Qalqalah قلقلة takes roots in the eponymous online review, co-founded in 2015 by Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research and KADIST, to which Virginie Bobin and Victorine Grataloup actively contributed. The review ceased to exist in the Spring of 2018, after the release of 3 issues, featuring contributions by 22 international artists and writers. During its 3 years of existence, the review established a precious body of bilingual texts (French/English) with shared preoccupations: allowing the circulation of voices and ideas that are too seldom distributed in France and vice-versa; questioning homogenous cultural narratives and encourage subjective re-readings of works, documents, collections, artistic or historical figures; or rethinking the relationships between “the local” and “the global”.
The first issue, published in April 2015, features contributions by Marie-laure Allain Bonilla, Lotte Arndt, Em’kal Eyongakpa, Maryam Jafri, Saadat Hasan Manto, Pedro Neves Marques, Marian Nur Goni et Erika Nimis, Helihanta Rajaonarison, Sarah Rifky and Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa.
Edited by:
Virginie Bobin, Mélanie Bouteloup, Élodie Royer et Émilie Villez.
Graphic design:
Syndicat.
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The second issue, published in February 2016, features contributions by Antariksa, Biljana Ciric, Maxime Guitton, Marianna Hovhannisyan, Otobong Nkanga, Victoria Noorthoorn, Sarah Rifky and Simon Soon.
Edited by:
Virginie Bobin, Mélanie Bouteloup, Léna Monnier, Elodie Royer et Emilie Villez.
Graphic design:
Syndicat.
Download the PDF (English version)
The third issue, guest edited by Lotte Arndt, was published in 2018 and features contributions by Nora Sternfeld, Trinh T. Minh-ha (thanks to a partnership with Françoise Vergès and the Global South(s) chair at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme), Aykan Safoglu and Rasha Salti.
Edited by:
Virginie Bobin, Mélanie Bouteloup, Victorine Grataloup, Léna Monnier, Élodie Royer, Émilie Villez.
Graphic design:
Guillaume Ettlinger & Jérôme Valton.
Download the PDF (bilingual version)