Stillpoint Magazine

02/11/2022

📚 Book Review 📚

Read Parag Desai's review of 𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 (Graywolf Press, 2022) – a collection of poetry by Claire Schwartz 🌟

Read this and more reviews in our Study Room – link below!
https://stillpointmag.org/articles/civil-service-claire-schwartz/ 💚

02/11/2022

PROVOCATIONS #4: LABORS OF LOVE, by Richard B. Keys

Stillpoint Magazine asked former contributor Richard B. Keys to respond to Luce DeLire's essay “Lessons in Love II: The Erotics of Toxicity“, written for Issue 011: SLEEP. DeLire concludes her essay with the following proposition, and this is what we posed to Richard:

𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵? 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵—𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴, 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸, 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺 … 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 …

You can read his response by becoming a supporter – link below!
https://stillpointmag.org/articles/provocations-4-labors-of-love/ 💙

A response to a proposition posed by Luce DeLire in Issue 011: SLEEP on the indeterminate sublime as a model for love.

31/10/2022

“𝗜 𝗛𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 (𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁)”- 𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼 – by Kara Kohn-Gardner and Carlos Padrón 🌟

An experimental, co-authored declaration of the potential dreams and the unconscious hold for collective transformation.

Read this piece in our Issue 011: SLEEP – link below!
https://stillpointmag.org/articles/i-had-too-much-to-dream-last-night-a-manifesto/ 💚

28/10/2022

📚 Book Review 📚

Read Parag Desai's review of 𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 (Graywolf Press, 2022) – a collection of poetry by Claire Schwartz 🌟

Read this and more reviews in our Study Room – link below!
https://stillpointmag.org/articles/civil-service-claire-schwartz/ 💚

27/10/2022

𝘉𝘓𝘖𝘖𝘋𝘚𝘖𝘜𝘕𝘋 – artwork by Zinzi Minott 🌟

​​BLOODSOUND was a solo exhibition held at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK, February–May 2022. As well as the sound sculpture BLOODSOUND, it featured works of prints, moving image, sound, and sculpture expanding from Minott’s durational film work(s) FI DEM—released annually on the 22nd June to commemorate the Windrush Generation.

Explore this further in our Issue 011: SLEEP – out now!
https://stillpointmag.org/articles/perchance-to-dream/ ❤️

26/10/2022

Zinzi Minott‘s work focuses on the relationship between dance, bodies, and politics. As a dancer, she seeks to complicate the boundaries of dance and the place of Black women’s bodies within the form. Her work explores how dance is perceived through the prisms of race, q***r culture, gender, and class.

Zinzi is interested in the space between dance and other art forms, and though her practice is driven through dance, the outcomes range from performance and live art to sound, film and video, dances, and object-based work.

Find her work 𝘉𝘓𝘖𝘖𝘋𝘚𝘖𝘜𝘕𝘋 in our Issue 011: SLEEP – link below!
https://stillpointmag.org/articles/perchance-to-dream/ ❤️

24/10/2022

𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 - a short essay by Aneta Stojnić 💭

An argument for reclaiming sleep and defending dreams, with the help of psychoanalysis.

Read this piece in full in our Issue 011: SLEEP 🌟
https://stillpointmag.org/articles/perchance-to-dream/

21/10/2022

𝘑𝘖𝘜𝘙𝘕𝘌𝘠 𝘛𝘖 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘜𝘕𝘋𝘌𝘙𝘞𝘖𝘙𝘓𝘋 - a video by the amazing Paola Estrella 🌟

Watch this in full in our Issue 011: SLEEP 💙
https://stillpointmag.org/articles/lessons-in-love-ii-the-erotics-of-toxicity/

20/10/2022

OPEN CALL 🌟

Be part of our next Supporters Issue! We invite submissions of visual artworks which consider the various elements of Crush: to break, damage, or distort in shape; to subdue; to press together; to have a brief or intense infatuation for someone.

We will consider visual works in mediums applicable to digital presentation, such as moving image works, digital illustration, or photography. You can see the types of work Stillpoint Magazine publishes by reading past open-access issues here. You are welcome to get in touch with Art Director Kate Holford before submitting, should you be unsure whether your work would be suitable for this context. You can email her at [email protected].

You can submit by sending a selection of images or a link to a video, along with a brief description of the work (up to 350 words), and some info about you/your practice, to Kate via [email protected].

Selected works will be featured in our next issue for Supporters, due out in December.

In everything we publish we emphasize the work of those historically marginalized in institutional settings and in publishing. We specifically emphasize the work of emerging artists in our Supporters Issues. Everyone is welcome to submit.

Honorarium: $150
Deadline: 14 November

Follow the link below for more info.
We look forward to hearing from you 💚

https://stillpointmag.org/opportunities/

19/10/2022

Paola Estrella is a multimedia artist born in Mexico City and based in London. Auto-fiction and self-discovery are central to her practice, through which she conveys notions of intimacy, desire, and becoming. Estrella explores how new technologies impact the public and the private spheres and reflects on how the imaginary influences social conventions, gender, identity, and our notion of reality. Her work shifts across mixed media, video, installation, and performance as she dives into the blurred limits between the external and the internal world.

Watch her video 𝘑𝘖𝘜𝘙𝘕𝘌𝘠 𝘛𝘖 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘜𝘕𝘋𝘌𝘙𝘞𝘖𝘙𝘓𝘋 in our Issue 011: SLEEP - out now!
https://stillpointmag.org/ 🤍

17/10/2022

𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗢𝗫𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 - by Luce DeLire 💫

An analysis of the way capitalism forces toxicity in love, and sells it to us as romance.

The sequel to her piece - "Lessons in Love I, On Revolutionary Flirting" – in Issue 009: TENDER ✨

Read it in full in our Issue 011: SLEEP ❤️
https://stillpointmag.org/

13/10/2022

𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵 — photography by Bet Bettencourt (May 2022)

Bet Bettencourt is a photographer born and raised in East London. Her thing is archiving the world around her, with a focus on music, documentation of her hometown, and a steady commitment to alternative portrait photography.

Explore more of her work, featuring a Hackney location as well as portrait photography, in our Issue 011: SLEEP – out now 🌟
https://stillpointmag.org/articles/the-third/