volume 1 no. 1
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Call for Collaborators & Contributors Appel aux Collaborateurs et ContributeursTRANSCRIPT
Contemporary | Culture | Contemporaine
Volume 1 No.1
MA 2011
C i t i z e n :
‘Sorts Mill Goudy’ by Barry Schwartz
http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
'Acid' by Stephan Baum,
http://26plus-zeichen.de/fonts/acid-type/
‘Latin Modern’ by Donald E. Knuthhttp://www.gust.org.pl/
TYPOGRAPHY BY:
Published by:
Milosz Jurkiewicz
Translation work by:
Joëlle Shaw
CREDITS:
Citizen: magazine is licensed
under the Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
Unported License.
Contact information:
http://cargocollective.com/citizenmagazine
http://citizenmagazine.tumblr.com/
Montréal, Québec, Canada2
This will kill that.Hugo
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Note from the editor
ERE, AT CITIZEN
MAGAZINE, we
hail our blogosphere
comrades, our facetu-
bian brethren, our icolleagues,
our instant-associates and our
chatting-partners for democra-
tizing the processes that render
us capable of such dynamic and
versatile forms of communica-
tivity. Indeed, the promise of
cyberspace to reveal new truths
seems to have either plunged us
into a deeper sleep, or a utopian
awakening. What’s interesting
however, are the narratives that
are produced within this new vir-
tual amalgamation of spaces. Al-
H though our current rate of pro-
duction is very liberated, what
we effectively have is a generic1
junkspace2 of content.
Here, at Citizen, we wish
to curate and exhibit practition-
ners and theorists, that further
the betterment of discources
inhabiting this space. Herein we
wish to catch a fleeting glimpse
of what this new accesibility,
compatibility, and velocity can
offer.
1- http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.07/koolhaas.html2- http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.06/koolhaas_pr.html
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Mot du rédacteur en chef
CI, CHEZ CITIZEN MAG-
AZINE, nous tenons à
saluer nos camarades de la
blogosphère, nos confrères
facetubiens, nos i-collègues, nos
associés-instantanés et nos cor-
respondants clavardeurs qui
contribuent à la démocratisation
des outils qui rendent possibles
des formes communicationnelles
aussi dynamiques et polyvalen-
tes. Le cyberespace promettait
de nous faire découvrir une ré-
alité transcendante, mais le réveil
utopique que l’on attendait sem-
ble parfois avoir été remplacé par
un sommeil profond. Or, c’est
justement l’imprévisibilité de ce
I médium qui fait sa force et c’est
en cette capacité qu’il a de nous
surprendre que nous avons foi.
Ce qui nous intéresse, ce sont les
récits qui sont créés au sein de
ce nouvel espace virtuel, à la fois
fragmenté et uni. Bien que notre
rythme de production actuel soit
plutôt souple, ce que nous avons
construit est en réalité un grand
bazar générique1.
Ici, chez Citizen, nous
désirons organiser et mettre à
l’honneur les pratiques et les ex-
perts qui font progresser les dis-
cours qui parcourent le cybere-
space. Notre projet : vous faire 1Ibid
goûter à tout ce que cette accessi-
bilité, cette compatibilité et cette
vélocité ont de meilleur à offrir.
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CALL FOR:
Collaborators &
Contributors
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CITIZEN: MAGAZINE WAS CREATED with the hope of producing,
and distributing, knowledge worthy of a conscientious audience.
Furthermore, it serves as a bilingual (French & English) platform for
active writers, artists, designers, photographers, fashion designers,
philosophers, etc., to extend their respective passions, interests, and
practises into formal and accountable chronicles on contemporary
architecture, fashion, art, politics, film, sound, fiction, poetry, etc.
Like many little magazines, Citizen: has a very linear, acces-
sible, and popular format: the digital book. This renders it capable
of optimized compatibility and accesibility. Unlike many magazines,
this one is a non-periodical. Furthermore, the integrated format al-
lows for direct links to be embedded in the magazine: which will al-
low for interactive and dynamic readings.
Please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you for participating,
Citizen:
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