We’re very happy to welcome Saskia Holmkvist and publisher Mount Analogue to the shop for the launch of Holmkvist’s latest book!    This monograph (Published by Mount Analogue and Slimvolume 2025) centre on Saskia Holmkvist’s recent film Margaret (Back Translation), which weaves together staged scenes, documentary elements and archival footage, exploring the recent history of Belfast through a series of tonally diverse passages, by turns comic, elegiac and speculative. It involves a dialogue that speaks back to the evanescent nature of a past performance, acting as a filter through which to create new memories. The book operates in a similar way by expanding the film’s idiosyncratic journey beyond the screen, bringing together a constellation of perspectives – artistic, theoretical, and political – that deepen the conversation around translation, memory, and historical mediation. It includes texts by Alice Butler, Suzanna Chan, Sara Eliassen, Sue-Ann Harding, Temi Odumosu, Manuel Pelmuş, Saskia Holmkvist, and Jan Verwoert, to create a rich and layered context around the original work.   Saskia Holmkvist will be joined in conversation by Jan Verwoert and Jonas Williamsson. The talk will be introduced by the publishers Tris and Diana Vonna-Michell and moderated by the books editor, Corina Oprea.   Saskia Holmkvist (1971) is an artist based in Stockholm. She is also a teacher and, since 2014, professor in fine art at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. For over two decades Holmkvist has worked using video, performance, and text alongside new approaches to relational work and oral archives that encompass critical listening, speculation and performative translation. She has a particular focus on contemporary history, translation processes, and ethics.    Holmkvist´s practice is concerned with the limits of translation, exploring how new interactions can reshape relations and historical trajectories. Her work combines aspects of ethnography and theatre to create films and performances that relate through past artworks, language, and political movements.   The talk will begin shortly after 18:00. Seats are limited so be on time if you need one. Looking forward to seeing you then!