Four Accidents is a self-published artist’s book exploring how language, memory, and institutional routines shape the experience of growing up between cultures. It brings my themes of belonging, communication, and cultural displacement to life. As a child new to Germany, I wrote fictional accident reports in language support classes. These emotionless texts contrasted sharply with my feelings, teaching me how to navigate a foreign system. The book pairs these reports with oversized illustrations from my old Portuguese reading books, creating a tension between cultural identity and bureaucratic control.

Printed by hand in risograph and hand-bound, the project was also shown in a mini-exhibition where the visual language was extended to screen-printed T-shirts, tote bags, and notebooks, carrying these memories into new contexts. Four Accidents was developed in cooperation with the Research Centre for Artists Publications at the Weserburg Museum of Modern Art in Bremen.