Critical Fictions. Hannah Godfrey. ARP Books

Posted in queer, writing on July 19th, 2023
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In her bold departure from conventional art criticism, Hannah Godfrey looks to the work of five contemporary queer visual artists, with attention to, and affection for, the wit, subversion, and many complexities of each of their practices. Shifting through written forms as experiential coves, Critical Fictions is a collection of inventive responses that are delicately linked, and devoted to their subjects.

Alongside the five artists—Derek Dunlop, Kristin Nelson, Hagere Selam shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot, Andrea Oliver Roberts, and Logan MacDonald—Godfrey shares a keen interest in intricacies of queer power, the body, and abstraction. Her varied approach to criticism embraces stories, poetry, essays, and other textual formations as means of wayfaring through the work of art. In these pages the reader will find not only celebrations of the depth, beauty, and acuity of the artworks discussed, but explorations of the imaginative thoroughfares they open up.

“It’s with a unique, caring voice that Godfrey speaks about, to, and with the artists in this collection. Even if the reader is familiar with an artist’s practice, the writing, in both its abstract and critical forms, offers the time and space so desperately needed to cover the complicated and intimate relationship of a critic engaging with artwork. Critical Fictions is a special, caring, and necessary book where art criticism is written, challenged, turned on its head and back again, interlacing the varying concepts of the featured artists’ practices like thread in a loom. Only when the reader reaches the end does it become apparent the threads have become a tapestry—a rare and beautiful process that will stay with you into the real world.” —Lauren Lavery, Editor of Peripheral Review

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IWAKAN Volume 06 – The Masculinity Issue. Andromeda, Jeremy Benkemoun, Lana Kageyama, Yuri Abo (Eds.). Creative Studio REING

Posted in Gender, graphic design, Japan, magazines, photography, Uncategorized, writing on July 18th, 2023
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IWAKAN Volume 06: 

Masculinity — or perhaps our mistaken understanding of it — as an ideology has entrenched itself so deeply into every system that runs our society. These unequivocally male-dominated systems stare at us on a daily basis, represented by the patriarchy and misogyny we witness regularly in acts like men buying women drinks at the dinner table; reaffirming their unwavering presence and unforgiving rules. While some may find it easy to accept the system, others struggle to comply. We are those people who struggle. Those people who are tired of these outdated norms for masculinity, who are tired of it being understood solely through the lens of violence and dominance, and who are tired of the emptiness that comes from humans constantly being reduced to caricatures of themselves and forced to participate in this ludicrous system called patriarchy. Masculinity does not belong solely to those who have a penis, it is something that should be accessible to all. That is why, we want to find a new understanding of it, one that is fresh, revitalized, rich, inclusive, and diverse. It is time that masculinity changes, it is time that masculinity is liberated.

Features

The Masculinity Issue 06 違和感瞬間 男 14 Producing Sex: Images of Masculinity in the Gay Porn Industry/François Sagat 24 A Space for Men’s Confessions 32 Exploring Gender: What Can Masculinity Contribute to Being Non-binary?/Amity Miyabi 36 An Unwavering Heart Reaching for the Light/Sennosuke Kataoka 48 Imagining New Masculinities Through Music: an Interview with NoSo, Ichi Takashi, and Aisho Nakajima 52 PEOPLE VOICE OPINION Let the people speak! 60 The Unspoken Tenderness/Nelson Hor 66 Our Career Choices: A Message For the Future From a Parenting Adviser and an Obstetrician-Gynaecologist/Keito Kawanishi, Singh Ikebukuro 74 STUDY OUR ISSUE: Is “Masculinity” a Good Enough Excuse for Violence?/Noriko Yamaguchi 78 Pity for Men: the Agonies and Contradictions of Unpopular Boys./Kai Nishii 90 The Glass House of Adonis/Andromeda 92 Exploring The House of Gay Art: The Captivating Photographs of Junichi Enya/Mika Kobayashi 96 Is Coffee Masculine? A Conversation About Coffee and Masculinity/Keita Nakamura, Yuki Shibata, Mako 108 Redefining “Realness”: Exploring the Implications and Possibilities of “Male Genital” Prosthetics/Prosthesisman.Stp.Japan 112 Disobedience, Deconstruction, and Desire: Re-Defining Bodies Through Clothing and Art/Bárbara Sánchez-Kane 122 Decoding Performance and the Body Through the Works of Kento Terada and Sota Kodera/Mika Kobayashi 128 The Exquisite Corpse of Likeness/Yuki Kasaï-Paré 137 Recognising ‘Domination’: The Beginning of Resistance/Hanae Takahashi 138 Vol.4 IWAKAN OPEN ART CONTEST 141 Radically Moderate/Nonoka Sasaki 142 A Diary of Secret Dialogues/Mitsu Tachibana 144 My Incomplete Beauty Handbook/Yuri Abo 146 Asian Gaze/Yo Katami from loneliness books 148 Let’s Talk About Politics/Ana 150 Stopped Making Sense/Noemi Minami 152 Recommendations from Contributors Cover Design: 福岡南央子

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Cults and Culture Talk / Alex Head @ Motto Berlin. Thursday, 13 July 2023.

Posted in Motto Berlin event, politics, Theory, writing on July 7th, 2023
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Dear friends,

We are happy to invite you to Cults and Culture on Thursday, July 13th from 7:00 PM, a talk by Alex Head in which the author will discuss his book Ricochet – Cultural Epigenetics and the Philosophy of Change (Ljå Forlag, Oslo, 2021).

Reflecting on discoveries and debates that have occurred in the two years since its publication, artist Alex Head will read from current works in progress to highlight specific aspects within his ambitious book 
Ricochet to discuss the architecture of power.


It is now well documented that cults have been used to disseminate disinformation. For example the extremist cults of MAGA, The Oath Keepers and Proud Boys who’s recruitment pipeline has been funded by Big Oil and crypto libertarians in an attempt to overthrow the United States and 
crash their and the world’s economy.


But what about the arts more widely, is there a form of culture that is transparent about its ideology, particularly in today’s hyper-accelerate media vortex? Are all cultural institutions not also in some way cultish? The cult of patriarchy being just one obvious example that transcends both religious and cultural institutions.


Focussing on specific evidence of how cults have been used to spread disinformation and other historical data the artist will discuss the central motif to his work Ricochet, – the Sacred Date Palm Tree – as a expression of the anti-rhizome. Are we, the unwitting public being continuously gaslit by Sacred Date Palm tree’s in the form of neoclassical architecture? And if so, what can we do to review and 
refocus personal and political objectives as users navigate the web architecture of the app?

Join us at Motto Berlin on Thursday, 13th of July for an insightful talk where we will explore the profound themes of Ricochet and run across topics like January 6th, Classical Architecture, White Supremacy, BND Building Berlin, Mental Health, Libertarianism, Bitcoin, Gold Standard, Going Offline, Art, Publishing, Design, Cultural Epigenetics, Memory, Witnessing and Social Media.

Alex Head

Ljå Forlag

Vakuum #2. Various. Kiosk International

Posted in Fashion, magazines, Technology, writing on June 17th, 2023
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This is Vakuum: your magazine for spirituality and technology!

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A ROOM WITH A VIEW. Verena Von Beckerath (Ed.). Monroe Books.

Posted in photography, writing on June 14th, 2023
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A ROOM WITH A VIEW takes place in and around the Pensione Seguso, a historic, family-run hotel in Venice. Guided by architecture professor Verena von Beckerath as part of the homonymous seminar at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar that she led in collaboration with art historian Sassa Trülzsch, the contributions to this edition range from the historical to the anecdotal to the artistic and beyond, resulting in a holistic and comprehensive analysis of not only the pensione, but what hospitality and tourism mean today, both in Venice and the world at large.
The contributors to this publication come from varying backgrounds, and the rich variety in tone and format reflects that. A ROOM WITH A VIEW features a reflection and collage by urologist and art fanatic Albrecht Kastein, photos by architect and photographer Andrew Alberts, architect Oda Pälmke’s personal account of her time at the pensione, an insightful interview with the owners Yvonne Matijas Seguso and Lawrence Hoque, and architect, professor and editor Ludovico Centis’s historical account of Venice.
Much like the pensione, the book eludes rigid categorisation; it alternates between written pieces and photographs, each adding nuance to the work and changing the narrative perspective. As you wander through the pensione during the course of this edition, meeting the owners and venturing into the history of Venice, one question continuously arises, how can we live together?
This book is NOA 10 in the Notes on Architecture series, which is published by the Chair of Design and Housing at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

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Supplement 07: Joar Nango: Uncle Doug’s Fishing Shack. Joar Nango. Fillip

Posted in magazines, photography, writing on May 25th, 2023
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Supplement 07: Joar Nango: Uncle Doug’s Fishing Shack

Fillip is pleased to announce the release of Uncle Doug’s Fishing Shack, with contributions by Joar Nango, Ryan Gorrie, Timothy O’Rourke, David Thomas, Courtney R. Thompson, and Jenifer Papararo.

Supplement 7 traces Joar Nango’s artistic process, mapping the development of his temporary installation and sculpture Uncle Doug’s Fishing Shack presented at Plug In ICA (Winnipeg) in 2019 as part of Stages. The publication features an interview between Nango and Indigenous architect David Thomas about an abandoned military barracks’ transformation into Canada’s largest urban reserve. It also includes a short essay by Indigenous architect Ryan Gorrie, in which he examines Circle of Life Thunderbird House in Winnipeg, designed by renowned Indigenous architect Douglas Cardinal. These texts are paired with critical writings by architecture lecturer Timothy O’Rourke and architecture scholar Courtney R. Thompson, who detail accounts of governmental suppression of Indigenous architectural and artistic ingenuity in both Australia and Canada.

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Mousse #83. Chiara Moioli, Antonio Scoccimarro (Eds.). Mousse Magazine

Posted in magazines, writing on May 10th, 2023
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DARA BIRNBAUM
(A) Turning the Media Against Itself
Michelle Kuo, Rahel Aima, and Emmanuel Olunkwa in conversation
(B) I Fought Like Fucking Hell to Get Out of the Black Box
Dara Birnbaum, Hito Steyerl, and Stuart Comer in conversation 

ANDREA BRANZI
(A) A Ribbon Running Through
Andrea Branzi in conversation with Alessandro Rabottini
(B) La Gioconda Sbarbata (The Shaved Mona Lisa, 1972)
by Andrea Branzi (from Casabella, no. 363, March 1972) 

LALA RUKH
(A) Reading Lala Rukh
by Saira Ansari
(B) Interviews, Past and Present
by Mariah Lookman 

JULIE BECKER
(A) The Delirium of Digression
by Sabrina Tarasoff (from Mousse #76, Summer 2021)
(B) Outside the Vitrine (Julie Becker, Sparkle Woman)
by Mark von Schlegell (from Mousse #76, Summer 2021) 

VAGINAL DAVIS
(A) Vaginal Davis Troubles the Smile
by Dodie Bellamy (from Mousse #79, Spring 2022)
(B) The Royal We
Vaginal Davis in conversation with Ron Athey (from Mousse #79, Spring 2022)
(C) Anarchic Abundance, or The Art of Living
by Amelia Jones (from Mousse #79, Spring 2022) 

ROSEMARY MAYER
(A) Nothing Independent of Its Circumstances
by Wendy Vogel (from Mousse #73, Fall 2020)
(B) Surroundings
by Rosemary Mayer (from Art-Rite, no. 15, April 1977) 

JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC SCHNYDER
(A) Mister Neutral
by Martin Herbert
(B) On Schnyderian Art
by Patrick Frey (from Parkett, no. 25, 1990)

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Repertoire 7. Oda Pälmke. About Books

Posted in illustration, writing on May 5th, 2023
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Heft 7 der Reihe Repertoire enthält Beobachtungen – Bilder, Zeichnungen und Texte von Häusern und Räumen – der in Berlin lebenden Architektin Oda Pälmke, die sich wie bei einem ­Entwurf gegenseitig ergänzen und zunehmend ineinander verweben. Es ist eine Einladung, die Autorin auf ihren Spaziergängen und Reisen in die Welt zu begleiten oder, vielleicht ebenso gut, die Publikation zum Anlass für eigene Explorationen zu nehmen.

“Repertoire” shows a collection of drawings and photographs of common situations and elements of the built environment and may inspire the natural expansion of the design repertoire. 

Issue 7 of the Repertoire series contains observations – pictures, drawings and texts of houses and spaces – by the Berlin-based architect Oda Pälmke, which complement each other like a design and increasingly interweave. It is an invitation to accompany the author on her walks and trips around the world or, perhaps as well, to use the publication as an opportunity for her own explorations.

“Oda Pälmke’s way of working is characterized by the methodology of appropriation, the appropriation of found material. It is a strategy that allows a fruitful examination of the real. Casual and trivial, found and invented develop new levels of meaning through their specific way of working through. If everything can once again become “starting material for transformations”, everything can again become “raw material for productions”, says Peter Sloterdijk, there is no creative creation ex nihilo and the modern phantasm of tabula rasa is overcome. The creative process then consists in finding an attitude towards what has been found and developing a story from it. ”(Anh-Linh Ngo, publisher ARCH +)

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hexen flexen. Louisa Raspè & Jana Furrer. Accidental Interest Books

Posted in performance, theatre, writing on April 22nd, 2023
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Diese Publikation vereint Quellen, Referenzen, Bildmaterial und den Rohtext des Theaterstückes hexen flexen, das im August 2021 am Theater Basel uraufgeführt wurde.

Sie stellt eine Vernetzung unserer gemeinsamen Recherche über Hexen dar und bildet eine Kontextualisierung der künstlerischen Arbeit, indem sie zwischen akademischer Herangehensweise, künstlerischer Forschung und intuitiver Vernetzung changiert. Wir bezeichnen die Verben hexen und flexen als eine Praxis, die mit Überschreibungen spielt und in der es explizit um Rückeroberung von Raum, Begriffen und Körpern geht.

Die Publikation hat kein Ende – sie stellt einen Ausschnitt aus der andauernden Recherche von Louisa Raspé und Jana Furrer dar, welche mit Johanna Schäfer und Mona Mayer geteilt und weitergewebt wurde. So ist eine Art Gewebe entstanden in weitreichender Kompliz:innenschaft; mit all jenen, die vertreten und auch nicht vertreten sind.

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DIK FAGAZINE #13 – Ukraine Isuue. Karol Radziszewski, Anton Shebato (Eds.).  DIK Fagazine; Queer Archives Institut

Posted in magazines, writing on April 19th, 2023
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DIK is back with an issue dedicated to queer history of Ukraine!

Issue edited by @karolradziszewski and @shebetko 
Design: @neuemartin 

Featured in issue:
@anatoly_belov_ 
@nikita.kadan 
@melovin_official 
@ZhannaSimeiz
@mysterium_fascinans 
@koptev_misha 
kay_altos88
@granatsplitter 
@thisisban 
Photo editor: @krzysiekrzysztofiak 

Published by @queerarchivesinstitute with kind support of @betweenbridgesfoundation

Cover photo: Anton Shebetko, ”Sofia”, We Were Here, 2018

@dikfagazine

#dikfagazine #ukraine #queer 

#queerukraine

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