We are raising funds to reprint two artist books shaped by war, dreams, and resistance. Both books were published in 2024 in limited editions, and quickly found their way into exhibitions, libraries, and readers’ hands across Europe. This campaign is also a pre-order — by supporting it, you secure your own copy of one or both books in their second print.

📖 How to Make Rockets Disappear

A speculative space trip through humanity’s relationship with the universe and rockets. Based on a project by Darja Lukjanenko, this book explores the role of rockets in shaping both colonial and postcolonial imaginaries. Themes of [anti]cosmism, decolonialism, and non-human agency are woven together with visual and written contributions from Yuliia Elyas, Bohdana Zayats, and Kateryna Ruzhyna. The book got a Special Jury Honor for Poetry in a Design Form at the Best Book Design Competition at the International Book Arsenal Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Co-publishers: Fundacja Ziemniaki i & Ksi Prostir

Design, Printing and Production: Okazjonalne Wydawnictwo Stopka

Editors: Nadiia Koval, Iva Naidenko

Illustrations: Polina Bakanova

📖 I Dream of the Absinthium Field

A republished edition of the book of the same name by Kateryna Rudenko documenting the harrowing story of one woman’s escape from the full-scale Russian invasion, interspersed with Ukrainian folk songs. This new edition features an expanded essay by Kateryna on dreaming, time, and landscapes, a text and artworks by Iryna Zamuruieva, and an eerie folkloric tale by Dalia Zhdanovskyy.

Publisher: Fundacja Ziemniaki i

Design, Printing and Production: Okazjonalne Wydawnictwo Stopka

Editor: Josh Plough

The previous printings of both books were produced within the framework of the project Under the Lying Stone, Water Does Not Flow, funded by the IZOLYATSIA foundation, Trans Europe Halles, and Malý Berlín, and co-financed by the ZMINA: Rebuilding program, created with the support of the European Union under a dedicated call for proposals to support Ukrainian displaced people and the Ukrainian Cultural and Creative Sectors.