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Suur rõõm on teatada, et juba paari nädala pärast ilmub Sanna Kartau esikromaan “Ma usun ihasse”. Mis saab siis, kui ütlen välja kõik, mida ma sinu suhtes tunnen? „Ma usun ihasse“ on kirekirjadesse peitunud hommage. Kartau jutustab viis aastat kestnud romantilise kinnis­mõtte loo ja seob sellega tagasi Eestisse kolimise, loovinimeseks kasvamise ja eesti kultuuriväljal tegutsemise kogemusi. Mis on ühist ihal ja loovimpulsil? Milliseid filosoofi­lisi mõistmisi leidub räpases, lihases inimkogemuses, eriti naisena? Kui kaugele võib jõuda puhta projektsiooniga? Toimetaja Saara Liis Jõerand Tõlketoimetaja Paul Raud Graafiline disain Emma Reim Raamatuga (peaaegu) samaaegselt tuleb välja samanimeline etenduskunstietos, mille esietendus on juba sel nädalal (14.05). Vaata rohkem: elektron.art #sannakartau #mausunihasse #elektronart #vonkrahl #vonkrahliteater

Saturday Morning by Ott Kagovere 24 vector drawings of unmade beds, messy chairs and wardrobes. Like Nylon Tights in the Washing Machine by Lea Wittich A play of words on the subject of language and folds. Graphic design by Ott Kagovere 160x240mm, offset, 2026 20€ ([email protected]) #opapublishing #opa #saturdaymorning #leawittich #artistbook

Dimitra Kationi — Loomad-taimed Tõlkinud Karoliina Kagovere, toimetanud Liisi Rünkla, kujundanud Ott Kagovere Dimitra Kationi on kreeka luuletaja, kelle sõnul ainus oluline info, mida temast tagakaanele kirja panna, on tema sünniaeg ja -koht: 1983 ja mereäärne Kavala linn Kreekas, sest just need kaks panevad kõige täpsemalt paika tema päritolu ja identiteedi nii ajas kui ruumis. Samamoodi ütleb Dimitra ka luules välja ainult hädavajaliku: tema lühikesed proosaluuletused kirjeldavad nappide sõnadega, ent seda täpsemalt maailma, kus lisaks loomadele ja taimedele on olulisel kohal veel keel, mälu, religioon, emadus, „aeg füüsiku ja armastus naise seisukohalt”. Kord mängulised, kord tõsised, vaevu paarirealised luuletused sähvavad otsekui välguvalgel pildina lugeja silme ette või siis mõtisklevad abstraktsemalt nii argisest kui ka ajaülesest, avades meie ees luuletaja elu ja omailma kildude kaupa, mis on nii täpsed ja tabavad, et muudavad isikliku üldinimlikuks. Saadaval OPA! veebist ja kohe-kohe ka raamatupoodides! #dimitrakationi #loomadtaimed #karoliinakagovere #liisirünkla #opapublishing opa luule poetry

Join us next Thursday in Tallinn for the English launch of Radical Runosong at Rüütel & Matilda. Your favorite queer/amateur folklorists Vaim Sarv and Mia Tamme will be in conversation and song. They will discuss the intimate and bodily aspects of traditional practices such as runosong and sift through the alternatively gendered life experiences they have encountered in the archives. Working together in love and relation for the past two years, Vaim and Mia will touch upon the nourishing friction of an entangled creative process that rubs up against the professional individualism rampant in the fields of art, culture, and academia. Extending this friction outwards, they will explore the intricacies of working critically with Estonian folklore in an effort to establish fugitive, uplifting connections between decolonial and anticapitalist struggles around the world. Poster by @shbxsz .

We are excited to be having this book launch in Helsinki next week at @pp.kirjakauppa with Vaim Sarv and Amanda Kauranne. They will sing together and talk about their work with runosong, tracing connections between Estonian and Finnish traditions through a decolonial and queer feminist perspective. Vaim's book Radical Runosong is about land and kin, dispossession and desire, solidarity and silence. It is a critical celebration of the oral tradition of runosong, a style of singing which has been practiced for centuries by Baltic Finnic peoples on the land now called Estonia and elsewhere. Featuring conversations with singers and folklorists Anne Türnpu, Andreas Kalkun, and Janika Oras, the compiled texts enact a fugitive search for historical consciousness by drawing upon the wealth of alternative vocal and somatic practices embedded in runosong. Working against the grain of Estonian nationalism and its Eurocentric tendencies, this involves mapping and resisting the ways in which divergent bodies, selves, and forms of physical sociality have been disci­plined through the interplay of brutality and privilege inherent to modernization. The book is a provocation, but one born out of love and a sense of obligation to the ancestors.

Radical Runosong / Radikaalne regilaul by Vaim Sarv is out now! This book is about land and kin, dispossession and desire, solidarity and silence. It is a critical celebration of the oral tradition of runosong, a style of singing which has been practiced for centuries by Baltic Finnic peoples on the land now called Estonia and elsewhere. Featuring conversations with singers and folklorists Anne Türnpu, Andreas Kalkun, and Janika Oras, the compiled texts enact a fugitive search for historical consciousness by drawing upon the wealth of alternative vocal and somatic practices embedded in runosong. Working against the grain of Estonian nationalism and its Eurocentric tendencies, this involves mapping and resisting the ways in which divergent bodies, selves, and forms of physical sociality have been disci­plined through the interplay of brutality and privilege inherent to modernization. The book is a provocation, but one born out of love and a sense of obligation to the ancestors. Translated by Sanna Kartau and Vaim Sarv Proofreading by Sanna Kartau and Karoliina Kagovere Graphic design by Shubham Aggarwal Format: 110x180 mm; 176 pages Price: 15€ #opa #opapublishing #vaimsarv #radicalrunosong #radikaalneregilaul #annetürnpu #andreaskalkun #janikaoras

🌕🌕🌕🌕Saturday @agit.berlin 🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕This book is about land and kin, dispossession and desire, solidarity and silence. It is a critical celebration of the oral tradition of runosong, a style of singing which has been practiced for centuries by Baltic Finnic peoples on the land now called Estonia and elsewhere. By drawing upon the wealth of alternative vocal and somatic practices embedded in runosong, the compiled texts enact a fugitive search for historical consciousness. Working against the grain of Estonian nationalism and its Eurocentric tendencies, this involves mapping and resisting the ways in which divergent bodies, selves, and forms of physical sociality have been disci­plined through the interplay of brutality and privilege inherent to modernization. The book is a provocation, but one born out of love and a sense of obligation to the ancestors.🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌕🌕🌕Vaim Sarv will be joined in conversation by sound artist and theoretician Ján Solčánik. Together, they will sift through the understory of traditional Eastern European musics, exploring what it means to work with these kinds of marginalized forms of sounding, collectivity, and listening in the present moment—with and despite the manifold tensions this effort produces. 🌕🌕🌕🌕

Thank you Linnea Lindgren and Agnes Isabelle Veevo for organizing Fair Enough Book Fair and Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design for hosting it! What an amazing event full of interesting books and people. A real community of like minded publishers, designers, artist, writers and book sellers! Really excited to see how it evolves in the coming years! #opapublishing #opa #faurenoughbookfair #fairenough #bookfair #publishing

OPA! 13 Still Life In two versions – green on white and on red. #opapublishing #zine #poetry #visualpoetry

OPA! 12 The Line Green and blue on red, the color difference is not very visible but it’s there! #opapublishing #zine #poetry #visualpoetry

I've been hard at work on this book for the past year and am so excited for it to be out in the world soon via @opa_publishing . Pre-order it now or catch me somewhere on tour with some very special guests. The book is about land and kin, dispossession and desire, solidarity and silence. It is a critical celebration of the oral tradition of runosong, a style of singing which has been practiced for centuries by Baltic Finnic peoples on the land now called Estonia and elsewhere. Featuring conversations with singers and folklorists Anne Türnpu, Andreas Kalkun, and Janika Oras, the compiled texts enact a fugitive search for historical consciousness by drawing upon the wealth of alternative vocal and somatic practices embedded in runosong. Working against the grain of Estonian nationalism and its Eurocentric tendencies, this involves mapping and resisting the ways in which divergent bodies, selves, and forms of physical sociality have been disci­plined through the interplay of brutality and privilege inherent to modernization. The book is a provocation, but one born out of love and a sense of obligation to the ancestors. More soon! Poster by @shbxsz .

📖 NARTis toimus Maria Kapajeva esimese raamatu “Aastapikkune karje” esitlus Narvas. Autor luges ette katkendeid oma teosest ning jagas mõtteid ja isiklikke kogemusi, mis on raamatusse kirjutatud. “Aastapikkune karje” on Kapajeva esimene tekstikogumik, mille kirjutamist alustas ta 24. veebruaril 2022 – päeval, mil algas Venemaa täiemahuline sõda Ukrainas. Raamat käsitleb isiklikust vaatenurgast teemasid nagu identiteet, kollektiivne ja individuaalne vastutus ning süü, keel ja kuulumine, feminism, aga ka kohtumisi Ukraina sõjapõgenikega. Tahad endale raamatut? Kirjuta [email protected]. 📖 The presentaiton of Maria Kapajeva's first book “a year-long scream” took place at NART. The author read excerpts from the book and shared her thoughts and personal experiences that are woven into the text. “A year-long scream” is Kapajeva’s first collection of texts, which she began writing on February 24, 2022 – the day the full-scale war in Ukraine began. The book is written in a personal style and deals with themes of identity, collective and individual responsibility and guilt, language and belonging, feminism, as well as the stories of some of the Ukrainian refugees the author encountered during the year. Want one? Write to [email protected]. 📖 В NART состоялась презентация первой книги Марии Капаевой «Крик длиною в год» в Нарве. Автор зачитала отрывки из своего произведения и поделилась мыслями и личными переживаниями, описанными в книге. «Крик длиною в год» — это первый сборник текстов Капаевой, работа над которым началась 24 февраля 2022 года — в день начала полномасштабной войны России против Украины. Книга затрагивает с личной точки зрения такие темы, как идентичность, коллективная и индивидуальная ответственность и вина, язык и принадлежность, феминизм, а также встречи с украинскими беженцами. Хочешь себе книгу? Напиши на [email protected].