The Numbers Game / Ruso Margishvili

“The Numbers Game” Zine features text and illustrations by Ruso Margishvili, an architectural designer and illustrator from Tbilisi, Georgia who also is a co-founder of MoonLab 42. The zine is autobiographical and explores the topic of female fertility. From the artist:

“I started documenting my IVF process in January 2023 as I began injecting myself with various hormones to stimulate my body to produce eggs. These drawings were meant more as diary entries, but the further I went into the infertility treatment process, more unexpected doors it opened in the private lives of people around me. More and more friends shared stories of their own struggles and treatments, failed or successful, so I decided to make the drawings public. I fell through the rabbit hole of a very long and complex history of female fertility and the power of its social weight, the lack of general education and poorly funded scientific research. Although the zine is only beginning to scratch the surface of the topic, I wanted to share my story to help normalize the discussion.”