The word ‘para’ suggests a relationship to something that stands beside or runs tangential to another. Our ‘para-practices’ include writings and conversations that unfold in proximity—alongside other works, ideas, and processes. These may take the form of a ‘Sourcebook’ that helps stage public, discursive moments for a world with plural knowledge; a ‘Curation,’ the process of which unfolds with many, over time, to reapprehend the world; or a ‘Studio’ with students to reimagine the generative potential of margins and thresholds.

Now and Elsewhere

Text by Raqs, Published in ‘What is Contemporary Art?’, Edited by Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood & Anton Vidokle. E Flux Journal & Sternberg Press, New York & Berlin, 2010. Also published in ‘The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds’, Edited by Hans Belting, Andrea Buddensieg & Peter Weibel, ZKM Center for […]

The Rest of Now

Text by Raqs, Published in ‘Manifesta 7 INDEX, one of three publications accompanying Manifesta 7, co-curated by Raqs Media Collective, 2010