Friday 3 May, 7–9pm, with readings and performance from 8pm. The Chateau — tucked into the basement of a hotel … More
Author: Jamie Atherton
issue no.3: refuge
In the third issue, themed ‘refuge’:
Announcing the limited run Prem Sahib poster
For our first Failed States supporter gift, we are delighted to offer an original poster featuring artwork by Prem Sahib. … More
A Dark Dawn by Baneen Mirza
Wealth fuels sprawl. It can also buy a false sense of being away, guarded from reality. In one such fictional … More
Jay Simpson
I found a weighty, rectangular stone about one meter long and half a meter tall and thick. Marina saw me … More
beach holiday in indonesia by Oscar Gaynor
a grain of sand meets another rolling in a swell: plom plom plom tink plom plom plom whoosh. beaches are … More
Euan Macdonald
Volcano, 2008, single-channel projection (still). Originally published in Failed States issue no.1: island, September 2017. Photograph courtesy of the artist … More
Jasleen Kaur
A thing that was a thing that was a thing, 2017, porcelain casts of kaolin* rock, each covered in a digital … More
Loomings by Sam Williams
This body will become an island. These bones will fracture and erode to sand; and this flesh will float in … More
TGI Friday by Paul Clinton
Can one desire foreign islands and ‘the other’ without falling into the trap of exoticism? Michel Tournier’s 1967 novel Vendredi (Friday) offers … More
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