Mordant is a word that describes a chemical compound that binds dye to the fibers of a textile. It is also a verb that means to color fabric using this method. Both mordants and dyes can be found occurring in nature, including in familiar foods like blackberries, turmeric, spinach, saffron, and pomegranate. In the experiential…
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Spotlight: 1149 Cooperative
Interview by Marina Murayama Nir One evening last summer when Ailbhe and I met up to play music together, in the predictable fashion of our hangouts and friendship, I made a vulnerable confession that I had been struggling to understand the balance generosity and reciprocity in some of my communities. They nodded in recognition, and…
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Winter 2019: Nourishment Playlist
One of the reasons our species has adored music throughout our history is that, by uniting narrative and rhythm, it has the potential to bring minds and bodies into harmony. It’s one of our best, most nourishing medicines. This playlist was a collaboration between Culturework and the team at 1149 Collective, a project we are…
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Medium: hand cut black paper Dimensions: h: 39 in., w: 19 in. Year made: 2016 By Kako Ueda Eurocentric culture often conceptualizes the body as a machine. And yet, the body can also be understood as an ecosystem. Like a garden, cultivating a healthy body and mind requires balance, much like the idea of yin…
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An Interview with Jose Oliva of Food Chain Workers Alliance
Interview by Rebecca Bacon Ehlers A grocery store I frequent has a tiny store-within-a-store called the “naturals section.” Entering the naturals section involves passing through a subtle, nearly invisible barrier, where the white and green flecked linoleum turns into the kind that mimics wood, and the fluorescent lights overhead glow with a slightly warmer hue.…
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The Uses of Grumpiness
By Sarah Cook Consider the grammar of being human—how the body infiltrates, or punctuates, or rests. Verbs and proper nouns and idealizations spin around the axis of grumpiness, shaping its signature bend, adjective turned identity, twinned self of the quiet body trying to speak up at its own sighing pace. Grumpiness is a kind of…
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