Contango Journal Issue #2: Sanctions
@ Contango Journal
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Tuesday, July 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
Chris Cunningham and Lucas Briffa would like to invite you to come help us launch the second issue of Contango Journal, SANCTIONS.
Call to enter – 773-609-5344
We will have free drinks and copies for sale!
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How does an individual or group of individuals enforce their will upon another without the use of violence? In government these procedures are referred to as sanctions,often foregoing or preventing military intervention. These measures rarely result in the desired change, meaning their implementation is far less effective than their proposition.
When two parties negotiate power, a threat can play out in several ways. If a dominant force threatens the weak, it exercises its position as enforcer in an attempt to maintain the dynamics of the relationship. But if the weak calls the threat to action, it can potentially subvert those dynamics. In most cases, when two nations play this scenario out, less developed countries statistically benefit from imposed sanctions as their dependence on the outside world is reduced, thus creating a more stable economy and diminishing opportunities for outside economic coercion.
This second issue of Contango presents contributions from writers and artists whose work undermines dominant power structures through research, aestheticization, activism, and self reflection. It explores variations on the negotiation of power, the strategy behind legislation and the art of the bluff.
CONTRIBUTORS FOR ISSUE 2
W R I T E R S
Bryan Early/Savanah Courtney
Nick Russel
Maggie Sivit
A R T I S T S
Claire Lachow
Arnon Rabin
Angela Ziqi Zhang
Parker Bright
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