This issue is about the struggles of contemporary artists, curators, and other critical thinkers who are trying to chart a way out of yesterday's old oppositions. Articles in this issues includes an interview of Aram Moshayedi with Jugdeo about cinema, staging, and the crucial role of objects in A Passionate Attachment to Things Vishal Jugdeo, a discussion of the pedagogical focus of the Bienal do Mercosul by Ursula Davila-Villa in The Third Bank: Critical Engagement at the 6th Bienal do Mercosul, and the trajectory of Icelandic 'poetic conceptualism' through the work of three generations of artists in Anticipations of Memory: Icelandic Artists and Storytelling. The editor's picks of notable shows in this issue are Brave New Worlds, reviewed by Christopher Atkins, Options 2007, reviewed by John Gayer and The World as a Stage, reviewed by Pil + Galia Kollectiv.
