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Fresh off the print: the publication on the work of Marie Kølbæk Iversen, our first artist in residence at Podere Trafonti (2022). It was a labour of love carefully conceived by Marie in collaboration with Yann Chateigné Tytelman (www.yct.solar), who also contributed their insightful texts, along with those by Adam Khalil and Isabella Rjelle; skilfully designed by Julien Tavelli of Maximage and beautifully printed in Italy by Grafiche Veneziane, Venice.

"Histories of Predation" is published and distributed by Mousse Publishing, Milan. Our special thanks to the publishing editor, Iliaria Bombelli, for her guidance and collaboration.

Most of all, congratulations to my husband, Bernard Vischer, for realizing his dream: a residency for artists at Trafonti, a community of art loves and connaisseurs who have gathered around and enthusiastically support the venture, and, finally, the first book relating the work of our first artist in residence.

"Histories of Predation" is a book about active mythic thinking and scientific storytelling; about fright, trauma and potential for transformation. It focuses on Marie Kølbæk Iversen’s most recent projects and traces her critical re-imagining of subjectivity and cultural history, from the works "Mirror Therapy" (2015–2016) and "Io/I" (2015–2019) to "Histories of Predation" (2022–) and the performance series "Donnimaar" (2017–). Investigating the homogenising narrative of the Danish nation state and the ensuing forced forgetting of divergent identities, the book offers a deep-time view on processes of nation-building by probing the geopolitical ‘mythologics’ they hinge on.

Translations and Proofreading (you were all fantastic!)
Peter Lenny, Gioia Guerzoni, Claudio Cambon, Bennett Bazalgette-Staples

Image Credits
All artworks, process images and stills are courtesy of © Marie Kølbæk Iversen Mirror Therapy, Fotografisk Center, 2015, photo © Marie Kølbæk Iversen Mirror Therapy, Gwangju Biennial, 2016, photo © Doyun Kim Autumn Equinox Celebration, PS/Y + LUX London, photo © Christa Holka Io/I, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2018, photo © Frida Gregersen Io/I, Kai Art Centre and Tallinn Photomonth Biennial, 2019, photo © Hedi Jaansoo Donnimaar, Rønnebæksholm, 2021, photo © Christian Brems Donnimaar, photo © Martin Bubandt O Tilli, Ebeltoft Kunsthal, 2022, photo © Kasper Palsnov Donnimaar, O – Overgaden, 2022, photo © Christian Brems Histories of Predation, O – Overgaden, 2022, photo © Laura Stamer