The full-fledged Russian invasion of Ukraine is a wake-up call. There is no way to ignore the deep seismic waves it has spread beyond the region and throughout the world; its impact will be epoch-making and global. A War in the Distance, the 2022 edition of the steirischer herbst contemporary art festival, looked at what Russia’s war of aggression might mean in a postfascist, postimperial, neoliberal Europe. Combining essays and shorter literary texts, the festival’s reader delves into the histories it activates, and the futures it might decide.
Texts by David Riff, Maja Haderlap, Olexii Kuchanskyi, Michael Marder, Martin Pollack, Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback, Oxana Timofeeva, Keti Chukhrov, Boris Nikitin, Syargey Prylutsky, Galina Rymbu, Dana Kavelina, Ostap Slyvynsky, graphic design by Grupa Ee.
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