The book is out! And my "Shadow Theatre" is in it.
CIRCLE SURFACE SUN From Somewhere in the Mediterranean
Edited by Irena Eden & Stijn Lernout
Schlebrügge.Editor
| ISBN 978-3-903172-50-0 |
A few months ago I was commissioned to write a story inspired by the
Mediterranean light for the new book
Circle Surface Sun.
Vienna-based artists Irena Eden and
Stijn Lernout invited 22 authors from all the countries along the Mediterranean
basin to write about the light in their region. Whether autobiographical essay,
subjective commentary, poetic description, or philosophical reflection—the
texts were to articulate one or the other facet of the special light that
unites this geographic area.
A photo series by the two artists on the subjects of sea and light
condenses the atmospheric connection between the texts and, at the same time,
documents the installative and illustrative way the two artists deal with the
subject.
The anthology situates its starting point in Albert Camus’ critical reflection on
Europe at his time and its Mediterranean utopia of solidarity and simplicity,
in which light and the sun play a major role. In the current economic,
environmental, and humanitarian crises, the idea of an inclusive Mediterranean
Europe based on cultural diversity seems to have eroded in favor of nationalist
interests, economic isolation, and populist ideologies fanning hate and fear.
In this climate, the prospect of reiterating Camus’ “solar thought” as an “art
of living for catastrophic times” has attained new urgency.
The authors explore
their present day, looking out from the Mediterranean shores as the
mythological origins of Europe. Circle Surface Sun gathers these voices from
different places and myriad perspectives in an attempt to open a transnational,
border-crossing dialogue among countries and continents, and to create a space
for community and joint thinking.
Countries included:
Albania~Algeria~Bosnia and Herzegovina~Croatia~Cyprus~Egypt~France~Greece~Gibraltar~Israel~Italy~Lebanon~Libya~Malta~Montenegro~Morocco~Palestine~Slovenia~Spain~Syria~Tunisia~Turkey
More information on Schlebrügge.Editor website: https://schlebruegge.com/en/content/circle-surface-sun
