Islands of Exile: Hemmed in by the Sea - Federica Bueti Edited by feminist graphic design

Edited by feminist graphic design collective MMS (Maryam Fanni

The book includes a preface by Lubaina Himid and new essays by Sepake Angiama

Some of you are made from things that were left behind

Bringing back into print Yourcenar’s seminal essay “The Dark Brain of Piranesi” in the poet Richard Howard’s elegant English translation

questioning whether growth and abundance must always serve a reproductive imperative

Islands of Exile: Hemmed in by the Sea - Federica Bueti Edited by feminist graphic designSurrounded by unyielding waters, islands have long served as ideal sites of banishment: places where those deemed unfit to exist within the political order, are cast away. Today, at the edges of democracy, and as obedience increasingly becomes an imperative for public presence, the specter of exile islands resurfaces. The entry point for this book is a research trip to Gyaros, an island scarred by memories of displacement and persecution memories