Claiming a Queer Space
Summary
91
LGBT+
Fall 2017
Following our last issue, on the theme of feminisms, the feature continues with our reflection on the question of gender and sexuality by delving into practices and theories of artists who seek to transcend the idea of a binary, patriarchal society that is heteronormative and cisnormative. It explores, among other issues, the strategies deployed by artists to make LGTB+ communities visible and makes the multiplicity of voices on the margin of the patriarchal regime of knowledge production heard.
Editorial
Feature
In Homonational Times: Nationalist Mythology and LGBT Inclusivity
Islamicate Sexualities: the Artworks of Ebrin Bagheri
PosterVirus: Views from the Street
Invisible as One and Many: The Mirror Drawings of Anthea Black and Thea Yabut
Black Queer Grief in Michèle Pearson Clarke’s Parade of Champions
Peeling Objects for Queer Play
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Young Critics
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Tourism
Spring Summer 2024
Because it is essential for it to be open to the world, art is particularly affected by concerns related to planetary travel. From a position at the intersection of contemporary art, leisure, ecology, and destination culture, Esse no. 111 observes artists’ and critical thinkers’ strategies for revisiting the very notion of tourism. Although the harmful impacts of the tourism industry are beyond question, the thematic section avoids falling prey to tourismphobia and simply pointing out its failures. Rather, this issue offers a guided tour of situations and places where art and tourism converge.