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PUBLISHER: Scotto Mycklebust, Artist
MANAGING EDITOR: Katie Cercone
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Linda DiGusta, Laurence Hoffmann, Emily
Kirkpatrick, Rob Reed, Suzanne Schultz,
Randee Silv, Adam Laten Wilson, Lena Vazifdar
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Magazine Number 4, 2013
Letter from the Publisher ...
For the fourth issue of Revolt Magazine we’re
pleased to announce the addition of our new Theatre
View section, where you’ll be able to read up on the
latest approaches to art on the stage. This month’s
Theatre View featured article by Adam Latten Wilson
“Theatre for the Person: Two Perspectives,” explores
theater as a device to promote social change. We’ve
also published a review of folklorist Kay Turner’s
“OTHERWISE: Queer Scholarship into Song.” Going
forward, we’ll include new works from playwrights
in addition to ample reviews and critical theater
dialogue.
Issue 4 also features a new section on Architecture,
kicked off by an interview with the Danish-Czech
contemporary artist-architect Therese Himmer, who
details her recent public work in Russia and talks
about nomadic subjectivity and the semiotics of
space.
For a look at today’s fashion, contributing writer
Emily Kirkpatrick walks us through the ample
closet of the First Lady to explain how and why the
“Media’s Fetishistic Gaze” still relegates powerful
IN THIS ISSUE:
4 Social Activism in Fancy Tones
6 The Gallery Review
8 The Rose Unearthed
12 Top 10 NYC Artists Now
14 The Cult of the First Lady
20 Westbeth Artists' Community Housing
26 Fracking: Drawing the Line
29 Cinema Review
30 The Literary View
32 Theatre View
36 Architecture View
39 The Revolt Takes Boston
40 2 Tha Beat Y'all
44 Swagilish Salomom and TheiLLUZiON
women like Michelle Obama to the shallow periphery
of public discourse.
On the activist front, writer Linda DiGusta details
the fierce and passionate dedication of a growing
number of visual artists dedicated to combating
Fracking.
On the topic of Art and Community Lena Vazifdar
reports on the Westbeth artist community housing
project, which has thrived in Manhattan’s West
Village since 1970.
For our Gallery view section Randee Silv reviews The
Jay Defeo Retrospective at the Whitney. And lastly,
part of her ongoing interdisciplinary inquiry into the
Spirituality of Hip Hop, REVOLT Editor Katie Cercone
publishes a pair of related articles including field
notes from the global Hip Hop Pedagogy movement,
and a roundtable discussion with the REALEST upand-coming
new age hip hop crew TheILLUZiON.
What’s their code?: Love/Faith/Gratitude/Harmony.
Scotto Mycklebust
MISSION STATEMENT
Through a diverse array of journalistic styles - investigative, academic, interview,
opinion - and stunning visuals, REVOLT Magazine aims to ensure that art never loses
its profundity. We urge our readers to join our mission, generating positive social
change through creative production and informed cultural critique.
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