SPORTS
INCITE Journal of Experimental Media #7/8

Editors: Astria Suparak and Brett Kashmere
Publisher: INCITE Journal of Experimental Media
Design: Stripe SF / Jon Sueda
Release Date: January 2018
incite-online.net/issueseven.html / bit.ly/INCITE-Sports

INCITE #7/8, a double issue, examines the intersections of sports, politics, popular culture, experimental media, and performance — the first volume of its kind. This is a timely collection of original essays, interviews, artwork, analyses, historic documents, a guide to sports in experimental media, and selected reprints. It features 41 contributors including artists, writers, critics, scholars, historians, and athletes from multiple generations. The print issue is accompanied by an online GIF series and a slate of exhibitions, screenings, discussions, creative projects, and other live events taking place in varied spaces including bookstores, galleries, cinemas, rooftops, and sports bars.

Contributors: Haig Aivazian, Christina Battle, Rosie Casals, Rebecca Cleman, Jason Concepcion (@netw3rk), Daniel D’Amore, Sally Dixon, Cara Erskine, Russell Field, David Filipi, Walter Forsberg, Howard Fried, Brian L. Frye, Leo Goldsmith, Allison Grant, Isla Hansen, Alex Johnston, Brett Kashmere, Germaine Koh, Karen Kraven, Pasha Malla, Tara Mateik, Hazel Meyer, Cait McKinney, Cameron Moneo, Ayanah Moor, Jeff Parker, Damien Picariello, Jasmine Pisapia, Leila Pourtavaf, Risa Puleo, Rachael Rakes, Chris Reeves, Amy Sadao, Jon Sueda, Astria Suparak, Martine Syms, Geo Wyeth, Kim Ye, Tanya Zimbardo, Gregory Zinman

+ sportstalk from John Amaechi, Larry Bird, Jason Collins, Darryl Dawkins, Mark Gonzales, Kwame Harris, Martina Navratilova, Ronda Rousey, Sheryl Swoopes, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Zinedine Zidane

Table of contents and online excerpts: http://incite-online.net/issueseven.html
Video flip-through: http://vimeo.com/343551784
Exhibition and event series: A Non-Zero-Sum Game is a year-long series of exhibitions, screenings, readings, discussions, and other events launching the Sports issue at sites including bookstores, galleries, cinemas, rooftops, and sports bars.

Flip through preview of INCITE Sports issue.

↑

DISTRIBUTION

Editors: Astria Suparak and Brett Kashmere
Designer: Stripe SF / Jon Sueda
Publishers: INCITE Journal of Experimental Media
Release Date: 2018

ISBN:
Trim size: 8 x 10 inches
Extent: 344 color pages
Binding: Perfect-bound paperback

Available for purchase:

Print issue: http://incite.bigcartel.com/product/issue-7-8-sports
Limited edition version with artist multiples (Edition of 100): http://incite.bigcartel.com/product/issue-7-8-sports-limited-edition

.

↑

Screenshot of Canadian Art feature on INCITE Journal: Sports

PRESS

LOS ANGELES TIMES

“Datebook,” Carolina A. Miranda, July 12, 2018

CANADIAN ART MAGAZINE

“Though the World Cup only lasts about a month, artist Brett Kashmere and curator Astria Suparak are conducting an extended project on sports and art—including soccer—from January to November of this year. […]

And on July 17, Kashmere and Suparak will hold a Los Angeles launch at 18th Street Arts Center for the newest, sports-themed issue of INCITE: Journal of Experimental Media, of which Kashmere is founding editor and publisher. The journal features work and writing by artists including Karen Kraven’s moire-effect photos of sports jerseys; Christina Battle’s consideration of Colin Kaepernick’s portrayal on social media; Hazel Meyer and Cait McKinney’s Muscle Panic Handbook; Germaine Koh’s Game Changers; and selections from Pasha Malla and Jeff Parker’s Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion: The Poetry of Sportstalk. […]

“For me, sports is like a gateway or a ruse to talk about other issues,” says Suparak, “There is that constant refrain of ‘Keep politics out of sports.’ But sports has always been political—political in who is allowed to play, who gets penalized for what, what are the team names and mascots, who gets to use eminent domain to build stadiums. Recent stories of cheerleader abuse, and abuse of youth athletes by coaches, also remind us that all levels of sport are very political.”

At the same time, the ability of sports to provide moments of ecstasy and unity hold that political aspect in tension. “There is a lot that is fucked up about sports but on the other hand, this past week, I was in the airport in Calgary waiting for a flight and everyone around me was completely riveted on the Argentina-Nigeria game at the World Cup,” Kashmere says. “It reminded me that these games are so much more than just games—it’s an amazing thing to be united in a feeling with a mass of people who are both strangers and friends. There is that magical social aspect of sports which can be transcendent at times, and that is part of what I find fascinating and compelling about sports as a subject.” – Leah Sandals, “World Cup Meets White Cube,” July 4, 2018

LAist

“Welcome to Southern California, where this week you can check out everything from goat yoga and an Anthony Bourdain tribute to the most famous girls-gone-wild exploitation film of all time and a sports-meets-art literary reading. []…

Incite Journal: “Sports”:
The artist-run journal of experimental media holds a launch event for its latest issue, which examines the intersection of sports and art. Editors Astria Suparak and Brett Kashmere co-host a night of includes live readings of “SportsTalk poetry,” re-edited television interviews with athletes such as Serena Williams, John Amaechi, Ronda Rousey, Larry Bird, Sheryl Swoopes, Jason Collins, Mark Gonzales and Martina Navratilova. Sports-themed cocktails (for those 21+) and non-alcoholic beverages will be available.” – Christine N. Ziemba, “The Coolest Things To Do In Southern California This Week,” July 16, 2018

CityTV, “Bodies” episode, Wave, Aug. 21, 2018