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issue no. six—spring 2022
In Dedication: Rico Africa, Old Miami, Detroit
When Life Was a Gay Bar
A dossier by artist and writer Michael Conboy (Los Angeles) on the 1970s-80s Detroit scene of his youth, featuring paintings and illustrations, memoirs, drag photos, club fliers, and a short story
Three Fold Commissions: Nancy Mitchnick, Patrick Hill
Telephones by Paul Elliman
Excerpts from a pre-history of that moment when the human voice is first cut from its source in the body
Guess Where I Am by Paul Elliman
The Last to Figure It Out by Michael Jackman
Imaginary Dinner Party, Part Five
Forms of Engagement by Lynn Crawford
Poetry by Aaron Shurin, Stacy Szymaszek, Nathaniel Mackey, Norman Fischer, Jennifer Scappettone
Fiction by Evelyn Hampton, Rick London
In Dedication: Rico Africa, Old Miami, Detroit
When Life Was a Gay Bar
A dossier by artist and writer Michael Conboy (Los Angeles) on the 1970s-80s Detroit scene of his youth, featuring paintings and illustrations, memoirs, drag photos, club fliers, and a short story
Three Fold Commissions: Nancy Mitchnick, Patrick Hill
Telephones by Paul Elliman
Excerpts from a pre-history of that moment when the human voice is first cut from its source in the body
Guess Where I Am by Paul Elliman
The Last to Figure It Out by Michael Jackman
Imaginary Dinner Party, Part Five
Forms of Engagement by Lynn Crawford
Poetry by Aaron Shurin, Stacy Szymaszek, Nathaniel Mackey, Norman Fischer, Jennifer Scappettone
Fiction by Evelyn Hampton, Rick London
Photo for Menjo’s advertisement, c. 1980s | Michael Conboy
Corazón Sangrante, Ximena Cuevas, México, digital, 4 min, 1993Our winter 2022 issue was presented in partnership with Media City Film Festival, a trailblazing festival for film and digital art based in Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. Since 1994, the festival has engaged such artists as Yoko Ono, Michael Snow, Alvin Lucier, and hundreds others. The 25th Anniversary virtual edition ran February 8-March 1, 2022, featuring 70+ films from 30+ countries, in full open access globally. In conjunction, Three Fold profiled eight artists whose moving image work was celebrated in a Spotlight Series. [Read more ...]
issue no. five—winter 2022
On the cover: Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy, Tracey Moffatt, 35mm︎digital, 1990, courtesy of the artist © Tracey Moffatt and Women Make Movies.
In Dedication: Artist In Residence In Exile, Megan O’Connell, 2021
Doom and Glory in the Cass Corridor
Part two of a dossier on Detroit visual artist Cay Bahnmiller—dream diaries, Gilbert and Lila Silverman, Der Imker (the beekeeper), mail art, communiqués, a secret spy network, Structo-vision, photography, books, and a kaddish for Cay by Cary Loren
Three Fold Commissions: Ruqayyah Alzona Al-Baari, Jim Chatelain, Chris Riddell
Bringing Detroit by Ian John Solomon, Jay Orellana & Crystal Mioner
Ruminations on Beauty by Rochelle Marrett
My First Stroll Through Eternity by Stephen Paul Trimboli
Imaginary Dinner Party, Part Four: Possession by Lynn Crawford
Poetry by Alice Notley, Peter Gizzi, Quincy Troupe, Rachelle Rahmé, Maureen Owen
Fiction by Garrett Caples, Jose Padua, Robert Lopez
On the cover: Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy, Tracey Moffatt, 35mm︎digital, 1990, courtesy of the artist © Tracey Moffatt and Women Make Movies.
In Dedication: Artist In Residence In Exile, Megan O’Connell, 2021
Doom and Glory in the Cass Corridor
Part two of a dossier on Detroit visual artist Cay Bahnmiller—dream diaries, Gilbert and Lila Silverman, Der Imker (the beekeeper), mail art, communiqués, a secret spy network, Structo-vision, photography, books, and a kaddish for Cay by Cary Loren
Three Fold Commissions: Ruqayyah Alzona Al-Baari, Jim Chatelain, Chris Riddell
Bringing Detroit by Ian John Solomon, Jay Orellana & Crystal Mioner
Ruminations on Beauty by Rochelle Marrett
My First Stroll Through Eternity by Stephen Paul Trimboli
Imaginary Dinner Party, Part Four: Possession by Lynn Crawford
Poetry by Alice Notley, Peter Gizzi, Quincy Troupe, Rachelle Rahmé, Maureen Owen
Fiction by Garrett Caples, Jose Padua, Robert Lopez
issue no. four—fall 2021
On the cover: I Miss Sonja Henie, Karpo Godina, 1971, 35mm frame enlargement courtesy the artist © Karpo Godina the Slovenian Cinematheque and Media City Film Festival. Restoration by the Austrian Film Museum
Doom and Glory in the Cass Corridor, Part One: A Dossier on Cay Bahnmiller by Cary Loren
Three Fold Commissions: Hangama Amiri, Israel Aten, David Craig
In Dedication: Before, During and After by MGUN
Ghetto Tech: The Soundtrack to Black Ruin by Taylor Aldridge
Patching the Past: Reimaging the Buchla by Mark Milanovich
Imaginary Dinner Party: Part Three, Think Like a Detective by Lynn Crawford
Spoken word by Akinyemi Sa Ra
Poetry by Elaine Equi, Harryette Mullen, A.L. Nielsen, Cole Swensen, Dennis Teichman
Fiction by Sarah Schulman, Alan Franklin
issue no. three—summer 2021
On the cover: Photo of Michael Luchs’ studio by Kathryn Brackett Luchs, June 15, 2021
Three Fold Commissions: Katherine Yaochen Du, M. Saffell Gardner, Africanus Okokon
Disfluencies: A Dossier by Sky Hopinka
Plantocracy and Communism by Stefano Harney & Fred Moten
Super Natural by Imani Mixon
Catalog of Birds for Banjos: Joel Peterson in Conversation with Eugene Chadbourne
Imaginary Dinner Party, Part Two: Heal the People? by Lynn Crawford
Poetry by Ron Padgett, Rachel Levitsky, Kit Robinson, Michelle Naka Pierce, Will Alexander
Fiction by Wang Ping, Barbara Henning, Robert Glück
issue no. two—spring 2021
On the cover: a minor piece of damage (2020), Sid Iandovka
As Yet Untitled: A Dossier on Sid Iandovka & Anya Tsyrlina by Herb Shellenberger
Ekphrasis by Rachel Harkai
Amina Teaches by Luke Stewart
Alter Destiny: A Survivor’s Guide by Thomas Stanley
A Myriad of Self-Portraits by Sala Damali White
What Remains: Reflections on a Decade of Poetry Lessons in Detroit 2008-2018 by Norene Cashen
Imaginary Dinner Party: Part One, Under Stories by Lynn Crawford
Poetry by Christine Hume & Laura Larson, Ted Pearson, Bill Harris, Eleni Sikelianos, Brandon Brown
Fiction by Lolita Hernandez, Paul Jaussen, Cal Freeman
a minor piece of damage, Sid Iandovka, 2020
issue no. one—fall 2020
On the cover: Say Translation is Art (excerpt), Sawako Nakayasu
In Dedication: Meditation Device by Hannah Jones & Rebecca Mazzei
Maureen Taylor | drawing by Hannah Jones, 2020What’s Been Done and What’s Been Won by Bob Ostertag with Maureen Taylor
Integral Whirls: A Dossier on Ephraim Asili by Greg de Cuir Jr
Making a Making: Jonathan Rajewski in Conversation with Bill Dilworth
Black Lives Matter? by Fred Williams
What is in a Name by Imani Mixon
Art, Ritual & Theory in Mandenka Historiography by Nubia Kai
Wild Gardening & Improvisation by Thollem
Heal Ourselves by Peter Sparling & Thollem
Hear That Snap: Joel Peterson in Conversation with Hakim Jami
The Orgasmic Space Poetry of Henry R. Lewis by Cary Loren
Malayeen by Leyya Tawil
Poetry by Laura Moriarty, John Sinclair, Khaled Mattawa, Sawako Nakayasu, Tyrone Williams
Fiction by Owólabi, Lynn Crawford