FISSILE MATERIAL is the physical cumulation of a long-term research project undertaken by Gervaise Alexis Savvias; a reflective tidbit of an ongoing, interpersonal archival exploration. Through a symbiosis of parapoetics, prose and research, the publication is a sensitive relation to and exploration of (self) archiving, informed by the author’s own interaction with their locality’s recollection of 1974; genealogy, and theory. And as always: poetry is political.

The evening will be comprised of a series of short readings from the publication by Gervaise, followed by an open discussion (in English) alongside curator and interdiscipinary artist, Irini Khenkin. The evening will conclude with a performative activation alongside Ichomagnetic Thoughts (Antonia Kattou, Stelios Antoniou). Through this activation, we conjure spirits; animate poetic reflections on the concept-matter of the archive, and by that metric, add meaning in tongue; in the present.