Body Group
The premise: Upstanding Others was an experiment that happened within the inaugural CounterPulse Festival, and it happened from March 12 ... More
Open Space is a hybrid, interdisciplinary publishing platform for artists, writers, et al.
It’s a Thing
We asked artist Xandra Ibarra to meditate on Michelle Handelman’s Hustlers & Empires at SFMOMA. While she was experiencing the ... More
American Loneliness (Postcards)
Dear Ben, killer whales came and snapped up the man who was pale, who bravely swam through the freezing black ... More
The opinions of this writer do not necessarily reflect… On Open Space’s Tenth Anniversary
Ten years ago today, me, pushing the “Publish” button on the first post for Open Space, launching into an unknowable ... More
Lineage, Mimicry, and Ambivalence
When I think about lineage, I imagine taking those DNA tests that reveal surprising details about one’s ancestry. I have ... More
Open Space
is a hybrid, interdisciplinary publishing platform for artists, writers, et al.
is a hybrid, interdisciplinary publishing platform for artists, writers, et al.
Body Group
The premise: Upstanding Others was an experiment that happened within the inaugural CounterPulse Festival, and it happened from March 12 ... More
It’s a Thing
We asked artist Xandra Ibarra to meditate on Michelle Handelman’s Hustlers & Empires at SFMOMA. While she was experiencing the ... More
American Loneliness (Postcards)
Dear Ben, killer whales came and snapped up the man who was pale, who bravely swam through the freezing black ... More
The opinions of this writer do not necessarily reflect… On Open Space’s Tenth Anniversary
Ten years ago today, me, pushing the “Publish” button on the first post for Open Space, launching into an unknowable ... More
Lineage, Mimicry, and Ambivalence
When I think about lineage, I imagine taking those DNA tests that reveal surprising details about one’s ancestry. I have ... More
The Hand That Holds the Rod
The painting is of course Untitled, because words are a fence and allegories avoid containment. But stated simply: There’s a ... More
Your Pretty Face is Going to Sell
On YouTube, there’s a long tail of content that pretty much guarantees the inclusion of every potential human interest. There ... More
Living Room: A Tapestry of Time, Space, People
I was the producer for Living Room, working alongside Suzanne Stein, the curator of the project; we were excited to ... More
Three’s a Crowd
Simone Bailey’s Sway, Clench, Release (Requiem No. 415) Who gets to stand here? Standing at the corner of 16th and ... More
Two Nights on 16th Street
We asked Tongo Eisen-Martin to respond to Simone Bailey’s Sway, Clench, Release (Requiem No. 415), performed February 24 as part of The ... More
January – March 2018
Heavy Machinery
Digital platforms remake our connection to the everyday, and have assumed an outsize role in aesthetic and political mediation. With these new players come new critiques. Yet platforms seem to be more than just new institutions; something else is there. How do we respond?
Edited by Mike Pepi, Heavy Machinery is the latest issue of our durational magazine; new commissions appear each week.
See more
