This fall at ART PAPERS, we find ourselves to be exploring inner experience and interconnectivity. There is an unusual density of interviews and diaristic content in the pages that follow, these personal formats being particularly suited to the intimacy of the subject matter.Oblivious to boundaries, new or alternative means of communication--including zines and graphic novels, antifunctional web sites, eblast, discursive performance and even interpretative readings of cosmic phenomena--are intuitive but effective.--Victoria Camblin, excerpt, Letter from the Editor TABLE OF CONTENTS:HALLOWEEN SPECIALThe Zombies Are RealKojo Griffin has a theory about the undead, the art world, and you. HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: OPINIONAtlanta's White Walkers #SnowJam2014Paul Boshears applies the zombie metaphor to an enduring urban racial divide. INTERVIEWJoyce PensatoWill Corwin "hangs out" with the many and varied inhabitants of Joyceland. INTERVIEWEverything Is IntertwinedWe're still learning from author, editor, and artist Jay Kinney's Gnosis: A Journal of Western Inner Traditions (1985–1999). ARTIST PROJECTInstitutional AstrologyKaren Tauches reads the natal charts of five American arts institutions, all in periods of change. GLOSSARYDefining Provincialism, the Primal SceneTerry Smith reminds us that provincialism is still a problematic, 40 years after he first addressed it in Artforum magazine. Aquarium ProletariumHead Gallery's latest press release mortifies the art world lexicon, and redefines the "exhibition" and the "opening." History of the Paranormal in Kinderhook, NYStills from the trailer for Bruce G. Hallenbeck's unfinished film Cannibal Church (1983) preface an upcoming commission by Christopher Kline. PREVIEWNotes for NowFranklin Sirmans walks Rebecca Dimling Cochran through the history and geography of this year's Prospect New Orleans. Chicago GothicJason Foumberg presents new and archival materials that speak to the sustained relevance of the Hairy Who and the Chicago imagists. QuickenersStills from Jeremy Shaw's latest video explore alterity and altered states, faith and future man. ReviewsRoving Room (Demorest, GA); Colliding Worlds (Book); Ryan Gander (Manchester, UK); Josh Mannis (Los Angeles); Margo Sawyer (Austin, TX); Lygia Clark (New York); Liverpool Biennial + Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland (UK); Berlin Biennale + Manifesta (Germany + Russia); The Esoteric Secrets of Surrealism (Book) ESSAY Duane Michals' Human ConditionStephanie Bailey pays homage to a photographer who refused the limits of his medium, and those of the physical world.
