Woman artist from Southeast Europe

Literature Manual for Unlearning (collection) Woman artist from Southeast Europe   The first working day on an artist in residenceI am photographing some small Belgian townand its weird narrow housesTypical, similar, and identicalThe car stops on the street beside meFrom it comes out one bold guyObviously goes to a gym a lotin black short sleeve […]

Timetable

Literature Manual for Unlearning (collection) Timetable We tore down the wallsbut inside of usremind those invisible oneswhich look like curtainsso it could be easilypull on if you have to hideand look from the cornerthinking about possible answersand numerous questionswhile the whirls of the worldis rushing around usdidn’t ask us if we are goingto board into […]

The stitch on the head

Literature Manual for Unlearning (collection) The stitch on the head   Never try to go in one directionand to look in the anotherwhile running and carrying applesin your handsMaybe you are wearing glassesMaybe you will have a smaller injuryIt will be a lot of blood thereand your mother is very sensible about itso your grandma, […]

Southpaw

Literature Manual for Unlearning (collection) Southpaw   Everything is backward left and right, right and left Manually things right I never thought about to do that with left Like scissors for southpaws it‘s torture and a big problem I left my left hand only for writing Typing with both hands on keyboard Computer mice right […]

Russian doll/Matryoshka

Literature Manual for Unlearning (collection) Russian doll/Matryoshka I grew up in fourus three sisters and brotherOne Nonawho was ourpreschool teacher and grandmaShe taught us the lettersbut also the languageof mushrooms and plantsand how to survive in nature She hadn‘t a grandpashe was alonewhy grandpa wasn‘t aroundis a long and unimportantstory right nowShe could do everythingby […]

Refugees

Literature Manual for Unlearning (collection) Refugees RefugeesOne trainOne mistake Army barracksOne big roomfull of bedswithout privacyMy grandma, my mothermy sisters, my brotherand the canary in the cageThere are alsowomen and children Big shared bathroomwith a lot of showersRemembering theshampoo against licethat our mothertreat us withboth four of usOne libraryin whichmy grandma took meto borrow some booksbecause I […]

Primary school reprimands

Literature Manual for Unlearning (collection) Primary school reprimands   It was 90‘s the boys from the class were smoking weed in school toilets They got reprimands Some of them were carrying grasshopper knifes and knuckle-dusters They got reprimands The boys were frequently got into the fights with the boys from another school They got reprimands […]

Lisko

Lisko   She said I found something small, furry, and dark in the forest I didn‘t know what it was so I wanted to see are there any animals around which cub it could be but there was none so I took it That small dark puffy and carried it with me Veterinary said it […]

Jelena M.

Literature Manual for Unlearning (collection) Jelena M.   My friend divides languages into three parts Serbo-Croatian which is connected to her childhood and her refugee years finish for her immigrant experience, assimilation and now day life and English for Erasmus program and studies She said to me she wants to write a dairy but couldn‘t […]