Earlier Selves, Strangers: A Conversation with Robert Glück
Robert Glück is a poet, fiction writer, editor, and theorist; he is also a recognized ceramicist, educator, cook, and all-around ... More
Open Space is a hybrid, interdisciplinary publishing platform for artists, writers, et al.
Genre Wormhole #3: Realism at the End of Time
When I was finishing up my studio visit with artist Sofía Córdova at the Headlands Center for the Arts, they ... More
Featured Organization: Cantíl
When was Cantíl founded, and why? Claire Grossman: Cantíl was founded in 2015 by Elana Chavez and Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta. They ... More
Faggot Gossip
Dancing uphill to that fabulous bar on Grant Street, The Capri, you’re tweaked out of your mind. You shoulder your ... More
Mundane Travels
With each return to The Mundane Afrofuturist Manifesto, I reconsider the “bonfire of the Stupidities” Martine Syms proposes. Syms holds ... 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.
Earlier Selves, Strangers: A Conversation with Robert Glück
Robert Glück is a poet, fiction writer, editor, and theorist; he is also a recognized ceramicist, educator, cook, and all-around ... More
Genre Wormhole #3: Realism at the End of Time
When I was finishing up my studio visit with artist Sofía Córdova at the Headlands Center for the Arts, they ... More
Featured Organization: Cantíl
When was Cantíl founded, and why? Claire Grossman: Cantíl was founded in 2015 by Elana Chavez and Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta. They ... More
Coda: Reporter’s Notebook
Rap in Public While I was writing this piece, California gang injunctions reappeared in the news. In March, as the ... More
Faggot Gossip
Dancing uphill to that fabulous bar on Grant Street, The Capri, you’re tweaked out of your mind. You shoulder your ... More
Mundane Travels
With each return to The Mundane Afrofuturist Manifesto, I reconsider the “bonfire of the Stupidities” Martine Syms proposes. Syms holds ... More
Culture Cash, Part 2: Oakland’s Struggle to Support the Arts
This is the second half of a two-part story; read the first half here. — Eds. In 2015, Mayor ... More
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The Light Fantastic: Nathaniel Dorsky’s Arboretum Cycle
I am not interested in photographing nature, but I need subject matter. — Nathaniel Dorsky Am I not partly leaves ... More
Culture Cash, Part 1: Oakland’s Struggle to Support the Arts
This is the first half of a two-part story; read the second half here. — Eds. For more than a ... More
May – June 2018
Competing Realities, Contested Corners
Oakland could once be divided into the moneyed hills and the disinvested flatlands. Now wealth and poverty intermingle, drawing nearer in proximity as the chasm between them widens. All space is contested; songs and murals parse race and class as they cling to blocks and walls, vying for visibility. The tension erupts in the streets, and it simmers at the intersection of culture, city policy, and real estate. How many realities fit within city limits? Every corner is a test.
Written by Sam Lefebvre, featuring photographs by Stephanie Lister, and edited by Claudia La Rocco and Gordon Faylor, Competing Realities, Contested Corners is the latest issue of our durational magazine; new commissions appear each week.
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