Book Launch

Agata Madejska — Mistakes Were Made

ACRE Studios

Mar. 16th – 12am, 2024

Visit us for the book launch of Agata Madejska at ACRE Studios Berlin this Saturday, 4 pm

Agata Madejska will be in conversation with Eva Wilson around 5 pm, followed by readings

Mistakes Were Made develops Agata Madejska’s ongoing interest into the fissures of institutional power by looking closer at the linguistic structures of contemporary politics. The collection of poems at the core of Mistakes Were Made are deconstructed speeches made by Western leaders between 2016 and 2022 — pronouncements which mark the beginning or the end of a political reign. Transformed into jittering, self-affirming monologues, here, the political content of these public announcements has been removed. Debased of rhetorical action, Madejska’s editing exposes the patterns of persuasion that colour the play of contemporary political practice.

For the launch event, Agata will be in conversation with Eva Wilson who is a writer and editor based in London. She co-edited Margaret Raspé—Automatik (Haus am Waldsee, Berlin 2023), and co-authored issue #7 of the series “ ”: Abbas Zahedi in conversation with Eva Wilson (Rome, 2023).

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