Intimacy and the Machine: Godposting – or: New Internet Esotericism ColumnIntimacy and the Machine: Godposting – or: New Internet EsotericismDid the internet find God? In her second column for V/A, the American cultural critic Biz Sherbert went in search of new forms propelled by Catholic or religious iconography and practice…
On Disappearing Editors’ NoteOn DisappearingWhen do people decide that they want to be seen and get involved in an issue? At what point and for which cause do they raise their standards? And how do they tell when the time has come to retreat? For our current thematic focal point, we asked different people to make contributions about various facets of disappearing.
Auditions: Field Recordings as Otherly Zones of Entanglement CompiledAuditions: Field Recordings as Otherly Zones of EntanglementLawrence English casts an ear towards some historical and contemporary field recording works that open up our capacities to sense and absorb the world around us.
On Coexistence: Unboxing Jenna Sutela’s “Protoplasmic Flow” ReviewOn Coexistence: Unboxing Jenna Sutela’s “Protoplasmic Flow”German author and publicist Sascha Ehlert reviews/performs Jenna Sutela’s work “Protoplasmic Flow.” A (self-)experiment.
Notes on Trataka EssayNotes on TratakaReferring to a childhood recollection of reading Roald Dahl, British artist Ian Whittlesea suggests in this essay that through trataka, a yogic method of meditation, each moment of entropy, or artistic failure can be stilled, studied, and revered.
10 Tracks and Alliances Listicle10 Tracks and AlliancesUgandan 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.
Finding Ways Out: In Conversation with Kabelo Malatsie InterviewFinding Ways Out: In Conversation with Kabelo MalatsieIn 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.
Flora Yin-Wong: Mnemonics Snap ShotFlora Yin-Wong: MnemonicsLondon-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.
Editors’ Note: On Alliance Editors’ NoteEditors’ Note: On AllianceAlliances 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.
