Not Everything Needs To Be Saved

Back in Bornes exists a perculiar sculpture carved from the soft pith of the sage plant. The Bilum is a cultural object of the pagan <eanau community used as a medium to cure the sick. The carvings depict images of illness- Evil spirits called antu that coexisit with humankind.

With this issue, Current Obsession introduces an experimental publishing model, with the magazine being released chapter by chapter throughout the year, instead of all at once. Each chapter comes a result of an in-real-life activation, in the case of this issue – an evening of performances and conversations, a workshop, a studio visits and panel discussion, and a museum archive visit. The final content is, therefore, not defined in advanced, but rather, created together with our public. We set out with a premise, an idea, and we ask others to join us in conversation, shaping the outcome together.