TRANSLATIONS 19,546

Ongoing work, 2023–present

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TRANSLATIONS 19,546 is a durational archival body of work responding to the ongoing disappearance and displacement of Ukrainian children. The project unfolds across book, image, sound, and performance, resisting completion while insisting on record.

Conceived as a performative practice, the work understands the book not as a container but as an active site where meaning emerges through material encounter. Translation is used here not as conversion, but as a method for holding what cannot be fully known or resolved.

Manifestations

This work manifests as:
– Limited-edition artist books
– Archival page works and palimpsests
– Sound compositions and installations
– Performative readings and lectures
– Site-responsive installations

These manifestations continue to evolve and expand.

Institutional Presence & Stewardship

Elements of this work are held in public and institutional collections internationally.

Source materials, testimonies, and images are used with permission and attribution, with particular acknowledgment to the Children of War State Portal for Missing and Displaced Children.

Publications / Editions

Selected editions:
– TRANSLATIONS 19,546, Vol. I — limited-edition artist book, 2026
– TRANSLATIONS 19,546, Vol. II — limited-edition artist book, 2027