Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Secret Vices: Richard Hampton on Peckinpah," by Howard Hampton; "Undertone: B. Ruby Rich on Standing by Your Girl," by B. Ruby Rich; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Commedia Dell'Arte: A Project for Artforum," by Peter Bagge; "Curies' Children: Vilém Flusser on Progress," by Vilém Flusser; "Democracy, Inc. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Ecoculture: Andrew Ross' Weather Report," by Robert Ross; "Glamour Wounds: Rhonda Lieberman on the New Power Schlub," by Rhonda Lieberman; "Art Wars: Lorraine O'Grady on Basquiat and the Black Art World," by Lorraine O'Grady; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Media Kids: Sydney Pokorny on Cyberspatiality," by Sydney Pokorny; "Achtung Baby: Diedrich Diederichsen and Jutta Koether on News from Germany," by Diedrich Diederichsen; "Art after the End of Art," by Arthur C. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Glamour Wounds: Rhonda Lieberman on Fashion Week in New York," by Rhonda Lieberman; "Fashion: Richard Martin on the Menswear Closet," by Richard Martin; "Music: Simon Reynolds on Charles Long and Sterolab," by Simon Reynolds; "Weather Report: Andrew Ross on the Rap Channel," by Andrew Ross; "Television: Mark Van de Walle on 'The X-Files,'" by Mark Van de Walle; "Curator Interview," Robert Fleck talks with Hans Ulrich-Obrist; "Letter from Helsinki," by Timo Valjakka; "Books: Whitney Davis Reviews Klaus Theweleit's 'Object-choice: All You Need is Love," by Whitney Davis; "Travels in Hypertrophia: A Project for Artforum," Thyrza Nichols Goodeve talks with Matthew Barney; "Critical Reflections," Herbert Muschamp with an introduction by Frank Gehry; "Babes in the Hood," Paul Schrader talks with Larry Clark; "O Jackie," Bruce Hainley talks with Wayne Koestenbaum; "Paul Outerbridge, Jr. ... [details]
Critical theory text discussing themes and origins of contemporary art. The title, "Synnyt," refers to the Finnish word meaning 'birth' and 'to be born,' and also to Finnish mythology, in which the word alluded to a story that "explained the cause or origin of a given creature, disease or other phenomenon and it was believed that knowledge of the true 'synty' or origin gave its possessor power over the phenomenon in question. ... [details]
