QUASI-PUBLICATION
1st issue - 2023
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Our first issue gathers a range of artworks and ideas that explore the current symbiotic relationship between humanity and technological advancement. We explore real or virtual alternative solutions to the fast-decaying world, the objectification of living beings, and the nostalgia for a now-lost optimism for the future.
This issue includes contributions from 30 artists which range from installation to audio, as well as video and experimental writing. Featured time-based media works will be accessible via mobile devices, transporting the reader to a virtual, online space where artworks can be experienced in detail. The publication will also collate extracts from a selection of interviews with the participating artists, which will be accessible in full through our devices.
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Involved Artists:
Anna Lavender - Charles Cadic - Claudi Piripippi - Elli Antoniou - Hannah Hornby -
Hannah Taylor - Harry Judge - Irene P. Tello - Lela Amparo - Liberty Quinn - Lily Frances - Louise Belin - Julia Ligeza - Kabir Sawyer - Marie Munk - Marie Lynn Speckert & Alessa Brossmer - Nils Weiligmann - Nina Sumarac - Noelle Turner - Oh_x_d - Petr Strouhal - Rene Wagner -
Simon Faithfull - Sohyun Lee - Vittorio Zeppillo - Vlady - Wednesday Kim - Xavi Ceerre -
Yorgos Papafigos - Ziyue Wang
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Editor: Simone Marconi
Graphic design: Toni Green