e-flux Journal #68

<p>The texts gathered in this issue of <em>e-flux journal</em> reflect upon the censorship of Cuban artists that has taken place in the shadow of the political negotiations between the island and the United States. They are the words of Cuban intellectuals who have chosen to respond to erasures brought about by overzealous state authority, a politics of complicity among Cuban artists, and the strategic blindness of Cuba’s enthusiasts.</p> <p><strong>Editorial—“Cuba: The Fading of a Subcontinental Dream”</strong><br /> Coco Fusco</p> <p><strong>The Forbidden Symbols</strong><br /> Ernesto Hernández Busto</p> <p><strong>Letter from Prison</strong><br /> Danilo Maldonado Machado (El Sexto)</p> <p><strong>Apotheosis Now</strong><br /> Iván de la Nuez</p> <p><strong>Condemn Us, It Does Not Matter: Art Will Absolve Us</strong><br /> Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti</p> <p><strong>Castrolence</strong><br /> Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo</p> <p><strong>Artist Against Artist</strong><br /> Sandra Ceballos</p> <p><strong>On Censorship and Its Demons</strong><br /> Enrique Colina Alvarez</p> <p><strong>Tania Wins, Civil Rights Continue to Lose</strong><br /> Lázaro Saavedra</p> <p><strong>The Putinization of Cuban Art</strong><br /> Antonio José Ponte</p> <p><strong>Alamar: An Oblique Approach</strong><br /> Amaury Pacheco del Monte</p>