KIRVARPA publishing house
- Published on Tuesday, 23 November 2021 17:04
| The Kirvarpa publishing house is part of the Neringa Forest Architecture project initiated at NAC by architect and artist duo Jurga Daubaraitė and Jonas Žukauskas, and Egija Inzule, the director of NAC.
Books published by Kirvarpa:
The Forest and the Little One
Written by Monika Kalinauskaitė, illustrated by Kornelija Žalpytė.
The book is an invitation to enjoy the complex world of the forest and its simple joys. It is meant for every child and adult looking for a walking companion and adventure in nature.
Monika Kalinauskaitė is a writer and curator based in Vilnius. She is the author of several publications, including Mirror Mirror (The Baltic Notebooks of Anthony Blunt). Monika’s work has also been featured in literary magazines (Fireflies, PaperWork, The Happy Hypocrite 10: Tolstoevsky et al.), exhibitions and catalogues (most recently – the Sun & Sea: Marina vinyl-catalogue for the Lithuanian National Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale and Emilija Škarnulytė’s project Manifold at the 22nd International Triennale di Milano) and Lithuanian and international art media. As a curator, Monika worked with the JCDecaux Award exhibition series at Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius in 2018–2019, as well as independent projects by emerging artists. She is currently working at Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts.
The Secret Book of Lichens
Written by Kristupas Sabolius, illustrated by Aistė Ambrazevičiūtė.
The book is a walk through the mind and imagination of lichens spread across the forest. The short stories tell of lichen love, their mathematics, values and other important things. These compound creatures are never alone and know great ways to make friends. Perhaps that's why, when looking at lichens, people understood what symbiosis is - knowing how to live together. Composed of allied fungus and algae, these creatures have special powers - for example, they can easily survive in space and melt rocks. And this one, particularly special lichen, Graphis scripta, was even called the script of the forest.
Dr. Kristupas Sabolius, based in Vilnius, is a writer and an associate professor of philosophy at Vilnius University. He published ‘Furious Sleep. Imagination and Phenomenology’, a study which signalizes the contradictory function of imagination, appearing in all the major theories of Western thought, followed by ‘The Imaginary’, a book on imagination, technology, virtuality, cinema and art. He teaches courses on contemporary philosophy of art and theories of imagination, co-curated a few shows (at CAC, Vilnius, and Arte Boccanera Contemporanea, Trento, Italy). Sabolius wrote a novel “Bad Book”, a few theatre plays, initiated several cultural projects and hosted a TV show on Lithuanian and European Theatre, as well as co-wrote the script for “The Gambler”. The children's books are designed by Goda Budvytytė and printed in separate editions in two languages - Lithuanian and English. Lithuanian language editing and translation into English was done by Alexandra Bondarev, English editing by Gemma Lloyd. Edited by Rado Ištok, designed by Gailė Pranckūnaitė, with essays by Rado Ištok, Valentinas Klimašauskas, Huw Lemmey, Borbála Soós.
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 Kirvarpa publishing house books. Photo by Valentina Butumović.
 Forest and the Little One. Photo by Valentina Butumović.
 Forest and the Little One. Photo by Valentina Butumović.
 The Secret Book of Lichens. Photo by Valentina Butumović.
 The Secret Book of Lichens. Photo by Valentina Butumović.
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