Dispatches

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  Dispatch

  Postcards from Venezuela

  April 21, 2014 - 

  As violent anti-government protests rage on in Venezuela, artist Esperanza Mayobre shares a set of postcards with images, anecdotes and reports she describes as “stories told to myself in order to explain my lost country.”  More

  By Esperanza Mayobre

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  Dispatch

  Whose Art Thou? On a Few Discursive Aspects of Russia’s Military Intervention

  April 21, 2014 - 

  The Saint Petersburg-based poet Pavel Arsenyev dissects the ambiguous rhetoric surrounding Russia’s invasion of Crimea.  More

  By Pavel Arsenyev

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  Dispatch

  Of Crimea and Other Crises: Drawings by Dan Perjovschi

  April 8, 2014 - 

  One of Romania’s best-known artists, Dan Perjovschi, shares drawings that ironically address Russia’s occupation of Crimea as well as today’s worldwide crises of inequality, debt and surveillance.  More

  By Dan Perjovschi

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  Election Report

  The Day the Taliban Took Kabul

  March 24, 2014 - 

  When the Taliban first entered Kabul in 1996, writer Habib Zahori was hopeful their presence would usher in an era of peace and stability after years of civil war. His optimism quickly soured. Now, with Afghanistan’s presidential elections and the American troop withdrawal on the horizon, Zahori explains why political transition invokes a sense of wariness.  More

  By Habib Zahori

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  Photo Gallery

  The Majestic Taiwanese Buildings That Only Mosquitoes Call Home

  March 24, 2014 - 

  In Taiwan, hundreds of deserted public construction projects have become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Artist Yao Jui-chung, joined by a team of photographers known as the Lost Society Document, chronicled these often majestic buildings in images that set off a national scandal and prompted pledges for revitalization from the prime minister.  More

  By Yao Jui-chung