Side Magazine

Side Magazine gathers the seven characters in The Heptahedron, a play written by the French poet, essayist, and scholar Thomas Clerc in 2016. These characters are the Professor, the Moped Rider, the Bonimenteur, the Fortune Teller, an Acrobat, the Coalman, and the Tourist. In the first issue, seven articles by Lili Reynaud Dewar, Jörg Heiser, and Christian Nyampeta, among others, explore the Professor’s identity, role, and position. The second issue with contributions by: Haci Akman, Michèle Bernstein, Lou Ferrand, Pierre-Henry Frangne, Patrick Jagoda, Yasmine d’O., Lars Ole Kristiansen, Marcella Lista, and Kristian Vistrup Madsen. Humble lightweight paper, b/w-illustrations, and straightforward typography create a fanzine with a strong personality and support simplifying a complicated project. Side Magazine accompanies the fourth Bergen Assembly, the contemporary art triennial in Bergen, Norway, in 2022, as a site of research convened by artist Saâdane Afif. Afif has invited Berlin-based Yasmine d’O. as curator of the edition and executive editor of Side Magazine. Seven issues of Side Magazine will be released in the run-up to the opening of Bergen Assembly 2022, each comprised of seven articles. An eighth special issue includes installation images published after the opening days. This, combined with the existing seven issues, make up the collection that constitutes the exhibition catalog and guide.