Afterall as Method: Ecosystems and Infrastructures for Research and Publishing in Southeast Asia

Providing in-depth analysis of art and its social, political, and philosophical contexts on its various publishing and research platforms, Afterall’s trajectory since 1999 has been described as one moving from a position of ‘criticality’ to one of ‘decoloniality’. Where does the project stand now and how does it anticipate what is to come?

In this Reflects session, Adeena Mey will retrace the history of Afterall and present one of its most recent projects, namely the ongoing ‘Art Writing and Publishing in Southeast Asia Writing Workshops’ series. Conceived as ‘Sustainable Ecosystems and Infrastructures for Research and Publishing’, Mey will discuss how Afterall positions itself within the so-called ‘ecosystemic turn’ in the arts.