- Event
Soлomiya No. 2 Launch in Kyiv
The Naked Room in Kyiv hosted the magazine’s home launch, a night warm with its community’s support.
About the Book
- by Maitreya Ravenstar
We were so grateful to celebrate the launch of soлomiya No. 2 in Kyiv on 29 March. Our co-found Helena Melikov took the 24-hour train to Kyiv from Berlin with soлomiya’s co-founder, the photographer Sebastian Wells. The event took place at The Naked Room, a gallery and bookstore aimed at showcasing underrepresented up-and-coming Ukrainian artists, where a crowd of friends and readers gathered to look through the magazine’s second volume. Even the Berlin-based designers were present on Zoom.
Soлomiya is an artist-made magazine that showcases the Ukrainian cultural scene amidst the grief and hope of war. To be able to celebrate it in community with one another was such a comfort, and the energy in the room was both uplifting and warm.
The team presents the new issue. The designers, Kollektiv Scrollan, have joined us from Berlin, © SHIFT BOOKS
The Naked Room, © SHIFT BOOKS
The Naked Room, © SHIFT BOOKS
Andrii Ushytskyi cuts the cake, © SHIFT BOOKS
Bookshelf at The Naked Room, © SHIFT BOOKS
Solomiya No. 2
18€
Editors: Ivanna Kozachenko, Andrii Ushytskyi, Vsevolod Kazarin and Sebastian Wells
Artists: Lesha Berezovskiy, Alevtina Kakhidze, Daniil Russov, Sasha Naselenko, Dima Tolkachov, Sebastian Wells, Vsevolod Kazarin, Emine Ziytadinova
Authors: Dmytro Chepurnyi, Ivanna Kozachenko, Max Tsukan, Yulia Manukian, Andrii Ushytskyi, Oleskandra Kalinichenko
Helena Melikov, Vsevolod Kazarin, Sebastian Wells, Ivanna Kozachenko, Andrii Ushytskyi (from the left), © SHIFT BOOKS
© SHIFT BOOKS
Maitreya Ravenstar is an intern at SHIFT BOOKS, senior at Skidmore College studying Multimedia Journalism
Maitreya has worked as a News Assistant for Skidmore College’s Office of Marketing and Communications since 2022. Her publication “but as the clouds descended on us, I could see you” was selected for Printed Matter‘s Decolonization, Resistance, and Interconnected Solidarity table and her articles have been published by the School Renewal Journal, IES Abroad, and Scope Magazine.
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