Benjamin Kidder Hodges employs fungus and mould to explore memory, decay, and the ability to thrive in extreme conditions and climates
Exit Time: An Essay in Two Parts
Karno Dasgupta argues against reparative historiographies, and ruminates on “the look of love” through Sim Chi Yin’s photography
The Masterpiece is the Archive
Sezin Romi evaluates the role of archives in art historiographies, ways of disrupting established narratives, and the significance of user engagement in expanding knowledge
After the Revolutions: Inheriting Tragedy
Samer Frangie examines an impasse following the Arab revolutions, the out-of-jointness of time, and the concept of “afterness”
Daryl Li explores tabletop and video games through an experimental text on resistance, agency, catastrophe, and finding some semblance of human connection
If they were fragments, make each piece sharp
Clementine Hei-man Cheung shares fragments on negotiating illness and relapse, via recollections from Greece, Scotland, Hong Kong, and from within
cherub face in whiskey crate
Lucienne Bestall traces an object’s transmutation from historical detritus to contemporary artwork, reflecting on preservation and destruction as twinned impulses
Central Incisor
Jocelin Kee explores the relationships that surround a place, and what it means to care for objects
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