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QOQQOON (cocoon) is a research project concerning visual art and materialist philosophy. Currently we are exploring “conceptual materialism.” Submissions are welcome. Edited by Leigh Tennant and Steven Cottingham. Published on unceded territories (Vancouver, Canada) since 2018.

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QOQQOON/Trashitas
QOQQOON/TrashitasTrashitas
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QOQQOON/Trashitas

The more saints, the more laughter; that’s my principle, to wit, the way out of capitalist discourse—which will not constitute progress, if it happens…
QOQQOON/All things being singular (Mad in craft)
QOQQOON/All things being singular (Mad in craft)All things being singular (Mad in craft)
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QOQQOON/All things being singular (Mad in craft)

I essentially am not in madness, but mad in craft. –William Shakespeare, Hamlet This essay will take a closer look at what is an…
QOQQOON/The Means of Discursive Production
QOQQOON/The Means of Discursive ProductionThe Means of Discursive Production
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05/01/2019
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QOQQOON/The Means of Discursive Production

The predominant mode of production in art after the rise of conceptualism can be understood as a process of discursive argumentation. This era has…
QOQQOON/In defence of conceptual art (A still too small (s)crap of being)
QOQQOON/In defence of conceptual art (A still too small (s)crap of being)In defence of conceptual art (A still too small (s)crap of being)
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QOQQOON/In defence of conceptual art (A still too small (s)crap of being)

Over the last decade we have witnessed a supposed re-materialization of the “dematerialized art object”1—a trend we’ve seen emerge in contemporary art that can…
QOQQOON/Introduction: Notes on a Conceptual Materialism
QOQQOON/Introduction: Notes on a Conceptual MaterialismIntroduction: Notes on a Conceptual Materialism
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QOQQOON/Introduction: Notes on a Conceptual Materialism

Conceptualism leaves us two legacies. The first may be understood as a major history—a status quo proclamation or common sense intuition. It has become…