Afterall Journal Issue 53: Medium/Metaphor/Milieu
The Spring/Summer 2022 edition of Afterall Journal, issue number 53, entitled 'Medium/Metaphor/Milieu,' delves into exhibitionary practices. This issue is edited by Elisa Adami, Amanda Carneiro, Nav Haq, Mark Lewis, Adeena Mey, and Charles Stankievech, with founding editors Charles Esche and Mark Lewis. Stankievech’s foreword addresses the role of AI alongside themes of cybernetics and decolonial methodology. Contextual essays feature Luis Jacob reflecting on McLuhan, Yuk Hui and Adeena Mey discussing exhibitions as a medium, and Mamoussé Diagne’s insights on oral African civilizations. The Events, Works, Exhibitions section includes contributions from Bruno Pinheiro on the Bienal de São Paulo and Chiara Cartuccia on Manifesta, along with an in memoriam by Mark Lewis for Silke Otto-Knapp.
Key facts
- Afterall Journal Issue 53 is titled 'Medium/Metaphor/Milieu'.
- Issue is Spring/Summer 2022.
- Editors: Elisa Adami, Amanda Carneiro, Nav Haq, Mark Lewis, Adeena Mey, Charles Stankievech.
- Founding editors: Charles Esche, Mark Lewis.
- Foreword by Charles Stankievech used AI to write part of it.
- Includes first English translation of Mamoussé Diagne's work on African orality.
- Luis Jacob essay brings together Marshall McLuhan, General Idea, Wyndham Lewis.
- Bruno Pinheiro examines Bienal de São Paulo (1951–59) and racial exclusion.
- Chiara Cartuccia critiques Manifesta's Mediterranean editions.
- Mark Lewis writes in memoriam for Silke Otto-Knapp.
Entities
Artists
- Luis Jacob
- Marshall McLuhan
- General Idea
- Wyndham Lewis
- Stan Douglas
- Anawana Haloba
- Walid Raad
- Silke Otto-Knapp
- Mark Lewis
Institutions
- Afterall Journal
- Bienal de São Paulo
- Manifesta
- University of Chicago Press
- Central Books
Locations
- Toronto
- Canada
- China
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Mediterranean
- Kenya
Sources
- Afterall —