ETC.#4: Comfort Zone
25€
220 x 310 mm
256 pages
Soft spine
English
(booklet with Slovenian translations is included)
April 2025
ABOUT
Karolina Balcer, melanie bonajo, Nikola Dimitrović, Jagoda Dobecka, Laureta Hajrullahu, Morta Jonynaitė, Petra Korent, Marie Lukáčová, Mothers Artlovers, Beatrice Moumdjian, Sangara Perhaj, Tejka Pezdirc, Jelisaveta Rapaić, Maja Smrekar, Martina Drozd Smutná, Helena Tahir, Saša Tatić, Dominika Trapp, Kaja Upelj, Dorottya Vékony, Sonja Vulpes, Konstantin Zhukov, Marijo Zupanov
CONTRIBUTIONS BY
Laura Amann, Nina Bačun, Roberta Bratović, Hana Čeferin, Tia Čiček, Katja Gorečan, Laura Györfi, Živa Hanc, Tilen Jamnik, Tereza Jindrová, Ajda Ana Kocutar, Lara Mejač, Katarzyna Różniak-Szabelska, Vida Rucli, Jaka Smerkolj Simoneti, Aljaž Škrlep, Georgia Țidorescu, Dora Trček, Liu Zakrajšek
Soft spine
English
(booklet with Slovenian translations is included)
April 2025
ABOUT
Under the title Comfort Zone, the fourth issue of ETC. magazine explores all the ways in which we understand comfort and safety as they translate into our ideas of family, love, friendship and community. We’re interested in the myriad ways kinship is formed in families both biological and chosen. From open relationships to throuples, how has the relationship unit changed and what kind of dilemmas does it open? Despite the effort toward body positivity, how difficult is it to feel comfortable in one’s own skin? When homes are lost and communities displaced, how can a zone of comfort be made anew? In parallel to the sphere of human relationships, comfort is packaged and sold, commodified to push products and promised to us in the forms of period pads, streaming platforms and comfort foods. Is materialism an acceptable refuge or is it paralysing us into Wall-E’s post-apocalyptic space humans? Are we not comfortable enough or too much so for our own good? In this issue, we seek to explore comfort and care as struggles for physical, sexual and emotional liberation, as well as the often dangerous consequences of retreating into our comfort zones.
PRESENTED ARTISTS
Under the title Comfort Zone, the fourth issue of ETC. magazine explores all the ways in which we understand comfort and safety as they translate into our ideas of family, love, friendship and community. We’re interested in the myriad ways kinship is formed in families both biological and chosen. From open relationships to throuples, how has the relationship unit changed and what kind of dilemmas does it open? Despite the effort toward body positivity, how difficult is it to feel comfortable in one’s own skin? When homes are lost and communities displaced, how can a zone of comfort be made anew? In parallel to the sphere of human relationships, comfort is packaged and sold, commodified to push products and promised to us in the forms of period pads, streaming platforms and comfort foods. Is materialism an acceptable refuge or is it paralysing us into Wall-E’s post-apocalyptic space humans? Are we not comfortable enough or too much so for our own good? In this issue, we seek to explore comfort and care as struggles for physical, sexual and emotional liberation, as well as the often dangerous consequences of retreating into our comfort zones.
Karolina Balcer, melanie bonajo, Nikola Dimitrović, Jagoda Dobecka, Laureta Hajrullahu, Morta Jonynaitė, Petra Korent, Marie Lukáčová, Mothers Artlovers, Beatrice Moumdjian, Sangara Perhaj, Tejka Pezdirc, Jelisaveta Rapaić, Maja Smrekar, Martina Drozd Smutná, Helena Tahir, Saša Tatić, Dominika Trapp, Kaja Upelj, Dorottya Vékony, Sonja Vulpes, Konstantin Zhukov, Marijo Zupanov
CONTRIBUTIONS BY
Laura Amann, Nina Bačun, Roberta Bratović, Hana Čeferin, Tia Čiček, Katja Gorečan, Laura Györfi, Živa Hanc, Tilen Jamnik, Tereza Jindrová, Ajda Ana Kocutar, Lara Mejač, Katarzyna Różniak-Szabelska, Vida Rucli, Jaka Smerkolj Simoneti, Aljaž Škrlep, Georgia Țidorescu, Dora Trček, Liu Zakrajšek
Etc. is a annual magazine, dedicated to showcasing current artistic production from the Baltic to the Balkans.
Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, each issue is dedicated to a relevant topic in art and life. Founded to promote emerging artists, its goal is to initiate a dialogue, inspire collaborations, and challenge set views.