Tanks and Tutus: a glimpse into the strange affinity between pirouettes and politics
By Fran Osborne Moscow 1991 — as residents awoke on the 19th of August 1991, they’d have been forgiven for thinking it was a perfectly...
Why I Can't Stop Thinking About 'Barca Nostra'
This article was previously published in the special edition, VENICE (July 2019). I was, admittedly, a little nervous to write this piece...
'Don't Look Now': Venice in Film
This article was previously published in the special edition, VENICE (July 2019). ‘Venice is like a city in aspic, wrapped over from a...
Open Space 2019: In Conversation with Huma Kabackı
This article was previously published in Issue 20, ISLANDS (March 2019). Pluto's Kitchen by Işıl Eğrikavuk, Co-commissioned by Block...
Olivia Laing on the Art of Being Alone
This article was previously published in Issue 20, ISLANDS (March 2019). Following a difficult breakup and a transatlantic move to New...
Floating Roots
This article was previously published in Issue 20, ISLANDS (March 2019). A native-born islander’s relationship with their home can be...
Smirna Kulenović: In the Absence, The Artist is Present
This article was previously published in Issue 19, ABSENCE (December 2018). Bosnian artist Smirna Kulenović was born in Sarajevo in 1994...
Clara Peeters on Her Own Terms
This article was previously published in Issue 19, ABSENCE (December 2018). ‘Absence’ is not the first word one thinks of upon seeing a...
The Project
This article was previously published in Issue 19, ABSENCE (December 2018). On the 27th May at about 8pm, I stood trembling before my...
Cruising Towards Decline
Venice is loved for its state of historic perfection. The city remains largely unchanged due to its floating urban structure, which is...