Katya Lesiv: I am going home to eat mulberries from the tree

I am going home to eat mulberries from the tree, published by IST Publishing, is rooted in sensory memory, myth, and female corporeality. The body becomes a moving vessel of remembrance, returning to the safety and pleasure of the childhood ritual of eating mulberries straight from the tree. Against the backdrop of an unpredictable and fragile world, the artist’s work unfolds as a soft yet resilient gesture of presence, remembering, and return.

The book brings together performative photographic series from 2023–2024 and a poetic essay by the author. The analogue images balance on the threshold of instruction, spell, and poem. The narrative moves through the triad milky / bloody / muddy, echoing the taste of mulberries and the layered language of motherhood, loss, and the life cycle.