Jelena Glazova - Sóvárgás verseskötet

Sóvárgás is a poetry collection by Latvian poet, sound and visual artist Jelena Glazova, born in 1979 and based in Riga. Her work is drawn to the interdisciplinary and intermedia territories of contemporary art, and this book combines texts, images and experimental sounds into a distinctive cyber world populated by clones and gynoids. It raises unusual questions, such as whether we might carry an implanted Orthodox forgiveness chip after reading Dostoevsky too early, or find ourselves after death in a separate hell reserved for artists, floating in Monet's pond.

Human history unfolds on a Möbius strip, with the place of art within it at the centre of the collection. The result is a blend of verse, image and sonic experiment that resists a single, simple reading.

The original edition appeared in Latvia in 2019. This 2021 edition from Prae Publishing has 70 pages, is perfect-bound, and was translated by Orsolya Kis.