{"id":4058,"date":"2006-02-22T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-22T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/?p=4058"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T12:02:00","slug":"digressions-from-the-memory-of-a-minor-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/index.php\/2006\/02\/22\/digressions-from-the-memory-of-a-minor-encounter\/4058","title":{"rendered":"Digressions from the Memory of a Minor Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: EB+Garamond;font-size: 25px;text-align: center\"><em><strong>Digressions from the Memory of a Minor Encounter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-ee095044 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-regular-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"#read\" style=\"border-radius:30px\">Read Here<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-regular-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Digressions-from-the-memory-of-a-minor-encounter.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:30px\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" id=\"read\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Digressions-from-the-memory-of-a-minor-encounter.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:1100px\" aria-label=\"PDF embed\"><\/object><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><em>Text by Raqs, Published in &#8216;The Manifesta Decade: Debates on Contemporary Art Exhibitions and Biennials in Post-Wall Europe&#8217;, Edited by Barbara Vanderlinden and Elena Filipovic. 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