphasis to this symbol and the many ways it inspires Maria Editions!

The dagger represents an iron roasting spit symbolizing the skewering or cutting out of dubious matter. In typography, as a variant of the obelus, it was originally used to mark questionable or corrupt words or passages in manuscripts of the Homeric epics. Medieval scribes used the symbols extensively for critical markings of manuscripts. In addition to this, the dagger was also used in notations in early Christianity, to indicate a minor intermediate pause in the chanting of Psalms and it is also used to indicate a breath mark when reciting.

We knew the dagger was our logo when it magically appeared on the manuscript file name of our first book published under Maria Editions, Maria†Maria†.doxc. A collaborative project on the faith that can unite two friends and artists through a dialogical drive.

Maria Editions is an artist-run independent imprint founded by Marysia Gacek and Maria Toumazou in Glasgow in 2014. Currently based in Nicosia and New York, Maria Editions is dedicated to nurturing soft sensibilities and neglected aspects surrounding art practices by providing a platform for new art works, enlisting emerging artists as editors, and publishing compilations of essays, translations, books of poetry, obsolete literature, collections of letters, and personal archives of images and other ephemera.

27/01/2021

Finally something to look forward to 💌 We’re so thrilled to participate in the Printed Matter, Inc. Virtual Art Book Fair this year with new exciting projects📚 The program already looks amazing alongside fellow art imprints! Stay tuned for more news in the next few days! 🎉