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Kunstlicht x Melly – Launch Labour of Love and Failing on Time

It is time to celebrate! Twice even. Come join us at our launch event on March 31, 2023 from 19:00 to celebrate the publication of our latest two issues Labour of Love and Failing on Time at Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam. We will host inspiring talks and panels by authors from both issues. See the programme below:

Call for Papers | BETWEEN THE STANDING AND THE INCLINED: STRUCTURES SUPPORTING CHANGE, Kunstlicht vol. 44, no. 4.

Guest editors: Maja Bekan and Angela Serino Deadline: 3 April 2023 Published: September/October 2023 In 1978, feminist writer Kate Millett founded an art colony for women on a piece of land with a run-down farmhouse on the outskirts of Poughkeepsie, in the state of New York. In Millett's vision, the colony was a ‘corner’ where women could live together ‘as ...
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CLOSED | Call for Papers | NOSE-STALGIA, Kunstlicht vol. 44, no. 2/3.

Guest editor: Sofia Collette Ehrich and Amarens Eggeraat Deadline: 19 December 2022 Published: May 2023 Smelling the past In our everyday life, nostalgia (“a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition”) often equates to some sort of past aesthetic or sound – the playlist of Nemo’s Dreamscapes on YouTube (“Oldies music ...
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CLOSED | Call for Papers | FAILING ON TIME, Kunstlicht vol. 44, no. 1.

Guest editor: Dunja Nešović Deadline: 21 August 2022 Published: January 2023 Failure – the notorious F-word – is inevitable. The discrepancy between the expectation (or promise) and the ability (or willingness) that produces failure can equally result in catastrophe, resistance, or even mundane disappointment. The different manifestations and outcomes of failure correspond to anthropologist Arjun Appadurai and media scholar Neta ...
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Kunstlicht x BAK: Launch “ALGORHYTHMS: LIVING IN AND OUT OF SYNC WITH TECHNOLOGY”

We’re happy to announce the launch of the new issue of Kunstlicht at BAK on June 10 at 18:30. The issue is titled Algorhythms: Living in and out of Sync with TechnologyWe are looking forward to seeing to in Utrecht! ...
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CLOSED | Call for Papers | WHAT IS A LABOUR OF LOVE?, Kunstlicht vol. 43, no. 3-4.

Guest editor: the editorial team Deadline: 18 April Published: October 2022 In All About Love (1999), bell hooks remarks that values of money and work have replaced love and community. This reverberates to the present tense, when a crisis of compassion has become a hot topic in the healthcare industry. It goes without saying that hooks wishes to reverse this, ...
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POSTPONED TO FEB 26 4-6pm | KUNSTLICHT X VU ART SCIENCE GALLERY ISSUE LAUNCH

This event was originally planned on February 18, but due to bad weather the event has been postponed to February 26. Our apologies and we hope to see you there.  Location: VU Art Science Gallery, De Boelelaan 1111, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Date: 26 February, 2022, 4-6 pm Time: TBD Join us for an evening in the VU Art Science Gallery, amidst ...
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JENNIFER TEE, ATOMS SERIES #2, 2016, HAHNEMÜHLE MUSEUM ETCHING PAPER, 350 GMS (FRAMED), 66,5 X 66,5 CM (EACH). EDITION OF 3. COURTESY GALERIE FONS WELTERS, AMSTERDAM. PHOTO GERT JAN VAN ROOIJ.

CANCELLED | Kunstlicht x VU Art Science Gallery: Launch “Sünya: Starting from 0”

Unfortunately, this launch is cancelled due to the covid-19 restrictions. We plan to re-schedule this in February. Please check this page for updates. Location: VU Art Science Gallery, Amsterdam In this issue of Kunstlicht, the reader is invited to investigate how zero has captured the imagination of scientists and philosophers alike. This issue of Kunstlicht compliments the exhibition 0 Starting ...
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Installation view of Spiral Jetty at KFC by Clementine Edwards, 2014, TCB Art Inc, Naarm/Melbourne. Photo © Christo Crocker.

Kunstlicht x Framer Framed: Launch “The Worldliness of Oil”

We’re happy to announce the launch of the new issue of Kunstlicht at Framer Framed on October 16th at 19:30. The issue is titled The Worldliness of Oil: Recognition and Relations, and delves into how oil continues to shape individual experiences and national identities, propelling conflict and creating disparate economic opportunities. Date: Saturday October 16th Time: 19.30h Register here for free In this double issue of Kunstlicht, ...
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