The eighteenth issue of Cabinet features a themed section on "Fictional States." Includes George Pendle on upstart countries, Tony Wood on made-up maps, and a portfolio of self-declared nations. Also carries a new column, Black Pyramid, by Peter Lamborn Wilson, Christine Wertheim on Shea Zellweger's Logic Alphabet, Jonathan Ward on corporate musicals, as well as artist projects by Sasha Chavchavadze, Craig Kalpakjian, Lynne Roberts-Goodwin, Patrick Pound, Invertebrate, and Glexis Novoa. Free erratum included!
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Columns
- Ingestion Elizabeth Pilliod
Pontormos's Diary - Inventory Sasha Archibald
How to join the men's auxiliary - Colors Frances Stark
Ivory - Black Pyramid Manifesto
Peter Lamborn Wilson
- Crystal Clear: An Interview with Shea Zellweger Christine Wertheim
Developing the Logic Alphabet - Artist Project: The Match Game Sasha Chavchavadze
- In Search of Ancient Astronauts: A Requiem for the Space Age Mark Dery
Architectural techno-transcendentalism in Southern California - Artist Project: Bad Birds Lynne Roberts-Goodwin
- The Kingpin of Fakers Christopher Turner
Colonel Dinshah P. Ghadiali and the Spectro-Chrome - Artist Project: C.V. — A Work in Progress Patrick Pound
Utopia on Vinyl Jonathan Ward
The history of the industrial musical
The history of the industrial musical
Artist Project: Moonworks Craig Kalpakjian
A Matter of Degrees Allen Ezell & John Bear
The FBI on the trail of the world's most lucrative diploma mill
The FBI on the trail of the world's most lucrative diploma mill
- New Foundlands George Pendle
How many countries are there in the world? - Hating Your Country Cecilia Sjöholm
Instead of pretending you don't live there - Confections of Zeno Tony Wood
The consequences of cartographic fantasy - The Ephemera of Fictional States William Bryk
The art of sovereignty - The Magic of the State: An Interview with Michael Taussig David Levi Strauss
Hierarchy, stratification, and the power of spirit possession
Artist Project: Borderville Invertebrate
Artist Project: Landscape of Symbols Glexis Novoa
Return to Sender Bonnie & Roger Riga
Postcard: A Slight Mismap Tal Schori
Bookmark: Fictional Steaks
