Aperture 241 // Utopia

Aperture 241 // Utopia

Aperture • Aperture

ISBN-10: 1597114863 · ISBN-13: 978‑1597114868 · 2020

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Edited by Tyler Mitchell If the year 2020 has resembled a disquieting sci-fi plot or a sinister speculative work, this year has also shown us that other ways of living are possible―if the collective will exists. But is it naive to speak of utopia today? In this issue, artists, photographers, and writers envision a world without prisons, document visionary architecture, honor queer space and creativity, and dream of liberty through spiritual self-expression. They show us that utopia is not a far-fetched scheme, or a “no place” (the literal meaning of the word), but rather a way of reconsidering the everyday. Salamishah Tillet examines Tyler Mitchell’s portraits of Black people resting in open green space, while Sara Knelman shows the liberatory possibilities of the feminist collage work of Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, Sara Cwynar, and Alanna Fields. From AfroFuturist aesthetics to the eco-idealism of Biosphere 2, the “Utopia” issue explores the role of photographs in shaping our future. Front Agenda Gregory Halpern, Jo Ractliffe, Companion Pieces, Street. Life. Photography. Day Jobs Lou Stoppard on Koto Bolofo and Europe’s fashion world of the 1980s Backstory Rebecca Bengal on the making of Mary Ellen Mark’s The Book of Everything Curriculum Paul Graham on Garry Winogrand, green tea, and New York City Words Love for a Common Way of Life Tyler Mitchell’s vision of Black utopia Salamishah Tillet Dream Worlds: Five Reflections Utopia by Subtraction Chris Jennings Occupy the Moment Olivia Laing Abolition Nicole R. Fleetwood Towering Ambitions Steven S.

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