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IN THE DARK TIMES,

WILL THERE ALSO BE SINGING

Summer 2026

 

*“IN THE DARK TIMES, WILL THERE ALSO BE SINGING?” “YES, THERE WILL BE SINGING. ABOUT THE DARK TIMES.”*

 

THIS ISSUE TAKES ITS TITLE FROM A LINE BY BERTOLT BRECHT, WRITTEN IN EXILE AS FASCISM SPREAD ACROSS EUROPE AND THE IDEA OF A SHARED FUTURE COLLAPSED. IT WASN’T MEANT AS COMFORT, BUT AS A METHOD OF RESISTANCE. YOU DON’T SING TO ESCAPE THE DARKNESS—YOU SING WITHIN IT. TO NAME IT. TO RESIST ERASURE. TO STAY AWAKE.

 

TODAY, DARKNESS NO LONGER SHOCKS—IT NUMBS. THROUGH MANIPULATION. THROUGH REPETITION. THROUGH IMAGES THAT BLUR MORE THAN THEY REVEAL. POLITICS BECOMES PERFORMANCE. MOOD REPLACES MEANING. CRITIQUE DISSOLVES BEFORE IT CAN TAKE SHAPE.

 

SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SING NOW? PERHAPS IT MEANS HOLDING FORM WHERE FORM IS MEANT TO COLLAPSE. NOT TO INSPIRE OR REASSURE, BUT TO REMAIN PRESENT. LUCID. CLEAR-EYED. RESISTANT.

 

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The intent of the project is to explore the universe of youth, in the context of a present time marked by a continuous state of crisis. Our interest is to enlighten the genuine and non-codified aspects of youth and of the new emerging generation by directing our gaze far from institutionalized geography and trends, and above the current standardization that tends to conform the experience of youth in regulated forms.