Who is considered to be an ‘immigrant’ in the United States today? How do we, as immigrants, manage to thrive as individuals and sustain our communities? How do our experiences as ‘foreign’ citizens vary and overlap? How can a nuanced understanding of immigrant identities and experiences inform our understanding of and contribute to the dismantling of white supremacy?

Sentiments: Expressions of Cultural Passage is a compilation of conversations, workshops, artist projects, and writings exploring cultural passage, immigrant identity, and notions of sanctuary. It is a compilation of the sensitivities, hacks, gestures, and actions that we, as immigrants, have used to nourish and preserve ourselves, our families, and our communities. Sentiments provides a first-person documentation of the various intersections of immigrant identities and the multiple and complicated facets of immigrant experiences. This series explores how the lived experiences of those who are called immigrants in the United States can inform our understanding of how white supremacy has constructed society—and how we can dismantle it.

Sentiments features the voices of Andrea Arrubla, Ladin Awad, Harris Bauer, Mina Cheon, Lizania Cruz, Filimon Fishaye, Salam Gebremichael, Kearra Amaya Gopee, Bomin Jeon, Rami Karim, Joseph Lee, Mei Lum, Adriana Yvette Monsalve, AbdulAzeem Omotosho, Rosemary Reyes, Dafna Rehavia, Sheida Soleimani, Luwam Teweldebirhan, Bilphena Yahwon, Kuemeran Yun, Lu Zhang, Umico, and many others who participated in producing a collaborative manifesto on sanctuary. Sentiments is edited by Kimi Hanauer, and mobilized by Valentina Cabezas, Bomin Jeon, Kimi Hanauer, and Bilphena Yahwon.

Public Programs & Book Launches: Press Press is proud to launch Sentiments with a series of public programs in Fall 2018, taking place at Pioneer Works (NY) as part of Press Play, at Press Press’s Storefront Studio (MD), at MoMA PS1 (NY) as part of Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair.

August 4th, Press Play at Pioneer Works, New York City, NY | Open Studio: 11am - 5pm | Collaborative Processes in Publishing Workshop: 4pm - 5:30pm | Sanctuary Manifesto Declarations & Readings: 7pm

Press Press will occupy Pioneer Works’ second floor classroom and publication studio, where visitors will be invited to contribute to an expanded manifesto on sanctuary, participate in a workshop, Publishing as Sanctuary: A Conversation with Independent Publishers, featuring Adriana Monsalve (Homie House Press), Devin N. Morris (Three Dot Zine & Brown Paper Zine Fair), Jessica Lynne (Arts.Black), Lizania Cruz (We The News), (Yellow Jackets Collective), Bomin Jeon (Press Press), Valentina Cabezas (Press Press), and moderated by Kimi Hanauer (Press Press). Visitors will also experience a series of readings on sanctuary by publication contributors, including Rami Karim, Bilphena Yahwon, Andrea Arrubla, Harris Bauer, Mei Lum, Rosemary Reyes, and others. This program is part of Press Play, Pioneer Works’ music and art book festival and marks the launch of the digital version of Sentiments (www.sentiments.info). Books will be available for pre-order.

August 10th, Press Press, 427 North Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD | BBQ: 4pm - 10pm | Readings: 6pm

Press Press will host a BBQ and series of readings on Sanctuary featuring Rami Karim, Harris Bauer, Malcolm Peacock, and others. Books will be available for purchase.

September 20-24, Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1, New York City, NY | Fair & Exhibition: September 21-24 | Panel: TBA

Press Press will host an interactive exhibition of artworks produced by Sentiments contributors and display The Manifesto for Sanctuary-Building and Sanctuary-Keeping as a series of large-scale banners in the courtyard and outdoor project space of MoMA PS1. Visitors will be able to contribute to the expanded manifesto on sanctuary, experience daily manifesto declarations in the project space, and attend The Making of Sentiments, a conversation featuring Press Press organizers Kimi Hanauer, Bomin Jeon, Valentina Cabezas, and Bilphena Yahwon, as part of the Contemporary Artist Books Conference.