The Funambulist #63
200 x 250 mm, 84 pages
Paris, France (English-language)
Bimonthly
Editor-in-chief: Léopold Lambert
Graphic design: Adapted from an original design by Akakir Studio
A magazine concerning the ‘politics of space and bodies’, which along with its podcast and blog, is building an archive for anti-colonial, anti-racist, queer, and feminist struggles. Now published in English and French (we have the English version), the name refers to someone who performs on a tightrope or a slack rope.
This issue is themed ‘Follow the Money,’ and is guest edited by Tunisian anthropologist and visual artist Myriam Amri. Working with Léopold Lambert, the two enter the crevices of a capitalist system and trace it back to property, land, capital, and class. They look around the world, checking out the monetary politics of Sudan, Puerto Rico and Brazil, and adding in a board game titled, ‘You’ve Got Yourselves a Revolution, Now What?’
Amri’s introduction note neatly uses the finances of the magazine as a way in to the discussion of the theme. Read it here.
On the Journal
At work with Léopold Lambert: ‘Two thirds of our incomes come from subscriptions (annual or monthly, digital only or print and digital), which is really the key point of our ‘business model’ (always a word that sounds odd in the context of an anti-capitalist publication…).’
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