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Notes on <i>Party as Form</i>

Notes on Party as Form

A letter from the editors.

Party as Form Origin Story: A Causerie, not a Treatise

Party as Form Origin Story: A Causerie, not a Treatise

Shannon Stratton historicizes Party as Form through the hospitality work of arts administrators and draws studio practice out to play at the costume party.

Vampire Clubs

Vampire Clubs

Sara Clugage, Matilda Moors, and Maike Statz bite into the architectural elements of vampire clubs—the threshold, the bar, and the stage—to stake a claim for shifting relationality through transgression.

A Universal History of the Afterparty

A Universal History of the Afterparty

Leo Felipe translates an excerpt from his book A Universal History of the Afterparty, calling up Brazil’s vibrant, ketamine-soaked heterotopias as immanent critique.

On Holi-delay

On Holi-delay

Kelly Lloyd presents a new scientific study on holi-delay, “a condition where people only get excited about holidays after they happen,” that evidences a cultural shift in how we set expectations for meaningful holiday celebrations.

Henna Night / Kına gecesi / Şeva hineyê

Henna Night / Kına gecesi / Şeva hineyê

Banu Çiçek Tülü’s video essay explores Kına gecesi (henna night), a party for the bride on the night before her wedding, through the spaces that remain unmarked and questioning.

  

Read the other half of Party as Form at PRAKSIS Presents

 

 

This issue continues at PRAKSIS with contributions from

 

• Brandon LaBelle

• Tor Lukasik-Foss

• Lexie Owen

• McKenzie Wark

  

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