A South African Journal by Laurel Reuter, Literature On The Hoof by Sue Thornton, Kurdish Video Art by Ann Zimmerman, Puerto Rican Performance Festival by Susan Homar, New Public Art in Chicago by Carole Tormollan, plus profiles, news departments and more.
On the cover: Cattle, Poetry, Controversy
Table of Contents
FEATURES
Horizons: A South African Journal
Artist Georgie Papageorge melds painting and activism in a squatter camp, by Laurel Rueter
Literature on the Hoof
A tale of cattle and poetry that enraged conservativesby Sue Thornton
Fine Art, Farm Art and Funding
by Steven Durland
Art in Wartime
Video as a revolutionary tool in Iraqi Kurdistan, by Ann Zimmerman
Rompeforma, Or What Forms Were Broken This Year
The Puerto Rican festival that celebrates native experimental performance, by Susan Homar
West Coast Women
Performance texts from Joan Hotchkis, 4 Big Girls, Rachel Kaplan and Women Who Kill Too Much
Culture in Action
New Public Art in Chicago, by Carole Tormollan
Dirt/Flood/Leaks
A first-person account of one artist’s experience in Sculpture Chicago’s public art project, by Laurie Palmer
PROFILES
Pearl Ubungen
In The Alley, by Katia Noyes
Kaja Overstreet
Human Hands, by Lauren Bufferd
Carmen, a.k.a. Marcus Kuiland-Nazario
The Stage Is Politics, by Ruben Martinez
Michael Warr
Beyond Full-time, by Achy Obejas
PERSPECTIVES
A Part of a Picture
by Treasure Smith
Art and Society Must Empower Diversity in All Its Manifestations
by John R. Killacky
An American Icon
by Joseph Wilson
Michael Callen: 1955-1993
by Douglas Sadownick
VIDEO/FILM
Middle Eastern Films in the Los Angeles Festival
by Norman M. Klein
SOUND
When the Rainforest Meets the CD
by Jamie Allen
PRINTED MATTER
Sacred Lips of the Bronx
by Douglas Sadownick
DEPARTMENTS
Notes from the editor
editorial by Steven Durland
Running commentary
essay by Linda Frye Burnham
Products
Review of new books, audio, video
Hot Shorts
News and announcements
The Tacit Observer
a satirical newspaper by Steven Durland