Marilena Hewitt

Marilena(they/them) is a queer designer, artist, award winning small-press publisher, writer and occasional film maker living and working on unceded Jagera and Turrbal land. Their publication, PLATYPUS,  publishes artist books of environmental urgency with curiosity and levity. The latest book 00-01 Water is the first issue in the Platypus Essentials series. There are two sides: [Thirsty], a field guide seeking a queer utopia amongst the colonial, watery spaces of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), and [Swallow], a platform for wet critical discussion, art, and literature. It features contributions from Jordan Azcune, Nat Briggs, Lionel Fogarty, Loki Groves, Tay Haggarty, Dylin Hardcastle, Yaseera Moosa, Eva Philips, Sarah Poulgrain, Mandy Quandrio, Running Water Community Press, Anna Ren, and Kata Szasz.