Contra Journal Issue 3 (Ruin) is available now on loremnotipsum.com. Contra Journal is a not-for-profit annual magazine and arts organisation that explores the complex relationship between visual culture and conflict.
Issue 01, titled Displacement, looks at the visual response to current and past migrations. Published in January 2018, it features contributors such as dancer-choreographer Akram Khan, photographer Harley Weir, and Turner Prize nominees Forensic Architecture and Oscar Murillo. Issue 02, themed around Protest, explores how visual culture engages with and reacts to different forms of resistance. Published in April 2019, it features contributors such as Kara Walker, Olafur Eliasson, Santiago Sierra, Seamus Murphy and Raqs Media Collective.
Contra is a new publication exploring the relationship between art and conflict. Published annually, each issue will take a theme related to conflict and consider its role in contemporary visual culture. Our first issue, titled Displacement, features content related to past, present and future migrations.
Discover Contra Journal – Issue 3 (Ruin).
Contra is a new publication exploring the relationship between art and conflict. Published annually, each issue of Contra will take a theme related to conflict and consider its role in contemporary visual culture. Our first issue, titled Displacement, features content related to past, present and future migrations. Contra brings a variety of voices and viewpoints into the conversation. Through a mixture of essays, interviews, photo essays and original artwork, Contra aims to widen the discussion about imagery and its relationship to power, violence and inequality. With this in mind, our target readership is not limited to those that work in arts and media – Contra is open to everyone interested in the creation and consumption of visual ideas.
Covers
Danila Tkachenko
Giles Price
Details: Contra Journal – Issue 3 (Ruin)
208 pages
210 x 273 mm
Perfect bound Arcoprint Extra White 250gsm cover
Arcoprint Milk 100gsm inner pages
Symbol Freelife Gloss 100gsm tipped in inner pages
