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
Interview
READ
A Decade-Long Reflection: Zsuzsanna Szegedi-Varga
Leonie Bradbury
Interview
PRINT ONLY
Movement Toward Another World: In Conversation with Mar Parrilla
Theresa Mitchell
Interview
PRINT ONLY
The Communal Intimacy of Public Art: In Conversation with Yu-Wen Wu
Gina Lindner
Interview
READ
Breaking Through Digital Dimensions: In Conversation with Yuko Oda
Briney Burley
Interview
PRINT ONLY
On COVID-19: Artists Are Essential Workers
Amy Halliday and Rebekah E. Moore,
Special Projects
READ
COVID Conversations
Leah Triplett Harrington and Kate Gilbert
Special Projects
PRINT ONLY
COVID Conversations
Rachel Kay and Courtney Stock
Special Projects
READ
COVID Conversations
Dee Diggs and Cierra Peters
Special Projects
READ
Past Uncertainty
Jameson Johnson and Helen Singh-Miller
Special Projects
PRINT ONLY
Pushing the Sound Barrier: How Non-Event Created a Sonic Community
Ashira Morris
Feature
PRINT ONLY
How Zines Chronicled Boston’s Punk History
Olivia Deng
Feature
PRINT ONLY
Queer Cats Takes to Local Public Access Television
Rory Fitzgerald Bledsoe
Feature
PRINT ONLY
Invisible and Imaginary: The Art Exhibition No One Saw
Phil Zminda
Feature
PRINT ONLY
Community and Collaboration: Genevieve Cohn Creates Visions for a Female Future
Chris Hartman
Feature
PRINT ONLY
Exploring Land Use Across UMass Campuses With The Organizers Of “Local Ecologies”
Sam Toabe, Kirsten Swenson, and Rebecca Uchill
Critical Perspective
PRINT ONLY
Cost of Capitalism
OJ Slaughter
Zine Insert
PRINT ONLY
Yes MAAM: A Game-Changing Revamp Yields Boston’s First Free Contemporary Art Museum
Jacqueline Houton
Review
READ
In “Walls Turned Sideways” Forty Artists Tackle America’s Criminal Justice System
Shana Dumont Garr
Review
READ