This book documents a residency program at Ulisesβa curatorial platform based in Philadelphiaβthat explores publishing as an incubator for new forms of editorial, curatorial and artistic practice. Hardworking Goodlooking is a design and publishing imprint working primarily out of the Philippines.
Dominica is an imprint run by artist Martine Syms dedicated to exploring Blackness as a topic, reference, marker, and audience in visual culture.
Bidoun, a non-profit organization and magazine, focuses on art and culture from the Middle East and its diasporas. Each organization approached their residency at Ulises in a unique way, bringing a new understanding of what it means to practice publishing.
Her practice is deeply engaged with the entangled histories and iconographies of humans and non-humans within the context of imperialism. She asks questions about how we live with difference and how we wield or submit to power within relations of difference through examining attitudes of camaraderie, empathy, codependence, paternalism, and domination. Central to the exhibition is Broth Soda , a new canned drink multiple, blending seltzer and fish sauce, created to entice Roger the cat to have a drink with her, playfully questioning human-animal companionship and anthropomorphism.
Other works reimagine domestic spaces as shared domains, highlighting the flux of control and consumption. Broth Soda is available to all, but custom Broth Soda cocktails for human consumption. Find out what the briney buzz is all about. How can an artist-driven discourse lead us toward the urgencies of artists and their publics in this moment?
