4.12.2025 — 28.1.2026

The 35th text of the Eurantie Window Publication is now out. It is written by ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS and designed by Katri Astala. The text is on view from 4 December to 28 January, 2026.

ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS is Chris Gylee and Aslan and they have been living their lives together and making art together for almost 16 years now. In 2023, they moved from Berlin and made a new home in Outokumpu in North Karelia. They tell stories about Queer lives and Queer futures in rurality through a science-fiction lens, often using the Queer constructed language Damia as an artistic tool.

Katri Astala is a graphic designer specialising in organizing, concepts and typography. The text is set to flow from one side of the window to the other.

The text is presented in the Damia script, tolpata. The typefaces used are Damiá Agate and Mana.
An English translation of the text can be found via the QR code in the window. This translation was done by ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS. Eurantie Window Publication is published by Multipöly Publishing and supported by Koneen Säätiö.