Relaunching the cult Royal College of Art magazine ARK became one of the big projects this year. Something that at times seemed impossible. 40 contributors. 6 languages. And as many editors as readers. We presented it as an exhibition at Hockney Gallery in May.
The Annotated Reader by Ryan Gander (who has agreed to collaborate with us on our journal, much like Lucio Fontana in 1958), served as the inspiration. Conscious of ARK’s significance as a cultural artefact, we are including a text by an award winning writer Boris Bergmann on his obsession with collecting the journal. Our aim, however, is not to venerate but to devolve ownership of ARK’s legacy. We invited current RCA students to contribute, and now to curate, and assemble their own versions of the cult magazine in a live performance–exhibition–as–publication. The goal is to capture a moment in time at the Royal College of Art in 2025.
Parrhesia is a pompous word — but a necessary concept. It is dissent par excellence, associated with speaking truth to power and the willingness to accept criticism. This limited-edition, print-only publication contains submissions on marginalised issues such as gender, power, conflict, migration, colonialism, addiction, disability, generational trauma, AI and others. Current international students and staff at the RCA explore these topics in various languages and diverse forms. For some, these ideas are unspeakable-if not punishable-at home.
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@womeninartfairofficial@womeninartprize_@women_in_art__@womeninartfoundation@womeninthearts@luciofontanafoundation #curation #berlinbiennale #bb13
Arrived overwhelmed. This was the first space that slowed me down.
Song E Yoon’s Songs Across Time held a quiet pensiveness that felt increasingly rare at the Venice Biennale. Small, almost cavelike, the exhibition invited a different pace of attention.
What stayed with me most was Yoon’s incorporation of prehistoric visual language and incorperation of petroglyph symbolism. In a moment so consumed by novelty, endless image production and the search for the “new”, returning to the beginnings of human mark-making felt essential.
Featuring work by late Ivorian artist Frédéric Brouly Bouabré.
Curated by Seohyun Kang.
@songeyoon_@fredericbrulybouabre
#venicebiennale #artcriticism #biennaleart #contemporarypainting #arkmagazine
OPEN CALL — ARK Magazine
ARK: (post)human
What does it mean to be human today?
In an age shaped by AI, acceleration, fragmentation, and hybridity, ARK invites submissions that question, unsettle, and reimagine the human condition.
We are interested in practices that explore bodies, systems, entanglement, and identity across contemporary life.
We welcome contributions across disciplines, including but not limited to:
painting · photography · sculpture · print · writing · experimental practices · poetry · interdisciplinary work
Submission deadline: 5 March
All forms of creativity are welcome.
#OpenCall
#CallForSubmissions
#ArtOpenCall
#ContemporaryArt
#ArtOfInstagram
#ArtistsWanted
#CreativeOpportunity
#ArtAndTechnology
#PostHuman
#VisualCulture
#ArtistSubmissions
#ArtWriting
#ExperimentalArt
#InterdisciplinaryArt
#EmergingArtists
#ArtCommunity
#CreativeCommunity
#ArtWorld
#IndependentPublishing
#ArtMagazine
#RoyalCollegeOfArt
#RCA
OPEN CALL — ARK Magazine
ARK: (post)human
What does it mean to be human today?
In an age shaped by AI, acceleration, fragmentation, and hybridity, ARK invites submissions that question, unsettle, and reimagine the human condition.
We are interested in practices that explore bodies, systems, entanglement, and identity across contemporary life.
We welcome contributions across disciplines, including but not limited to:
painting · photography · sculpture · print · writing · experimental practices · poetry · interdisciplinary work
Submission deadline: 5 March
All forms of creativity are welcome.
#OpenCall
#CallForSubmissions
#ArtOpenCall
#ContemporaryArt
#ArtOfInstagram
#ArtistsWanted
#CreativeOpportunity
#ArtAndTechnology
#PostHuman
#VisualCulture
#ArtistSubmissions
#ArtWriting
#ExperimentalArt
#InterdisciplinaryArt
#EmergingArtists
#ArtCommunity
#CreativeCommunity
#ArtWorld
#IndependentPublishing
#ArtMagazine
#RoyalCollegeOfArt
#RCA
OPEN CALL — ARK Magazine
ARK: (post)human
What does it mean to be human today?
In an age shaped by AI, acceleration, fragmentation, and hybridity, ARK invites submissions that question, unsettle, and reimagine the human condition.
We are interested in practices that explore bodies, systems, entanglement, and identity across contemporary life.
We welcome contributions across disciplines, including but not limited to:
painting · photography · sculpture · print · writing · experimental practices · poetry · interdisciplinary work
Submission deadline: 5 March
All forms of creativity are welcome.
#OpenCall
#CallForSubmissions
#ArtOpenCall
#ContemporaryArt
#ArtOfInstagram
#ArtistsWanted
#CreativeOpportunity
#ArtAndTechnology
#PostHuman
#VisualCulture
#ArtistSubmissions
#ArtWriting
#ExperimentalArt
#InterdisciplinaryArt
#EmergingArtists
#ArtCommunity
#CreativeCommunity
#ArtWorld
#IndependentPublishing
#ArtMagazine
#RoyalCollegeOfArt
#RCA
The ARK Magazine issue presentation.
Photo courtesy of @jo_michalski
You can find more in the link in bio.
@rcaprint@royalcollegeofart@rcawriting
#ContemporaryExhibition
#ArtGalleryLife #CreativePractice
#ArtIstsOfInstagram #ArtInContext #ExhibitionMoment
#ModernArtScene
#CreativeExchange #ArtDocumentation
#VisualArtsDaily
#CultureMakers #LondonExhibitions
#EmergingArtists
#DesignThinking
#EditorialSpace
#PublicationPractice
#GalleryView
Artist Mehdi Haghighi @itsmehdiagain present with work during the ARK Magazine issue presentation, where the publication extends into the exhibition space.
Photo courtesy of @jo_michalski
You can find more in the link in bio.
@rcaprint@royalcollegeofart@rcawriting
#ContemporaryExhibition
#ArtGalleryLife #CreativePractice
#ArtIstsOfInstagram #ArtInContext #ExhibitionMoment
#ModernArtScene
#CreativeExchange #ArtDocumentation
#VisualArtsDaily
#CultureMakers #LondonExhibitions
#EmergingArtists
#DesignThinking
#EditorialSpace
#PublicationPractice
#GalleryView
ARK Repetition — publication and exhibition presented together, unfolding through live discussion and audience engagement.
You can find more in the link in bio.
@royalcollegeofart@rcawriting
#ArtCommunity
#GalleryOpening
#ArtsAndCulture
#CreativeLondon
#LondonCreative
#ArtWorld
#Culturegram
#RCA
#RoyalCollegeOfArt
#ArtNetwork
#DesignCommunity
#CreativesOfInstagra
#ARKRCA
Ark Repetition
Curatorial team — Victoria Stepanets @curated_by_victoria_com and Sophie Nowakowska @professional_art_bullshitter .
Issue presented as publication and exhibition.
You can find more in the link in bio.
@royalcollegeofart@rcawriting
#CuratorialPractice
#ContemporaryArt
#ArtOfInstagram
#ExhibitionOpening
#ArtCuration
#CreativeCommunity
#ArtDaily #DesignCulture
#EditorialPractice #PrintedMatter #ArtPublishing
#RCA
#ArtSchoolLife
ARK Magazine — Issue Presentation
Presented here as both publication and exhibition.
Photo courtesy of @jo_michalski
You can find more in the link in bio.
@royalcollegeofart@rcawriting
#ArtOfInstagram
#ContemporaryArt
#EditorialDesign
#MagazineDesign
#PrintedMatter
#ArtPublishing
#CreativeCommunity
#VisualCulture
#DesignInspiration
#InstaArt
#IndependentMagazine #GraphicDesignInspo
#DesignCulture
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Editorial work by Matilde Battisti @matibattisti
Presented here as both publication and exhibition.
Photo courtesy of @jo_michalski
You can find more in the link in bio.
@rcaprint@royalcollegeofart
#ARKMagazine
#EditorialDesign
#PrintedMatter
#DesignAuthorship
#ExhibitionPublication
