Amanda
Olga Micińska
$15.00
Amanda
Olga Micińska
2022
Design: Studio Nico Stephou
€15
Edition of 500
Softcover, 42 Pages, 16 x 23 cm
Published in Nicosia, Cyprus
Printed in Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN 978-9963-2137-2-6
Contributions by: Maria Toumazou, Samantha McCulloch, Olga Micińska, Sepideh Karami and Madeleine Morley
Amanda is an artist book by Olga Micińska made in the framework of The Building Institute, an experimental platform aiming to strengthen the position of femmes 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. A graduate of the MA Art Praxis programme at the Dutch Art Institute with an MFA diploma in Sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Micińska also trained as a woodworker and collaborates with craft studios of various techniques. Initiator of The Building Institute, an experimental platform engaging with diverse questions surrounding the subjects of labor and technology.
Distribution points: Motto Books (Berlin), Pro qm (Berlin), Hopscotch (Berlin), Rile (Brussels), Kona books (Tbilisi), Framer Framed (Amsterdam), Grazer Kunstverein (Graz), Moufflon Bookshop (Nicosia)