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011: SLEEP

October 2022

Dream on

A photograph of a silhouette of a person's head and shoulders against orange light

The Third

Word Count: 770

by Anne Marie Wirth Cauchon

From the editor: a rumination on the ambivalent nature of sleep at a fraught historical juncture.

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With portrait photography by BET BETTENCOURT
https://vimeo.com/735782338

“I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” – A Manifesto

Word Count: 2,187

by Kara Kohn-Gardner & Carlos Padrón

An experimental, co-authored declaration of the potential of dreams and the unconscious hold for collective transformation.

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With FAINTING SPELLS
a video by SKY HOPINKA
A still from the artist's work displaying a woman pole dancing. The image has a distorted view as you see the woman in a fisheye lens. In the room, there are reflective windows which reflect small circular lights which are dotted around the top of the room. The woman legs are toward the top of the pole crossed over and her head is toward the bottom of the pole. She is wearing a white strappy bralette and white shorts.

Lessons in Love II: The Erotics of Toxicity

Word Count: 6,091

by Luce deLire

An analysis of the way capitalism forces toxicity in love, and sells it to us as romance.

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With JOURNEY TO THE UNDERWORLD
a video by PAOLA ESTRELLA

The Last Word

Word Count: 1,262

by henry 7. reneau jr.

Poetry as an indictment of racism in the United States.

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With a video by ANIKA ROACH

Remedy

Word Count: 840

by Rashida Taylor

Images that evoke the split between the waking self and that of dreams. A call for rest as remedy and reparations.

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Fashion editorial with photographer AMY PESKETT
 

What Counts is Not The Best Living But The Most Living

Word Count: 2,952

by Laura Lynes

A short story on the absurdity of life and the earthy refuges where freedom lives.

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With paintings by CONNOR MARIE

perchance to dream

Word Count: 1,846

by Aneta Stojnić

An argument for reclaiming sleep and defending dreams, with the help of psychoanalysis.

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With BLOODSOUND
artwork by ZINZI MINOTT

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