Summer 2020
Well, universe, you got us: we named an issue “No Boundaries,” and then you made us really wish we hadn’t.
This issue may feel anachronistic, but the messages it contains are not. Issue 05 features the work of artists, writers, curators, and collectives who have long been advocating for a new normal. We hear from Mar Parrilla, whose dance company Danza Orgánica fights for social justice with a decolonizing praxis. We see the work of Imaginary Collective, whose underground exhibitions envision an art world free from capitalist interests. And we learn from Yu-Wen Wu, whose bundles represent the trauma, stories, and objects that fall in the wake of migration. Their voices, among many others, spotlight the crucial role that art and discourse play in disrupting long-standing systems of inequality. We’re also excited to present a fold-out poster and zine created by Boston-based photographer, OJ Slaughter who has been tirelessly working to document the Black Lives Matter protests and community vigils. Along with so much more!
Title
Author
Category
Reframing the Aural: In Conversation with Christine Sun Kim
Lauren Klotzman
Interview
PRINT ONLY
Tschabalala Self Hardens the Medium
Annie Armstrong
READ
A Decade-Long Reflection: Zsuzsanna Szegedi-Varga
Leonie Bradbury
Movement Toward Another World: In Conversation with Mar Parrilla
Theresa Mitchell
The Communal Intimacy of Public Art: In Conversation with Yu-Wen Wu
Gina Lindner
Breaking Through Digital Dimensions: In Conversation with Yuko Oda
Briney Burley
On COVID-19: Artists Are Essential Workers
Amy Halliday and Rebekah E. Moore,
Special Projects
COVID Conversations
Leah Triplett Harrington and Kate Gilbert
Rachel Kay and Courtney Stock
Dee Diggs and Cierra Peters
Past Uncertainty
Jameson Johnson and Helen Singh-Miller
Pushing the Sound Barrier: How Non-Event Created a Sonic Community
Ashira Morris
Feature
How Zines Chronicled Boston’s Punk History
Olivia Deng
Queer Cats Takes to Local Public Access Television
Rory Fitzgerald Bledsoe
Invisible and Imaginary: The Art Exhibition No One Saw
Phil Zminda
Community and Collaboration: Genevieve Cohn Creates Visions for a Female Future
Chris Hartman
Exploring Land Use Across UMass Campuses With The Organizers Of “Local Ecologies”
Sam Toabe, Kirsten Swenson, and Rebecca Uchill
Critical Perspective
Cost of Capitalism
OJ Slaughter
Zine Insert
Yes MAAM: A Game-Changing Revamp Yields Boston’s First Free Contemporary Art Museum
Jacqueline Houton
Review
In “Walls Turned Sideways” Forty Artists Tackle America’s Criminal Justice System
Shana Dumont Garr
Review by Jacqueline Houton
Review by Daria Semco
Interview by Gina Lindner
Interview by Annie Armstrong
Interview by Theresa Mitchell
Interview by Dee Diggs and Cierra Peters
Interview by Rachel Kay and Courtney Stock
Critical Perspective by Amy Halliday and Rebekah E. Moore
Review by Shana Dumont Garr
