The fifth issue of the London Consortium’s online journal, Static, was launched in July. This issue considers the theme ‘Metamorphosis’, being inspired by a course that has taken place at the Consortium over the past three years. The new issue contains essays produced by students undertaking the course, as well as visual and sound material from contributing artists.

Editors: Prof. Steven Connor, Prof. Colin MacCabe, Irini Marinaki, Martine Rouleau, Konstantinos Stefanis, Vlad Strukov.

Contents:

A Secret Heliotropism - Nicola Dale
The Origin of Painting - Disinformation
What is it like to be a Music Video? - Tim Horsburgh
re[a]d scream - Yvonne Martinsson
Electri City - Paul Matosic
I Remain - Jessica White & Andy Schneider
Delicate Situations - Joe Schneider
The Vitality of the Accident - Luke Skrebowski
‘Monumental Alabaster’ - Matthew Taunton
To look and to look - Raul Gomez Valverde

Static was conceived by, and is edited by students of the London Consortium. Aiming to initiate interdisciplinary intellectual debate about paradoxes of contemporary culture, Static presents contributions from an international team of academics, artists and cultural practitioners. The materials, assembled for each issue around a theme, include analytical essays and articles, interviews, art projects, photographic images, etc. Static will welcome feedback, argument and commentary from scholars, artists and other readers, and will be regularly updated in order to communicate the most recent and relevant ideas and interpretations on the chosen topic.

View Static here.