Pamoja Press

Pamoja Press is a publishing house that specializes in artistic books, exhibition catalogs of Polish artists, translations of critical thought, and original essays. Our mission is to provide space for voices that are often marginalized in public discourse, as social inequalities are reproduced both materially and discursively. Our publications are created in collaboration with artists, educators, and academics, and they accompany the activities carried out by the Razem Pamoja Foundation.

We publish the quarterly magazine "Empiria," dedicated to contemporary Polish art as well as social, cultural, and educational issues. Each edition features articles, interviews, and essays from artists, educators, and academics from around the world. From the beginning, we have addressed the topic of decolonization and have worked on collaborative initiatives in Kenya, Haiti, and Indonesia, offering insights into global inequalities and the connections between post-socialist Eastern Europe and the Global South. Recently, we have expanded our thematic focus to include an ecofeminist line, particularly exploring hydrofeminism, which examines the relationship between water, the environment, and gender equality.

Agata Pyzik, Dziewczyna i pistolet, Pamoja Press, 2022 © Agata Pyzik

In June 2018, the critic Agata Pyzik came there to write a classic guide to the exhibition. Instead, a monumental (over 300 pages), although small, book was created, divided into two parts. One is a dissertation on the topics discussed at the Fuerteventura exhibition: violence, racism, surveillance, eugenics in the context of the crises of recent years, where they manifest themselves with particular acuteness: refugee and climate, to which the COVID-19 epidemic added an epilogue. The second is a personal, autobiographical essay by Pyzik about her relationship with traveling and a therapeutic journey through travel and film memories. The book is accompanied by several dozen photos and collages by Pyzik, which were created in close cooperation with Marta Lissowska, an artist, graphic designer and author of the entire visual concept of the book.

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