kyklàda.press

kyklàda.press is a series of compact books initiated by artist David Bergé and grounded in the Aegean archipelago, the island group marked by Izmir, Athens, and Crete.

A publishing experiment in embodied, critical, and material forms of writing. kyklàda.press consists of a growing series of compact softcover books with a unified design featuring textual and visual essays.

The series tackles major societal issues through the prism of island communities around the world, tackled from the perspective of Cycladic islands in the Aegean Sea.

Five to six contributors from different practices craft each book together, relaying knowledge derived from lived experiences on islands.

kyklàda.press currently has 10 titles in catalogue, 3 more are expected in spring 2025.

ISLANDS AFTER TOURISM
Escaping the Monocultures of Leisure

ARCHITECTURES OF HEALING
Cure through Sleep, Touch, and Travel

THE ARCHITECT IS ABSENT
Approaching the Cycladic Holiday House

THE BEACH MACHINE
Making and Operating the Mediterranean Coastline

FREE LOVE PAID LOVE
Expressions of Affection in Mykonos

(FORCED) MOVEMENT
Across the Aegean Archipelago

URBAN LAMENT
Collective Expressions of Pain, Rage, and Affection

THE SLEEPING HERMAPHRODITE
Waking up from a Lethargic Confinement

BODIES OF EXTRACTION
Underneath the Ground of Islands

PUBLIC HEALTH IN CRISIS
Confined in the Aegean Archipelago