Solomiya N°6: State of the Nation

Holding this compact volume offers a powerful physical encounter with contemporary independent media; published by the Solomiya Collective in a refined 13.8 × 21.6 cm reader format across 140 pages, its unpretentious layout gives primacy to urgency, critical texts, and raw visual storytelling. We curated Issue N°6 for the dashpress shelves because Solomiya stands as one of the most vital, compromise-free independent cultural publications emerging today—amplifying voices that challenge dominant national, imperial, and colonial narratives.

In this edition, the publication brings together a diverse international group of artists, researchers, and writers—including Vsevolod Kazarin, Sebastian Wells, Asia Pavlenko, Olha Marusyn, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, and Beatrice Moumdjian. Together, they examine national sentiments, decoloniality within the global art world, counter-mapping, and the doubts and shifts surrounding modern migration. A profoundly moving cultural archive, Solomiya N°6 is an essential acquisition for art historians, political archivists, and readers dedicated to independent, socially engaged print culture.