Since the 1990s, disappearance has been a major theme in art theory – but what does disappearance really mean? And what is disappearance in the world of art and culture of today?

In the first issue of culturala, a poet, three photographers and a dozen writers and researchers explore the different meanings of disappearance, seeking them in the contemporary world of art, emotion, popular culture, memory, music and literature. On the pages of culturala you’ll find essays, artworks and readings of the disappearance of self, the disappearance of time and memory and the disappearance that happens when change is so fast that ‘the new’ disappears in front of our eyes, always replaced with ‘the newer’.

FEATURING Anna Cherednikova, Daisy Corbin O’Grady, Alejandra Espinosa, Dhiman Gupta, Jasper Jones, Maria Kruglyak, Laureen Lehoux, Diana Lizette Rodriguez, Matthias London, Daniel Matthews, Simona Patrizi, Sarah Scott, Angeliki Vidou, Silja Vornanen, Bianca Wallis-Salmon and Elspeth Walker.

“Culturala is a network-based art theory journal which dreams of an interconnected art world we can all be a part of. To achieve this, we believe in the need for a new, direct language to speak about art. Working closely with and through a broad community of artists, writers, curators and researchers, culturala is an experiment with this new language for contemporary art through digital and printed journal issues, exhibitions, workshops and newsletters”

Read Our Interview w/ Culturala HERE

Details:
Cover: Constellation Snow [canvas] from Fedrigoni
Paper: Offset 100gsm
72 perfect bound pages, 23 x 16 cm
Weight: 171g