Articles
- Transmedia Missionaris:
- Monologue > Dialogue > Polylogue There is no one right way to attempt to understand cultural production. Our culture is too big, too multi-faceted, too amoebic. In an attempt to address complex issues complexly, ZgPress has invited a varied group of writers, artists and observers to respond to elements of the culture we share. Henry Jenkins, the...
- Hearts Attached
- Somewhere at the center of I ♥ NY’s distant and immediate past, lies the potency I ♥ Beirut taps into. In 2006, it became an image created in response to the War of July, the battle between Israel and Hezbollah that stole the city’s...
Columns
- Doomocracy: Hip Hop’s Disco Phase
- In a world of ever-present stimulus, the only option is to become numb, and that fact defines Victor An as an outsider. Ennui, esoteria, the crumbling infrastructure of our culture become the center of a skewed view of contemporary life. Doomocracy draws new connections and carves out a clear territory, a digression from our steady...
- Notes for Right Now by Eli S. Evans: On the Spectacle of The Disaster
- In a historical moment in which event and commentary on the event have become all but indistinguishable, this column will attempt to situate itself somewhere in the untamed no man's land between commentary and commentary on commentary....
- Doomocracy: Exit Through the Gift Shop and Other Visions of the Apocalypse
- In a world of ever-present stimulus, the only option is to become numb, and that fact defines Victor An as an outsider. Ennui, esoteria, the crumbling infrastructure of our culture become the center of a skewed view of contemporary life. Doomocracy draws new connections and carves out a clear territory, a digression from our steady...
Archives
A selection from our Zg Magazine Archives. To access the full memory bank for all things Zg – past and present, visit our archive site. Browse through past issues of Zg Magazine or look up specific writers. PDF copies of all 16 issues of Zg Magazine are available for purchase through our shop.
- Radio Alice
- Radio Alice was a free radio station in Bologna from 1973-1977. Rather than attempting to objectify events in the world, they set out to create a flow of sounds, information, messages and poetry, silences and abuse. Like the manifestations of Dada, transmissions were seen as immediate cultural subversions. Bifo, who worked on Radio Alice was...
Special Projects
The Internet is the site of zeit. It is fluid and fast. It only seems natural that it should be a seedbed for new ideas. ZgPress’ Special Project space is an experimental venue for curated web projects. It is premised on the high risk, high-reward model for innovation. Works in Special Projects explore the implications of different and hybrid methods of documentation and discourse.
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- Prices Upon Request
- We know that fashion repeats itself. But do the events, celebrities, and politics of one era also repeat in similar manner? Think of it this way; the history of one era is like an imprint upon which the next era improvises. That said, we constantly have that déjà vu feeling – “I’ve seen this all...
