Viktor Heumann Books

"Created in 2017, the New Dictionary of Old Ideas is a network of independent organisations from Central and Eastern Europe that is led by MeetFactory (Czech Republic). It expanded in 2018 with the incorporation of Spain and Georgia. The platform began working on the idea of Central Europe, its political and geographical resignification throughout the centuries, and its relationship with the current resurgence of nationalisms, populisms and anti-immigration attitudes. The research, which is already under way, has now been enhanced by a residency exchange programme for curators and artists and a travelling exhibition that are taking place during 2019 and 2020."--CentroCento WWW site, viewed September 11, 2022

Twelve-year-old Caitlin lives alone with her mother-- a docker at the local container port-in subsidized housing next to an airport in Seattle. Each day, while she waits to be picked up after school, Caitlin visits the local aquarium to study the fish. Gazing at the creatures within the watery depths, Caitlin accesses a shimmering universe beyond her own. When she befriends an old man at the tanks one day, who seems as enamored of the fish as she, Caitlin cracks open a dark family secret and propels her once-blissful relationship with her mother toward a precipice of terrifying consequence. In crystalline, chiseled yet graceful prose, Aquarium takes us into the heart of a brave young girl whose longing for love and capacity for forgiveness transforms the damaged people around her.