Verbum naturae

Mila Kotka with TAMAKA

Book Release and Workshop⎢ Sat. April. 11, 15 - 18 hr

einBuch.haus / Lindenstr. 91, 10969 Berlin 

Workshop "Bio-meditation" is Mila Kotka's original practice as a bio-artist, during which a symbolic canvas is created and disappears within a single day—“woven” from symbols, live flowers, and hidden thoughts. This artwork is created by workshop participants and, at the end, dissolved by them. The workshop begins at 15:30 and no registration needed.

Verbum naturae by artist Mila Kotka presents a unique visual language she calls bio-hieroglyphs, created from natural elements like leaves, stones, and plants during her travels around the world. Having no fixed meanings, they focus on personal feelings and inner echoes.

Mila Kotka is an artist, cultural activist, and producer specializing in Brazilian culture research. A representative of bio-art, she is the creator of her unique artistic method and style, “bio-hieroglyphs” — ephemeral compositions made from endemic natural elements of specific biomes, arranged into abstract symbolic structures.

These images emerge a moment before being dismantled and returned to nature. Then they enter the digital transformation, continuing their existence as ghostly memories of the places they once appeared in.

“I create bio-hieroglyphs in the 'wild studio'—the natural environments of the most beautiful and untamed places in the world. I use small elements of endemic flora and biodiversity to convey nature's secrets through hybrid media”, — the artist says.

The artist combines several art forms: ephemeral installations, their digital versions, as well as physical artworks. She creates a hybrid image where different media merge, making it hard to discern whether it's living plants, a drawing, a photograph, or even generative art altogether.

This art practice turns natural compositions into a deep and personal language that nature speaks to us.

The book’s editor and designer Alexey Murashko, captured the essence of diversity, spontaneity, and inevitable erosion, and conveyed it throughout the book, together with an unexpectedly interactive cryptic map of the artist’s travels. 

Mila Kotka, Festival Minsk x Minga, Munich, 2025 (Photo: Pasha Kritchko)

TAMAKA
TAMAKA is a publishing house founded in 2025 in Berlin with a focus on visual arts, photography, design, and architecture. For most of our authors, it’s their first published book.

Támaka in Belarusian means somewhere, not here. We are a publisher of the new format — our team, artists, and other contributing members are located in different countries. We are united by our passion for contemporary art and our commitment to promoting exceptional but underrepresented authors with Belarusian background.