save your selves explores ways we’ve chosen to heal
-and some of the reasons we’ve needed to-
through a collection of propositions, writings, and photographs

the book illustrates how we become ourselves as we choose 
which desires to express and acknowledge

when we integrate our complications and contradictions,
 there is no need to hide, 
no shame or judgment,
we are able to love and be loved fully

save your selves includes alchemical strategies, 
such as the healing potential of self-portraiture and mirror work, 
and demonstrates how making our selves more comfortable in our bodies
is healing for the earth and for all beings

recognizing Grace Jones’ masterful embodiment of elegant refusal as an essential tool for beings living in extractive systems, 
like White supremacy, patriarchy and late-stage capitalism, 
save your selves explores ways we can embody and embrace our selves, 
even while acting paradoxically

7.5x9.5” case bound 118pg book, case bound with sea foam linen.
Edition of 222. Each book comes with signed risograph print from the artist.


Artist bio:

soliana creates richly textured self-portraits, sculptures, films, paintings and collaborative group exercises to activate ancestral, futuristic patterns of freedom and to conjure Afro-presence

they learned how to paint on rocks and socks in the backyard as a child in Kingston, observing how colors go together, and the way air can smell and feel

a Black, Ethiopian, American, Queer, Non Conforming alien being, soliana is making home on earth

they would like the right to exist peacefully, but recognizes that their existence is inherently extractive

this is their first book