Alliances are ambivalent, prone to deception and disappointment, characterized by double-dealing and unanswered questions. They are coalitions that make demands on those who enter into them.

Ugandan collective Nyege Nyege compiled a list of tracks that provide insights into their label catalogue as well as its greater network. What unites the selections are the collaborations – or alliances – various musicians entered into for longer or shorter periods of time.

In June Kunsthalle Bern announced South African curator and gallery director Kabelo Malatsie as its new director. Lucie Kolb spoke with Malatsie for V/A and asked her about her attitude towards and perspective on artistic and curatorial practice as well as working in and for institutions.

London-based producer Flora Yin-Wong put together a series of loosely connected poetic fragments and photos, inspired by the texts and images in her recent book Liturgy.