Our book is finally here! We launched ‘The Voice that Remains’ on 25th November 2023.

The publication weaves together many strands of PUBLICS programme such as our co-produced exhibitions, events, commissions, book publications, book launches and co-hosted symposiums into a publication over the last 4 years of PUBLICS.

The Voice that Remains, published as part of a four year long Open Up project, explores the keepsakes, the remnants, the traces of exhibitions no longer there, and interaction between people, their acoustic worlds and the sounds of the environment that the listener hears and imagines when no longer there. Here, the voice is explored as material remaining where the agencies of language, sound, silence, noise, music, field recording, as well as the agential qualities of listening, speaking, singing, dancing, and the performative voice as embodied practice.

Artworks in the book are represented via images, sketches or reproduced works and excerpts by the Artists Marja Ahti, David Blamey, Kathrin Böhm, Tony Cokes, DeForrest Brown Jr., Eilien & Lenoczka, Merike Estna, Laia Estruch, Annie Goh, Mindy Seu & Helen Kaplinsky, Liam Gillick, Gordon Hall, Jeanne van Heeswijk, James Hoff , Vlakta Horvat, Maryam Jafri, Agnė Jokšė, Mikko Kuorinki, Sandra Kosorotova, Chris Kraus, Tuukka Kaila, KMRU, Mona Marzouk, Dave McKenzie, Gareth Long, Elisabeth Molin, Marge Monko, Maarit Mustonen, Moe Mustafa/Atheer Soot, Lau Nau, OEI, Harold Offeh, Anni Puolakka & Marta Trektere, PUBLICS Youth, Sara Raza, Nick Thurston, Ian Whittlesea, Timo Vaittinen, and many many others. 

The book features six comissioned creative written pieces as well as sketches and original text artworks woven within the images and the flow of the book by Xenia Benivolski, Ayesha Hameed, Jo Hislop, Irina Mutt, Eloise Sweetman and Jason Hendrik Hansma.

A huge thank you to all the artists, curators, writers, parahosts, paraguests, visitors, listeners and readers who contribute to the making of PUBLICS.

The book is designed by Indrek Sirkel, published and internationally distributed by Lugemik Publishing house in Tallinn. You can read more HERE

Supported by Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, OPEN UP, NCP, Saastamoinen Foundation.

Complied and edited by Annabelle Antas, Micol Curatalo, Valentina Černiauskaitė and Paul O’Neill.
Copyediting and Proofing by Gerrie van Noord and Paul O’Neill
Published by PUBLICS & Lugemik

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170  × 230 mm
152 pp
Offset printing
In English
Graphic design: Indrek Sirkel
Paper: MB Pro Bright 265g, Munken Polar Rough 100g, Soporset Offset 100g
Typefaces: Open Aviscript by Ivar Sakk, Times New Roman
Printed by Tallinn Book Printers
Edition of 400
Published by Lugemik & PUBLICS
ISBN 978-9916-9817-6-4
2023