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The second issue of ETC. magazine comes into being at a time of anxiety, disorientation, discomfort and disbelief. Under the title Fever Dream, it explores all the ways in which these feelings culminate in artistic projects, be it in visions of a dystopian future, uncanny depictions of the everyday or startling mergings of AI and humanity. Why do certain images make us uncomfortable? How can we begin to visualise the discomfort of our time? How to capture the absurdity and anxiety of media space and current events to make sense of what often feels like a feverish dream? Where do criticism and humour collide in the nonsense that surrounds us? How does aesthetics enter the discourse of horror and why does the eerie attract us? Does it make more sense to try to envision the atmosphere of the times without attempting to interpret or explain them? And if we try to explain them - where to begin? Artists are frequently employing stories and fictional narratives of dystopias/utopias to make sense of the zeitgeist. In the second issue of ETC., we are exploring whether these elements of the monstrous, weird, horrific or abject can be used to reflect the time we live in, whether we use them to respond to societal constraints and what the use of these elements tells us about the way we deal with our environment today.

PRESENTED ARTISTS