Issue Three
Judge a book by its covers
published in
The task is to hold your attention for more than three seconds.〖 Found in translation 〗
Doom is in the details
published in
Floods, hailstorms, plague, fire, children lost on a mountain or trapped for years in a ruined villa. On the stories of Adalbert Stifter.
« droid » ➞ « druid »
published in
The translator had probably not been familiar with Star Wars.〖 Found in translation 〗
An axe to grind should make you sharper
published in
Forensic Architecture charts state-organized crimes, genocide and other disasters in three dimensions. « Flat maps can’t convey the politics of water and shit. »
« Bidoon » ➞ « Bedouin »
published in
A violent mistranslation I still find amusing was with a poem titled 1965.〖 Found in translation 〗
Perhentian Sunrise
published in
A story about romance. « The eve of a suitor’s arrival, bigger than Christmas or birthday, I tell you. »
The pulverization of memory
published in
Write your memoir in a hostile tongue. On Marina Jarre, from Latvia to Italy and back.
Tragedy & farce in climate commentary
published in
« We are fucked » vs. « It’s not too late ». The Club of Rome’s Earth for All offers a burst of stubborn optimism. But when does stubborn optimism become cruel optimism?
An archeology of the air
published in
On Havelok the Dane, medieval air & the world’s largest wind farm
The invention of austerity
published in
Dramatic economic inflations have punctuated twentieth-century political history. Is austerity a class strategy?
No man’s land
published in
On Edda Mussolini & fashionable fascism. Can a woman be dangerous yet powerless?