QALQALAH, first issue
QALQALAH 1, an editorial project by Kadist Art Foundation and Bétonsalon – Centre for Art and Research, Paris >>> To download in the “Attachment section” on the right side of the page In echo of their respective programs, Kadist Art Foundation and Bétonsalon – Centre for Art and Research are launching the joint publication Qalqalah , a “reader” gathering contributions from artists and researchers on a variety of interlinked issues. The name Qalqalah is taken from a text by Cairo-based curator Sarah Rifky. In the text, the eponymous heroine, living in the near future, gradually loses her memory in a world where notions of language, art and economy have quietly collapsed. In this world of reconstituted, fluid knowledge, which inspires a mixture of hope and fear, the meaning of the Arabic name Qalqalah —“a movement of language, a phonetic vibration, a rebound or echo”—suggests one way of moving forward. Conceived as an online, bilingual (French/English) publication, Qalqalah will provide an outlet for international voices that are not always heard in France, and vice versa. Qalqalah will develop over time to form a space for interactions, overlaps, digressions and interpretations, for the deepening of lines of research, the sharing of resources, and the development of critical thought decentered from Western points of reference. The first issue released in April 2015, gathers contributions from Marie-laure Allain Bonilla, Lotte Arndt, Em’kal Eyongakpa, Maryam Jafri, Saadat Hasan Manto, Pedro Neves Marques, Marian Nur Goni and Erika Nimis, Helihanta Rajaonarison, Sarah Rifky and Emma Wolukau- Wanambwa. Contents : Toba Tek Singh , 1955 Saadat Hasan Manto Decolonization in adversity: Cultural constellations through the prism of Présence Africaine, 2015 Lotte Arndt Getty vs Kenya vs Corbis , 2012 Maryam Jafri Republic Day 1958 and Independence Day 1960 in Antananarivo , 2012 Helihanta Rajaonarison Some Sketches for a Hypothetical Postcolonial Theories f or Museums Handbook , 2014 Marie-laure Allain Bonilla Why the Forest is the School , 2014 Pedro Neves Marques La Croisière Noire , 2015 Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa Be-side(s) work, friends and traces , 2014-2009 Em’kal Eyongakpa Connected Africa Photographic communities in the digital age , 2014 Erika Nimis et Marian Nur Goni Qalqalah: The Subject of Language , 2014 Sarah Rifky Edited by: Virginie Bobin, Mélanie Bouteloup, Elodie Royer and Emilie Villez. Graphic design: Syndicat.