Contents - Various Artists

Krista Papista: Ceremonious Rebellion

Interview

Krista Papista: Ceremonious Rebellion

Cypriot artist Krista Papista in a conversation with writer Jazmina Figueroa about her latest album Fucklore.

JJJJJerome Ellis—A Gift Carried with Integrity

Interview

JJJJJerome Ellis—A Gift Carried with Integrity

Multi-instrumentalist composer, producer, researcher, and author JJJJJerome Ellis in conversation with music journalist Christine Kakaire on how he made a disability his ally.

Nyege Nyege: 10 Tracks and Alliances

Listicle

Nyege Nyege: 10 Tracks and Alliances

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.

Finding Ways Out: In Conversation with Kabelo Malatsie

Interview

Finding Ways Out: In Conversation with Kabelo Malatsie

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.

Flora Yin-Wong: Mnemonics

Snap Shot

Flora Yin-Wong: Mnemonics

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.

On Alliance

Editors’ Note

On Alliance

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.

Frank B. Wilderson III: Afropessimism

Interview

Frank B. Wilderson III: Afropessimism

On Afropessimism and the chances of coalitions and alliances across race lines.

Max-Philip Aschenbrenner: Practices of (Con)Solitude

The Run-Up

Max-Philip Aschenbrenner: Practices of (Con)Solitude

Recent developments seem to bring artistic and activist practices closer together – at times even refusing to acknowledge any difference between the two. We asked the German dramaturge and performer Max-Philip Aschenbrenner what ambivalences a socially engaged art might produce.

Cross-Pollinating Environments: An Interview with Alexandra Pirici

Interview

Cross-Pollinating Environments: An Interview with Alexandra Pirici

The practice of the Romanian performer, choreographer, and artist Alexandra Pirici deals with interconnections and association on different levels. For V/A, Edith Arnold spoke to Pirici about her quest for new forms of experiencing, knowing and becoming.