Isolarii

Isolarii, stylized as isolarii, is an avant-garde media company founded by Sebastian Clark and India Ennenga. Launched in September 2020, the company is known for its political activity and its unique palm-sized book format. [1]

Isolarii
StatusActive
Founded2020
FoundersSebastian Clark, India Ennenga
DistributionWorldwide
Official websitehttps://isolarii.com/

History

Sebastian Clark, one of the co-founders of Isolarii, has cited his experiences in a smartphone factory as influential in shaping the platform.[2]

In November 2020, Isolarii garnered attention with the publication of F Letter: New Russian Feminist Poetry, which emerged as a symbol for anti-government protests in Russia.[3]

In 2021, Isolarii released Street Cop, a collaborative work by Robert Coover and Art Spiegelman. The release received acclaim from NPR and was described by The New York Times as a "palm-sized lark." [4]

In 2022, "The War Diary of Yevgenia Belorusets" marked Isolarii's debut in digital reportage. Co-published with Der Spiegel, it was translated daily into various languages and was endorsed by author Margaret Atwood. It was adapted into a podcast episode for This American Life[5] and, on March 3, 2023, was cited by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz when announcing changes to Germany's military support for Ukraine. It was later published in print as part of the volume In The Face of War. As an afterword, photographer Nan Goldin officiated a marriage between artists Nikita Kadan and Anti Gonna at the Venice Biennale. [6]

Critical response

Dominick Ammirati wrote in Artforum that “the press has succeeded at imbuing the book form with the psychophysical qualities of a mala, a rosary, kombolói, a smartphone—objects that you pick up and feel almost anxious letting go of.”[1]

Isolarii has been compared to Hanuman Books[7] and described by Hans Ulrich Obrist as an “ingenious book club.”[8]

In 2023, Isolarii faced criticism from former Fox News correspondent Tucker Carlson.[8]

Bibliography

References
  1. Ammirati, Domenick. "Domenick Ammirati on Isolarii". www.artforum.com.
  2. "isolarii". do you read me?!. 2023.
  3. "Russian protest poetry and the rise of Galina Rymbu".
  4. Park, Ed (October 8, 2021). "How Comics Responded to Our Locked-Down, Anxious Covid Lives". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  5. "The Other Front Lines". This American Life. April 22, 2022.
  6. "Regierungserklärung von Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz". Die Bundesregierung informiert | Startseite (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  7. Brazil, David (February 10, 2022). "Édouard Glissant Sought to Undermine the European Ideological Underpinnings of Colonization". Hyperallergic.
  8. "Kunstnotizen von Hans Ulrich Obrist – Der geniale Buchclub". Berner Zeitung. 26 November 2020.
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