
The Politics of Friendship
- Publisher
- Edition Patrick Frey
- Year
- 2013
- ISBN
- 978-3-905929-53-9
- Specifications
- Softcover
40 pages
10 colour images
29.7 x 21.2 cm
Edited by Anicka Yi and Jordan Lord
Language: English
On July 9, 2013, the web journal The New Inquiry released "Further Materials toward a Theory of the Man-Child" by Mal Ahern and Moira Weigel, and the essay went viral ( Link ). Serving up more than one version of what or who possibly lurks behind every Young-Girl ( PDF ), the essay articulated a term of engagement rampant not only in academia where the authors circulate, but endemic as well in the worlds of contemporary art and its structures of success– a disgracefully sexist field. A solo exhibition by Anicka Yi at STUDIOLO slated for September 2013 evolved into a collaborative project among Anicka Yi, Jordan Lord, Lise Soskolne and Carissa Rodriguez. Yi and Lord’s reading of Derrida’s The Politics of Friendship became the grounds for a related conversation about responsibility, call and response. The group asked others to respond to Ahern and Weigel’s essay in the form of a poster, image, or text to be compiled into a publication. Published in the series STUDIOLO / Edition Patrick Frey.