I found a weighty, rectangular stone about one meter long and half a meter tall and thick. Marina saw me … More
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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
Cally Spooner
SCENE 4 Dear Kevin Spacey. This is not a sustainable city; it doesn’t care about the future much. It … More
Ustica by Niki Ford
Burnt island, rocks black — a circle of salt wet beats against the monk’s plough. (But their dark robes dragged … More
A list of films shot on Fire Island, New York by Sam Ashby
Day Dreams aka Cocktails (Richard Fontaine, 1950) A Day at Fire Island (Young Physique, 1960) Pose Please (Young Physique, 1960) … More
Matt Connors
In preparation for a forthcoming studio move, and before leaving for a two week stay in coastal Maine, I started … More
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