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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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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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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 Technology. We are looking forward to seeing to in Utrecht! ...
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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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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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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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Guest editor: Evelyn Wan Deadline: CLOSED Published: May/June 2022 ...
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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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Guest Editor: Maria Chiara Miccoli Deadline for proposals: CLOSED ...
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Contributors: Anna Sejbæk Torp-Pedersen, Joyce Poot, Fabienne Chiang, Dunja Nešović, Fabienne Rachmadiev, Aimilia Efthimiou, Savan Mohammed-Amen, Naomi Collier Broms & Amalia Calderón. With thanks to Felix Meritis and their Cultural Emergency Hospital. Felix Meritis opens their doors to make their corona-proof facilities available to other cultural institutions or artists who are also struggling due to corona, but want to keep creating ...
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