Kovac(h)evska depicts the artist’s hand moving gently, bearing a small tattoo. It is her grandfather’s wartime prison tattoo – the initials of his name written in Serbian Cyrillic. The tiny mark on her skin conveys a powerful story – of sacrifice, family, the forging of a (national) identity, and loss.

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The work touches on one of the most sensitive topics in North Macedonia through language.

It uses colour-coded subtitles to make it accessible to anyone who needs visual information, is not a native speaker, or is d/Deaf or hard-of-hearing. This includes transcribing not only words, but also sounds. 

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Kovac(h)evska expands on the concept championed by disability activists such as Alice Wong, who maintain that there is much to learn from the wisdom that often accompanies disability. “But space needs to be made. Hands need to reach out.”