English / Chinese
2024
Published by te editions
26 x 18.5 cm, 188 pages, color, Hectograph, thread bound, softcover
Much in our life at this moment is often marked by an absence of clarity. Many have experienced a malaise and come to know its persistence. We seem to have become used to stasis and theoretical discussions, lingering in silence and hoping from time to time for something extraordinary to happen. Yet it might also have been a blessing; an opportunity to free ourselves from overarching narratives, to direct our attention to the individual, the local, and to subjects that have long been part of our own lives—a more agile, intuitive mindset.
The third issue of te magazine took shape in this context, and chose to confront experiences of “plight”—plight of the persecuted, of the artists, of the forgotten, and of those living with colonial legacies. How might we, as individuals, transmute plights in order to learn to live in this world? If each piece in this issue can be said to propose a mode of healing, the aim is not only about specific pathologies, but rather to recommend adjustments and defenses in moments of crisis. While writing on the plights of others, the authors also look inward for the roots of questions that they have long harbored about their own experiences.
Featuring: An Mengzhu, Kader Attia, Chang Yuchen, Chen Zhe, Chu Yun, Gantala Press, Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola, Lee Kai Chung, Guadalupe Maravilla, Jen-Yu Peng, Shen Jun, Lieko Shiga, Wu Kun, Chris Zhongtian Yuan