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Nostalgia in the Periphery Limited Edition Print Collection
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From the Dark
Writer: Zymolust Ravenson Artist: Zezeah
From the Dark is the true story of Zymolust Ravenson, a metal musician relentlessly haunted by a despotic political regime whose incompetence is matched by its brutality. In this book, Zymo details a series of arbitrary arrests by various intelligence agencies in Syria between 2005-2011 in dialogue format. It is a dark comedy of tremendous suffering whose haunting intensity and gallows humour is brought to life by Zezeah’s biting artwork. Zymo’s cynical Kafkaesque pen gives a rare historical account of the conditions that led to the Syrian revolution in 2011 and should be regarded as mandatory reading for anyone trying to understand one of the most significant events of our lifetime.
It Happened Here
Writer: Efe Levent Artist: Alaa Alhassoun
Written by Efe Levent and Illustrated by Alaa Alhassoun, It Happened Here is an illustrated alternative history/dark fantasy story with strong allegoric references to the struggle against tyranny in the Middle Eastern Region. It is set in an alternate history universe in which an organisation called the Global Anthropological Society [GAS] dominates all discourse on social sciences. The book is structured as a 2006 archaeological report by GAS regarding a series of prophetic inscriptions discovered in Alacahöyük over the 20th Century. The mysterious inscriptions recount the transformations of a small village and its residents in the allegorical kingdom of Howling Shadows ruled by a despot simply known as The Mad King.
A Letter Home
Writer: Ayman Makarem Artist: Hisham Rifai
A Letter Home is a deeply personal medley of emotions about Beirut, loss, and dislocation. Ayman Makarem and Hisham Rifai walk a delicate line between yearning and indignation for the home they have left behind. The beauty of this illustrated short story is its bravery in tackling irreconcilable emotions without falling into rose-tinted nostalgia or crippling cynicism. The ease and harmony with which the words and pictures blend together is a testament to the outstanding creative chemistry between Makarem and Rifai.
Guide to Every City
Writer: Efe Levent Artist: Alaa Alhassoun
Guide to Every City is a guide for a fictional city inhabited by insects. The three different species of insect in Ever City: hopsters, sloggers, and buzzies live segregated lives in their isolated neighbourhoods. The book not only presents a commentary on social divisions within urban life it also satirises orientalism in contemporary travel writing. The fictional author of the guide -Steve McCracker- is a thoroughly unrelatable hipster who genuinely believes that the rest of the world did not exist until he "discovered" it for some overdesigned travel magazine. You will laugh you will cringe, in the words of Steve: you will "never be the same again."
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Original Edition
Guide to Every City was first published as a limited edition broadsheet newspaper in three languages: Arabic, English and Turkish. Thousand copies in total have been printed for the Orthopaedics exhibition held in Istanbul artist space poşe on 28th March 2019 with the contributions of Ona Göre design. If you wish to read a digital copy of the original artwork, for a 5$ pledge you can download it from our Patreon. You can also receive a paper copy for a pledge of 25$. A paper copy can also be purchased from Artefact’s website.
