The Colonial, Familiar, Nostalgic, Radical, Transformative Life of the Strawberry

The Colonial, Familiar, Nostalgic, Radical, Transformative Life of the StrawberryThe story of the strawberry is troubled. Troubled because of what becomes uncovered as we unpick the systems within which this sweet, nostalgic fruit is embedded within. From rural English fruit picking sites, to agricultural fields in Spain, to the sides of North American highways, the strawberry exists in many formations. Its multiple (his)storiesstarting from its hybrid colonial roots, trace the many hands that have encountered this fruit on its

His experimentation

enriched with new essays

So the most fitting approach must be to immediately create a distance to one's own openness

Julie Ault (artist

They force us to reflect on the paradoxes of openness and isolation

Do we still control technology — or does technology control us

artist and researcher Areej Ashhab provides a first-hand account of the invasiveness embodied by this unregulated

Although Jim Jarmusch is best known for his storied career in independent cinema

a perpetually hungry guerrilla makes delicious cakes from cassava and elephant fat

creative forces with a commitment to nurturing both artists and their creations

screen beauties

this is the second issue of my documentation on my trips to Hualien