Afterall Journal Issue 54 'Voicings' Explores Disabled Modes of Perception
Afterall Journal Issue 54, titled 'Voicings', centers art practices by D/deaf and non-verbal communicators, proposing reconfigurations of voice, language, and sound. The issue features conversations with Imogen Stidworthy and Christine Sun Kim, essays on Tarek Atoui and Arthur Bispo do Rosário, and a text by Vladimir Safatle on political emancipation. Contributors include Nav Haq, Eleni Ikoniadou, Khairani Barokka, Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz, Rayya Badran, Edward Gómez, Marlon Miguel, and Sunil Shah. The issue also includes an obituary for Silke Otto-Knapp by Mark Lewis. Published in August 2023, the journal is available in paperback with ISBN.
Key facts
- Issue 54 'Voicings' explores modes of being, perception, and expression historically disabled by society.
- Editors include Elisa Adami, Amanda Carneiro, Nav Haq, Mark Lewis, Adeena Mey, Chloe Ting, and Charles Stankievech.
- Founding editors are Charles Esche and Mark Lewis.
- Features a conversation with Imogen Stidworthy by Nav Haq.
- Includes an interview with Christine Sun Kim by Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz.
- Essay by Vladimir Safatle appears in English translation for the first time.
- Khairani Barokka critiques the 'infrastructure of disbelief' in the contemporary art world.
- Sunil Shah reflects on Documenta11 and documenta fifteen.
- Obituary for Silke Otto-Knapp (1970–2022) by Mark Lewis.
- Published 10 August 2023.
Entities
Artists
- Imogen Stidworthy
- Christine Sun Kim
- Tarek Atoui
- Arthur Bispo do Rosário
- Silke Otto-Knapp
- Iris Johansson
- Conceição Evaristo
- Khairani Barokka
Institutions
- Afterall Journal
- Al Amal School for the Deaf
- Documenta11
- documenta fifteen
- University of Chicago Press
- Central Books
- Les presses du réel
- Colônia Juliano Moreira
- M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp
- Documenta
Locations
- Sharjah
- United Arab Emirates
- Brazil
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Rio de Janeiro
- Antwerp
- Belgium