{"title":"Contra","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"contra-issue-01-displacement","title":"Contra Issue 01 Displacement","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eContra\u003c\/em\u003e is a not-for-profit arts magazine exploring the relationship between visual culture and conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat grabbed us about this issue...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDisplacement is the theme for issue 01, looking at the visual response to migration past and present. Forensic Architecture’s contribution is worth seeking out. The Turner Prize nominees use image and evidence to investigate conflict in ways that sit differently on a printed page. Akram Khan brings a different kind of response. Choreography and displacement have more to say to each other than you might expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho’s \u003cem\u003eContra\u003c\/em\u003e for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eContra\u003c\/em\u003e is one for when you want to sit with something difficult rather than scroll past it. Published in print deliberately, each issue takes a single subject and gives it the space that digital media rarely allows. You can tell this is made by people who believe in the image as a tool for understanding rather than illustration. This would suit you if you’re drawn to documentary photography and visual art with a strong sense of purpose. Think of it as an arts journal with a conscience. 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Her silhouette work has long operated at the intersection of race and resistance. Santiago Sierra brings a different edge. His practice is built around confrontation, labour and the systems that make exploitation possible. Raqs Media Collective are worth seeking out too. The Delhi-based group work across theory and practice in ways that give the theme a different cultural geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho’s \u003cem\u003eContra\u003c\/em\u003e for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eContra\u003c\/em\u003e is one for when you want to sit with something difficult rather than scroll past it. Published in print deliberately, each issue takes a single subject and gives it the space that digital media rarely allows. You can tell this is made by people who believe in the image as a tool for understanding rather than illustration. 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