PUBLIC Journal

Interdisciplinary, bi-annual journal & books imprint focusing on media, visual culture, contemporary art, & the public sphere, since 1988.

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Byeeeeeee! We are officially re-locating to Bluesky. We will maintain our account here according to minimum user agreement guidelines to prevent Russian bots or otherwise from hijacking it, but from now on you can find us [at] https://t.co/mSMoh6licv

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“A cloud in the shape of a thought, a poem in the form of a question.” Read the inaugural "From the Archives" edition of PUBLIC Online celebrating the centennial of Surrealism with a look back at Christian Bok's contribution to PUBLIC 33 https://t.co/dgIpo3P6LQ

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TONIGHT! We know there's lots on the go, but stop by Vtape for a glass of vino and even a tarot reading. Panel with the issue editors @ 7pm. Current issue and select back issues for sale.

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You're Invited: PUBLIC 69 Launch Party - Join us on Sept 19, 6–8pm @ Vtape in 401 Richmond to raise a toast, enjoy a fireside chat, and even a tarot reading ✨ https://t.co/OBfzcokf1h

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👏Important wknd reading now up on PUBLIC Online-PRAYING FOR MY HATERS: Incels, Art, & Empathy by Madeline Bogoch. "If #art (like #masculinity) is perpetually in crisis, the nature of the threat is always shifting." https://t.co/AVR3LpkbWB

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How does one recognize the legacy and lament the future of the glacier? Rashana Youtzy reviews Paul Walde's «Glacial Resonance» @McIntoshGallery for PUBLIC online: https://t.co/okOEpiCPDr

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WEEKEND READING: “Bodies in Catastrophic Interdependence: A Conversation on Faye Driscoll’s «Weathering». Angel Callander interviews Driscoll about choreographing her orgiastic think-piece on aliveness and urgency amidst climate catastrophe. https://t.co/CM57v85we8

[Archive/Counter-Archive @Counter_Archive]

Supported by A/CA, the Toronto Living With AIDS book, edited by Ryan Conrad, will be launched in Toronto on March 16th from 2 - 3:30pm at the @Tranzac as part of the @TorontoQueerFF!

Event info: https://t.co/2N2Mazg1ZZ
Book info: https://t.co/orgnSwjWJe

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TONIGHT 🙌 Escape the snow into the stunning Fisher Library for a fascinating convo on collaboration between artists & librarians. feat. Maria Hupfield, Diane Borsato, Jarrett Earnest & Thyrza Nichols Goodeve in dialogue w/ David Fernández, Grant Hurley & John Shoesmith. *Free*

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Join us for a timely and lively discussion between artists Maria Hupfield, Diane Borsato, Jarrett Earnest, and Thyrza Nichols Goodeve with librarians David Fernández, Grant Hurley, and John Shoesmith
Feb. 15th, 6pm at Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
120 St. George Street, Toronto

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Have your head in the clouds? 🌥️Consider submitting a proposal to PUBLIC 70: The Weather (Fall 2024), ed. Joel Ong! This issue aims to investigate our ever-changing relationship with the atmosphere. ⛈️ Full details: https://t.co/yRgB6yoxl9

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Hit us with your best shot 👉📝 We're now accepting proposals on an ongoing basis for our web-based publishing stream, PUBLIC Online - see all the details and submit at: https://t.co/oGj3uQSjYY

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We've officially launched our web publishing arm: Introducing PUBLIC ONLINE 🙌 Our inaugural post is a beguiling convo with renowned media artist Wolfgang Tillmans by curator and writer Katie Lawson: https://t.co/oeFVpLtgQR

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@gabbymoser Thank you for all the effort and insight to make this happen 🙏

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We Have A New Website! https://t.co/NRAslay0Lv Emerging from the ethos of our past projects on access and inclusion, our new home on the Web is more accessible and more intuitive to navigate. Oh, and also pretty handsome, if we do say so ourselves 😉

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Come say hello (and perhaps strike a pose?) this Wednesday 5-8pm as we launch ISSUE 67: Reversus est ad corpus/Return to the Body at @PharmacyBar Authors in attendance and freshly minted copies for sale 🤑

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Join us in launching PUBLIC 67: Return to the Body / Reversus est ad corpus edited by Bridget Cauthery and Jonathan Osborn #embodiment #kinaesthesia #dance

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Congratulations to Jonathan Sterne. Read 2 reviews of this volume in PUBLIC 66: Access Aesthetics, one on the book itself and the other is a review of a speculative exhibition proposed within Sterne’s volume. https://t.co/J4slm67wzA

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We are so pleased to announce that the CCA has awarded last week the 2023 Gertrude J. Robinson book prize to Jonathan Sterne's Diminished Faculties: A Political Phenomenology of Impairment (Duke University Press). Congratulations, Jonathan!

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Pre-order PUBLIC 67: Return to the Body. Edited by Bridget Cauthery & Jonathan Osborn. https://t.co/9Lvjd60mZG

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Read a book review AND an exhibition review of a speculative exhibition on @jonathansterne ‘s latest book in PUBLIC 66: Access Aesthetics

[Alex Borkowski @alex_borkow]

Having a delightful time reading the gorgeous new issue of @publicjourn_ca, which also includes my review of @jonathansterne’s imaginary exhibition “In Search of New Vocalities” ❤️