Tank Volume 11 Issue #2 Winter 2024 culture-societyOne hopes to return from a holiday with a tan, some peace of mind, and a kitsch fridge magnet (see: this issues cover). But no matter how serene the locale, placehood is always complicated. In this issue of TANK, we investigate travels uncanny resonances and transformative capabilities. Jack Young explores the particulars of poinsettias, while the Flaherty Film Seminar relocates to Thailand to examine cinematic reality. Caroline Issa meets gorillas in
Jetzt wird’s geil: Doppelter Boden
intensified details and a push-and-pull between the crowd and individual recall images of riots and political insurrections
meaning everyone can afford organic food
and the stories confined to history that seemed worth re-examining
Lasting & Inevitable is a reflection on Jorge Silvetti’s impactful five decades in architecture
and Alia Trabucco Zerán
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from expansive urban landscapes to intimate domestic spaces defined by soft textile walls
and kill and bury her in the sand
The creatives of this city turn ideas into global movements
to reclaim it for ourselves—to encourage people to use artistic tools such as cameras as weapons to fight back
Yet these conditions—which have long been a reality in many extreme climate conditions across the global South and are increasingly becoming a global reality—often stimulate an abundance of innovation