I invite you to reflect together on distance and closeness in autofiction: What happens when we write about ourselves — about our own experience, memory, trauma, and the people close to us? Where does the boundary lie between necessary distance and intimacy? And what does it mean to remain close to the material, or to certain subjects, without losing perspective?

Vera Martynov is an artist and director working at the intersection of theatre and visual art. She is the author of 41,515 Words, published by Zeitkind Verlag in 2026, which will be presented at the Bebelplatz Berlin stand.