Foam Magazine #57: In Limbo

IN LIMBO addresses our current state of being, suspended and in vacuum. This issue reflects on how we are experiencing the two main topics of our time — a global pandemic and social challenges — while looking at how this could be a fundamental chance to shift our questions on photography: stop asking ‘what photography is’ and start consciously talking about ‘what photography can do’ and ‘what we want photography to do’. Shortly, we are addressing the emotional limbo, the political limbo, the sudden silencing of all the background noise that put all of us still — and forced us to listen, and act. The contributions in Foam Magazine #57 In Limbo offer written and visual reflections on these questions, while opening much needed discussions around photography’s power and its responsibilities in a climate of crisis. 

By encompassing themes such as representation, curatorial care and the human relationship with nature we hope to sow the seeds for conversations that will transform our perception and use of photography going forward. Next to portfolios by renowned artists including Aïda Muluneh, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Wendy Red Star, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa and Vasantha Yogananthan, we are thrilled to present striking works by Widline Cadet, Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo and postgraduate students of The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. Text contributions, interviews and opinion pieces by leading practitioners such as Mariama Attah, Jaime Lowe, David Campany, Tanvi Mishra, Mark Sealy, Sunil Shah, Alec Soth and Deborah Willis reflect on photography’s crucial role within social movements, while reminding us of photography’s potential to offer solace and create communities. 

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS & WRITERS 

Mariama Attah, Fabio Barile, Anders Birger, Atle Blekastad, Lewis Bush, Marcelo Brodsky, Widline Cadet, David Campany, Joseph Dodds, Thana Faroq, Marcel Feil, Jakob Ganslmeier, Kata Geibl, Hinde Haest, Taco Hidde Bakker, Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo, Phelim Hoey, Lena Holzer, Federica Iozzo, Marta Iwanek, Batuhan Keskiner, Antoinette de Jong & Robert Knoth, Xaver Konneker, Mirjam Kooiman, Seba Kurtis, Lawrence Lek, Kim Knoppers, Jaime Lowe, Lekgetho Makola, Anastasia Mityukova, Elisa Medde, Tanvi Mishra, Aïda Muluneh, Keiko Okamura, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Paola Paleari, Wendy Red Star, Jana Romanova, Aaron Schuman, Mark Sealy, Sunil Shah, Eugenie Shinkle, Alec Soth, M. Charlene Stevens, Alexa Vachon, Daniëlle van Ark, Claartje van Dijk, Deborah Willis, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Vasantha Yogananthan 

298 pages 
Printed on selected specialised paper  
300x230x23 mm 
1118 g 

Ships beginning of October

Foam Magazine #54: PLAY! The Game Changing Issue

Play is one of the founding pillars that allows us to discover the world. To play is to learn how things work, how we behave, interact, and how we can solve problems. It fuels our scientific thirst for experimenting, the enchantment towards the magic of discovery, and the frustration of failure. It is also crucial in informing how we perceive and experience reality, and how we create a new, alternative reality that we might be able to control. Foam Magazine #54: PLAY! investigates the powers at play in our society and its subversive, irreverent potential. It looks at its healing powers, the relief that comes from unlocking energy, creativity, and unexpected ghosts.

Through these 18 portfolios, we offer a range of approaches to the theme of play. This includes playing with the artform itself – from using collage, paint, or other surface interventions to convey ideas – to using humour, failure, and the unlikely as ways of understanding how and why we play. The feature interview with artist William Kentridge further ties into these ideas through his thoughts on politics and performance while Hans Gremmen gives us a look at his bookshelf selection, covering just over a century of photobooks and inspiration. The theme also gave us a chance to be even more playful with the format of the magazine. Make sure to look out for the hidden portfolio!

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS & ARTISTS
Franco Ariaudo & Luca Pucci, Pelle Cass, Jimmy DeSana, Laura El-Tantawy, Charlie Engman & Hillary Taymour, Kalev Erickson, Camila Falquez, David Fathi, Rolph Gobits, Jos Houweling, Kay Kasparhauser, William Kentridge, Dana Lixenberg, Mariam Medvedeva, Ivan Mikhailov, Rosana Paulino, Alice Quaresma, Sheida Soleimani, Leonard Suryajaya, Martine Syms, Mickalene Thomas, Lorenzo Vitturi

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Franco Ariaudo & Luca Pucci, Mariama Attah, Bryan Barcena, Chiara Bardelli Nonino, Sacha Bronwasser, Ben Burbridge, Gabriela Burkhalter, Lewis Bush, Anastasiia Fedorova, Marcel Feil, Hans Gremmen, Hinde Haest, Louis Kaplan, Kim Knoppers, Cat Lachowskyj, Glenn Ligon, Dana Linssen, Maitreyi Maheshwari, Carly Mark, Alecsandra Matias de Oliveira, Elisa Medde, Pim Milo, Timothy Prus, Maisie Skidmore, Mavis Staples, Fiona Tan, Salamishah Tillet, Deborah Willis, Efrem Zelony-Mindell