Archive: Jun 2018
Alexandra Lopes is a writer based in Portugal, whose short story "Ten Minutes" is one of our favorites to appear in AFTERMATH: Explorations of Loss & Grief. It describes a connection between a child and a young man as they both wait for what seems to be the end of civilization. At a moment where racist border policies rip children away from the arms of their parents, a story where two strangers can build some sort of camaraderie in the Earth's final moments is a breath of fresh air.
Audio Visual Terrorism is an independent, radical film studio based in New York City. Founded by the prolific Vagabond Beaumont—who also did the artwork for our Oscar Lopez Rivera poster—AVT describes themselves as “art masquerading as media.” They’ve done short films such as Machetero, No Way Home, Coney Island Dreaming, and many more. Their latest film shares a title with our book: Aftermath. We caught up with Vagabond to talk about his work and how it’s informed by the current political climate.