e-flux Journal #111

<p>Who remembers the title of last year’s Venice Biennale? One long year and change later, it seems that nobody’s worst enemy could have made a threat, a promise, or a curse that we may live in times quite as … “interesting” as the ones we find ourselves in now. Arguably, anyone paying even the most distant attention to 2019—or to history and the evolving present in general—could have foreseen what we were heading towards. It’s hard to imagine, though, that someone could have envisioned just how deadly fascinating these times would turn out to be.</p> <p>In any case, here we are. A new semester begins in old virtual digs; renewed vigor bubbles up behind decades- or centuries-long movements and ancient oppressions. Perhaps, through the summer, a glimpse emerged of something like hope for new regimes, new leadership, or better yet, new solidarities, despite the stubborn persistence of failed (or rather, too-efficient) structures and institutions across the globe. It promises to be a wild ride ahead; perchance we’ll eventually enter into less interesting times…</p>

Editors: Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle

Authors: Nicholas Mirzoeff, Lara Khaldi, Yazan Khalili, Marwa Arsanios, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Sophie Lewis, Serubiri Moses, Iman Issa, Ben Ware, Terry Smith, Boris Groys