Surface Tension (2024)
“The aesthetic moment is a caesura in time when the subject feels held in symmetry and solitude by the spirit of the object.”
— Christopher Bollas, The Shadow of the Object
Surface Tension is an essay for Voluem 6 of the Are.na Annual.
A yearly anthology of writing from the people of Are.na. This year, the Annual is themed “document,” as in to record; to provide information or support; an official paper or digital file; a piece of evidence, a form of proof.
Read more about what’s in the Annual in the Editor’s Letter.
Contributors include Yeaye, Will Allstetter, Chia Amisola, Raegan Bird, Nathalia Dutra, Nika Simovich Fisher, Jonathan Sölanke Gathaara Fraser, Lu Heintz, Mariah Barden Jones, Steve 성민(Seongmin) Ju, Amelia K., Prairie Koziol, Joanne Lam, James Langdon, Marvin Renfordt, Reuben Son, Matthew Stuart, Gerardo Ismael Madera, Kalina Nedelcheva, Sharon Neema, Audrey Robinovitz, Finnegan Shannon, Megumi Tanaka, Luna Wang, and Iris Xu.
Book design by Leslie Liu, and cover design by Lu Heintz.
Edition of 750. 4.5in x 7.7in paperback, 285 pages.