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QOQQOON (cocoon) is a webzine for writing by artists. We also republish hard-to-find pdfs online. In our current issue (#6), we are thinking about how to be an artist? Submissions are welcome. Edited by Leigh Tennant and Steven Cottingham. Published on unceded, traditional, and ancestral Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories (Vancouver, Canada) since 2018. ISSN 2563-4364.

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Various reflections on “artistic” practice and life, or How not to be an artist?
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10/01/2021
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If I were asked to characterize the present state of affairs, I would describe it as “After the orgy”. The orgy in question was…
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Trashitas
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01/01/2020
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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…
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All things being singular (Mad in craft)
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05/01/2019
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I essentially am not in madness, but mad in craft. –William Shakespeare, Hamlet This essay will take a closer look at what is an…