ISSUE 012_SPRING 2026

“What I am interested in doing now is suggesting how the general consensus that “true” knowledge is fundamentally non-political (and conversely, that overtly political knowledge is not “true” knowledge) obscures the highly, if obscurely organized, political circumstances obtaining when knowledge is produced.” – Edward Said, Orientalism.

“You have to see it before you see it.”-Dr. Kelli Morgan, “Rewriting the Rules on Art, Whiteness, and Empire”.

 

CONTENTS

Artificial Vision: How AI Reproduces Colonial Frameworks

Essay by Danny VanZandt


Burnt Offerings:

In Conversation with Austin Brantley


Reframing Visual Languages:

In Conversation with Conrad Egyir


The Fugitivity of Our Days

In Conversation with Julie Mehretu


Art, Whiteness, and Empire:

In Conversation with Dr. Kelli Morgan


Indexes of Action:

In Conversation with Martha Mysko


Other Ways of Knowing

In Conversation with Manal Shoukair


Where Do Memories Live:

In Conversation with Cherry Wood