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This event introduces new books by authors published under the curatorship of the independent publishing platform Book[e]lab, founded in 2020 by Olga Matveeva and Jenya Yahina. Working at the intersection of contemporary art and photobook design, Book[e]lab focuses on limited-edition artist’s books in which visual narrative and material form are conceived as a unified artistic statement.
The platform supports experimental approaches to the book as an artistic medium, exploring the relationship between image, structure, and tactility. Each project is developed with close
attention to the physical qualities of the book — its sequencing, materials, and printing processes — alowing the concept to unfold not only through images and texts but also through the object itself.
Through colaboration with artists, photographers, designers, as wel as paper manufacturers and printing technologists, Book[e]lab creates a space for dialogue between artistic vision and production expertise. This process foregrounds the book as a site of experimentation, where editorial thinking, design, and material choices become integral to the work.
The presentation brings together a selection of newly published artist’s books in which the concept is not only articulated but physicaly embodied in the book’s structure and design.
Each book functions as an autonomous work, where content and form are closely intertwined, expanding the possibilities of the photobook as both an artistic medium and a carefuly crafted
object.
Artists:
Alexey Belov. Consolation B. (2026)
Sveta Kaverina. The Garden of Earthly Delights (2025)
Natalia Ershova. [Im] Planting (2025)
Maya Nesterenko. Afrersun We`re Goung To The River (2025)
Anya Belka. A Book About Break Dance (2025)
Alexander Baranovsky. Vague Feeling (2026)
Katerina Kouzmitcheva. Sorry for the Lack of Contact (2025)
