Pinned posts
Society and Politics
Slavoj Žižek on the problem of inactivity
Why can’t we transform all the knowledge about the ongoing crisis into a real action?
Society and Politics
Communist Dissidents in Early Soviet Russia. An introduction to Simon Pirani's book
This book gives voice to Russian communists who participated in the 1917 revolution, but found themselves at odds with the Communist party as it consolidated its rule in the early 1920s
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What is My Language? Filming After Independence: Assia Djebar
The text argues that the approach Assia Djebar takes is a feminist and anti-colonial one, and looks into the instruments and methods she uses in order to subvert the power narrative
Art
Photography as a Distorted Mirror: Viewing War and Its Mediated Realities
This article delves into the complex relationship between war photography and viewer perception, examining the ways in which photography serves as a distorted mirror of war
Philosophy and Humanities
Unraveling the Paradoxes of Modernity: Towards Alternative Paths of Emancipation
This article seeks to answer why the modern approach to emancipation is contentious and consider alternative frameworks that may offer new avenues for liberation
Prose
"The Horned God" by Elena Stashkova / "Рогатый бог". Елена Сташкова (ENG, RUS)
a surrealist play revisiting the image of the horned god in considering the themes of war and industrialization
Spaces
War as God's Creation: The Divine Narrative of Military Hospitals through Vilém Flusser
An excerpt from architectural and psychogeographic guide to Skopje, North Macedonia
Architecture and Cities
The space that shapes us: Нow the mahalla system, Borgate ufficiali di Roma, Stalinist architecture influence social consciousness
Exploring how urban architecture can shape human consciousness and emotions through empirical research, influenced by Situationist and Marxist theories
Spaces
Dream Together: a Conversation with Members of the Panta Rhei Collaborative
On collective urban development, new avenues of digital engagement, and their project at the Kartli sanatorium
Spaces
Future Presence: Documentation and Archival Material from the Exhibition
Curator Ana Chorgolashvili on a three-part exhibition focused on the uncertain fate and potential futures of late-Soviet architecture
Prose
Louise, Devora et Iggy dans la forêt des Chapelins
Dans un petit pays caché dans les bois de Provence il y a un village de lézards anthropomorphes. Louise est une lézarde gécko qui arrive toujours de tomber dans le pétrin
Philosophy and Humanities
Gap between Image and Reality. P. l.
A text describing artistic practice that combines performative and ideomotor actions aimed at comprehending and revealing the problems of the concept “Gap between Image and Reality”
Society and Politics
The Mission of Anarchism in the Modern World
On April 19, 2023, Dmitry Petrov, anti-fascist and anarchist, was killed in a battle near Bakhmut. In memory of Dmitry, we are publishing his text “The Mission of Anarchism in the Modern World”
Art
Learning to Hear Memories that Talk in Whispers
Dedicated to my grandparents: Olga and Vasily Bubich, Maria and Stanislaw Kozel, Illiya Golikov
Транслокальные диалоги / Translocal Dialogues
A conversation that can happen at any moment (with you as well)
Conversation between Ruthia Jenrbekova and Galina Rymbu about nomadism, broken ties, and the work of the imagination during the war
Technology and Science
The Butlerian Jihad: Gatekeepers of Digital Consumption
Machines themselves aren’t the problem—hierarchies are. Therefore, our pitchforks and sledgehammers should be used to dismantle hierarchies and not destroy machines
Music and Sound
How to present — and memorialize — a massacre through music
It’s a tough ask to write music describing one single, traumatic event. Dmitri Shostakovich managed to do so in one fell swoop
Special projects
Космический бюллетень
Онлайн-издание, вдохновленное идеями космизма и его историческими и современными проявлениями
и-флакс
Обновляемая подборка переводов на русский текстов журнала о современном искусстве, культуре и теории e-flux
Tashkent-Tbilisi
A research archive of the history and contemporary culture of Central Eurasia
