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What defines protest and how does it relate to visual culture? How powerful is art as an enactor of social change? Pre-order and support ContraJournal through Kickstarter here: http://bit.ly/contra02
December 5, 2018
November 8, 2018
Cracked Screen, written and directed by Trim Lamba, is an unsettling story about the conflict between our public and private selves.
July 20, 2018
North Korea’s public image is carefully curated by its government, leading to a widely held view that the nation’s cultural sector is devoted solely to propaganda and therefore lacking in artistic merit. Yet art is a crucial part of North Korean society, and at a time when the political situation surrounding the country appears to be reaching a turning point, this subject is receiving an increasing amount of attention.
June 2, 2018
Disposable Perspectives is a photography project that gives those affected by the refugee crisis the chance to document their own stories. Founder Amy Lineham presents a series of photographs taken by migrants in Paris.
May 4, 2018
“I wanted to use trolling to address serious issues and ask questions.” London-based artist Calum Bowden, whose work examines our relationship with emerging technologies, is discussing Calls of Duty, his 2016 collaborative performance project that comprised a series of group vocal interventions within the popular first-person shooter games Call of Duty and Counter Strike.
March 28, 2018
With his recent project, Now Here, photographer Tom Hatton depicts the desolate landscapes of the Calais Jungle. Unpopulated, yet packed with detail, these haunting images effectively trace the human experience.
February 22, 2018
HOME LOST, HOME FOUND is a short film made by Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières, a student charity supporting the work done by Médecins Sans Frontières.
January 15, 2018
"This motion picture is dedicated to France. More than 300 years ago French missionaries were sent to Indochina to teach love of God and the love of fellow man. Gradually, French influence took shape in the Vietnamese lands. Despite many hardships they advanced their way of living and the thriving nation became the rice bowl of Asia. Vast bridges were developed under French guidance until 1941 when Japanese troops moved in…"
System of Systems is a transdisciplinary research project founded in 2016 by Rebecca Glyn-Blanco, Maria McLintock and Danae Papazymouri, which explores the legal framework and technology present in the European asylum-seeking systems. Contra caught up with its founders to find out more about the project’s aims and its increasing relevance in relation to displacement and migration.
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