“Duck”, 2012, by Lama AlTakruri, a public art intervention in Ramallah
Adele Jarrar (PS, 1992): Adele is an independent curatorial worker and researcher, with a focus on self-organization and alternative modes of cultural production. She is currently exploring web 3.0 possibilities for independent art production and self-governance.
Shatterd by by bullets; shiny glass facades
Shitty coffee poured in
environment-friendly cups.
Sports cars on crumbling asphalt
And, high-end brands walking in a seiged air
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A neoliberal dream
A neoliberal lie
Luxury is what it seems
Peripherals are where everything dies
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Margins are where everything is born
After when,
wishes are torn
But the only real happening is
a thrown stone.
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Every time it
Hits
a combat helmet
A poppy
grows
Every time it
bangs
a watch tower
An Olive Grove
Blooms
Every time it
shatters
a corporate
window
A cactus fruit
Mellows
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The fog spilled in
…Sky
To Run Deep Down Somewhere is a playlist I put together with 40 of my all-time favourite love songs. I made the playlist in 2019. I had turned 30 that year, so naturally, I was going through this unnecessary dramatic emotional phase where I imagined myself as the cynical heroine of a 60’s French New Wave film.
READTo Run Deep Down Somewhere
Our work is not separate from the life we are living: it is threatening and at the same time very very satisfying.
READEditorial / March 2021
Vacationing requires taking the risk of being bored. No planning. No aspirations. No goals. No distractions. In a world filled with products and services marketing distraction as ‘happiness’, and in a work environment where multitasking is the norm and nothing is ever enough, vacation should be the opposite.
READAchievement ≠ Happiness
