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Hans Eijkelboom's Photo Notes Revisited in Afterall publication
Afterall Journal Issue 26 features 'The Mass Ornament — Revisited: Hans Eijkelboom’s Photo Notes', an essay by Dieter Roelstraete published on 3 February 2011. The article…
De la musique avant toute chose by Ina Blom in Afterall Issue 7 publication
Ina Blom's essay "De la musique avant toute chose" was published on April 28, 2003, as part of Afterall Journal Issue 7. The full text is available only to subscribers or for…
Cooperativa Cráter Invertido Essay in Afterall Journal Issue 41 publication
Afterall Journal Issue 41 features an essay titled 'Cooperativa Cráter Invertido: A Binding Latency' by Sol Henaro, published on September 25, 2016. The full text is accessible…
On American Ingenuity (And the Problem of the Readymade) by Walead Beshty publication
An essay by Walead Beshty titled 'On American Ingenuity (And the Problem of the Readymade)' was published on April 23, 2009, as part of Afterall Journal Issue 17. The full text is…
Acting Naturally: The Face and the Mask by Melissa Gronlund publication
Melissa Gronlund's essay 'Acting Naturally: The Face and the Mask' was published on 11 May 2009 as part of Afterall Journal Issue 18. The full text is accessible only to…
David Teh's Essay on National Identity in Afterall Journal 51 publication
David Teh has authored an essay titled 'Under One or Several Flags' for Afterall Journal 51, published on April 11, 2021. The essay explores themes of national identity and flags,…
Isobel Harbison's Essay 'Or Other, or Both' in Afterall Journal 51 publication
Isobel Harbison has published an essay titled 'Or Other, or Both' as part of Afterall Journal 51, released on 11 April 2021. The essay is accessible only to subscribers, with…
Afterall Journal Issue 53 Explores Exhibitionary in 'Medium/Metaphor/Milieu' publication
Afterall Journal Issue 53, titled 'Medium/Metaphor/Milieu', examines the exhibitionary within and beyond exhibitions. The issue includes an essay 'Cross-Eyed and Painless in…
Lili Dujourie Essay in Afterall Journal Issue 34 publication
Anders Kreuger wrote an essay titled 'The Actions of Bodies: Approaching Lili Dujourie' for Afterall Journal Issue 34, published on 22 October 2013. The full text is restricted to…
Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith on James Welling’s 'Wyeth' in Afterall Issue 32 publication
An essay by Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith on James Welling’s photographic series 'Wyeth' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 32 on January 30, 2013. The full text is accessible…
Rosana Paulino's Memory-Work in Afterall Issue 55/56 publication
Afterall journal published an essay on Rosana Paulino in its issue 55/56, themed 'Out of Place', on 30 January 2024. The full text is accessible only to subscribers, with…
Afterall Journal Issue 30 Features Archivo Caminante Essay publication
Afterall Journal Issue 30, published June 6, 2012, includes an essay titled 'Archivo Caminante: Constellations and Performativity' by Teresa Riccardi. The full text is accessible…
Afterall Journal Publishes Shep Steiner Essay on Stan Douglas publication
Afterall Journal issue 53 includes an essay by Shep Steiner titled 'Repetition, Montage, Archive… Stan Douglas', published on April 11, 2022. The full text is accessible only to…
Bruno Pinheiro Examines Blackness in Bienal de São Paulo Networks publication
Bruno Pinheiro authored an essay for Afterall Journal 53, published April 11, 2022, analyzing the role of Blackness within Pan-American artistic networks, specifically through the…
A Fine Disregard by Rosetta Brooks in Afterall Journal 8 publication
Rosetta Brooks authored the essay 'A Fine Disregard', published on May 6, 2003, as part of Afterall Journal 8. The full text is accessible only to journal subscribers or via…
Afterall Journal Publishes Lawrence Abu Hamdan Interview publication
Afterall Journal issue 39 features an interview with artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan titled 'Equivocally Yours: A Conversation with Lawrence Abu Hamdan', written by Robert Leckie and…
Concrete Analysis of Concrete Situations: Marxist Education According to Želimir Žilnik publication
Published on 4 October 2010 in Afterall Journal Issue 25, Branislav Dimitrijevic's essay examines the pedagogical and political dimensions of Želimir Žilnik's filmmaking practice,…
Irmgard Emmelhainz on the Museo Comunitario del Valle de Xico and Cultural Solidarity publication
Published in Afterall Journal Issue 43 on September 7, 2017, Irmgard Emmelhainz's essay examines the Museo Comunitario del Valle de Xico as a case study for cultural solidarity…
The Agency of Letters by Jonathan Flatley in Afterall Issue 10 publication
Jonathan Flatley's essay 'The Agency of Letters' was published on May 7, 2009, as part of Afterall Journal Issue 10. The full text is accessible only to subscribers or via…
Afterall Journal Issue 33 Features Critical Essay on 'Desacuerdos' publication
Afterall Journal Issue 33, published in June 2013, includes an essay titled 'A Critical Approach to the Project ‘Desacuerdos’' written by Valentín Roma. The full text is…
Afterall Journal Issue 28 Features Emily Wardill Essay publication
Afterall Journal Issue 28, published 4 October 2011, includes an essay titled 'Circuits and Subterfuge: Emily Wardill and the Body Imaginary' written by Melissa Gronlund. The full…
Afterall Journal Issue 40: The Artist as Director publication
Afterall Journal Issue 40, published on 21 September 2015, features an essay by Ekaterina Degot titled 'The Artist as Director: 'Artist Organisations International' and its…
Postcolonial Documenta's Rise and Fall Examined in Afterall Essay publication
Sunil Shah's essay 'The Rise (and Fall?) of the Postcolonial Documenta' appears in Afterall Journal Issue 54, themed 'Voicings', which challenges normative modes of expression.…
Boris Mikhailov's Ethics of View Examined in Afterall publication
Viktor Misiano's essay 'The Ethics of a View: Notes on Boris Mikhailov' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 12 on May 7, 2005. The full text is behind a paywall for…
Edgeless, Modeless Essay by Paul Shepheard in Afterall Issue 1 publication
An essay titled 'Edgeless, Modeless' by Paul Shepheard was published on April 29, 1999, as part of Afterall Journal Issue 1. The full text is accessible only to subscribers or via…
Crisis, Migration and the Death Drive of Capitalism | Afterall Journal Issue 31 publication
Afterall Journal Issue 31, published September 25, 2012, includes an essay by Dimitris Papaopoulos and Vassilis S. Tsianos titled "Crisis, Migration and the Death Drive of…
Lene Berg's 'Kopfkino' Examined in Afterall Journal publication
Ian White's article 'Bodyimage: Lene Berg’s Kopfkino' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 34 on October 14, 2013. The full text is accessible only to subscribers or via…
Laura Grace Ford on 'Feed the Fires, Tend the Stock' in Afterall publication
Laura Grace Ford authored an essay titled 'Feed the Fires, Tend the Stock, 1973/1981/1994/2021' published in Afterall Journal 50 on November 11, 2020. The essay is part of a…
Javier Téllez's 'El sueño de la razón produce monstruos' in Afterall Journal publication
Michèle Faguet wrote an essay on Javier Téllez's work, published in Afterall Journal Issue 18 on May 11, 2008. The full text is behind a paywall for subscribers only, with…
Afterall Journal Issue 7 Essay on Anger publication
Afterall Journal Issue 7 includes an essay titled "courting ANGER" by Alice L Hutchison, published on April 28, 2003. The full text is behind a paywall, accessible only to journal…
Babette Mangolte and Elena Filipovic discuss film and photography publication
An interview between filmmaker and photographer Babette Mangolte and curator Elena Filipovic was published in Afterall Journal Issue 23 on February 3, 2010. The conversation…
Affinity Aesthetics Essay in Afterall Journal Issue 15 publication
Rachel Baum authored an essay titled 'Affinity Aesthetics' published in Afterall Journal Issue 15 on May 1, 2007. The full text is restricted to subscribers, with individual PDFs…
Afterall Journal Issue 7: Cultural Bolshevism at Capital’s Late-Night Show publication
The article 'Cultural Bolshevism at Capital’s Late-Night Show: Scorpio Rising' by Rachel Moore was published in Afterall Journal Issue 7 on 29 April 2003. The full text is behind…
Art and Social Democracy by Gertrud Sandqvist publication
Gertrud Sandqvist's essay 'Art and Social Democracy' was published on 29 April 2009 as part of Afterall Journal Issue 0. The full text is accessible only to journal subscribers or…
Tom McDonough on Andrzej Wróblewski in Afterall Issue 40 publication
An essay by Tom McDonough titled 'Andrzej Wróblewski, Our Contemporary' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 40 on September 25, 2015. The full text is restricted to…
Abstract Honduras Essay Published in Afterall Journal Issue 26 publication
An essay titled 'Abstract Honduras' by Farhad Sharmini was published on February 4, 2011, as part of Afterall Journal Issue 26. The full text is accessible only to subscribers or…
Manuel Borja-Villel and Marcelo Expósito Conversation in Afterall Issue 44 publication
A conversation between Manuel Borja-Villel and Marcelo Expósito was published in Afterall Journal Issue 44 on September 4, 2017. The full text is accessible only to journal…
Laura Mulvey's 'The Death Drive' in Afterall Issue 10 publication
Laura Mulvey's essay 'The Death Drive' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 10 on May 6, 2004. The full text is accessible only to subscribers or via individual purchase from…
Almagul Menlibayeva: The Female as Excess by Viktor Misiano publication
Viktor Misiano's essay 'Almagul Menlibayeva: The Female as Excess' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 31 on October 8, 2012. The full text is available only to journal…
Boris Charmatz: An Architecture of Attention by Catherine Wood publication
Catherine Wood's essay 'Boris Charmatz: An Architecture of Attention' was published in Afterall Journal Issue 37 on October 2, 2014. The full text is available only to subscribers…

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