Since its conception, Bidoun has aimed to be an open space for visual artists, writers, and the occasional armchair commentator to ponder questions that they might otherwise not be able to, to express themselves in the particular and even peculiar context of a glossy arts and culture magazine that floats about the Middle East and beyond.

Given that tradition, our Fall issue is filled with the words, thoughts, and images of fourteen artists/collectives under the wide open rubric of Project. From the beginning, we found the many definitions of the word "project"-supple, elusive, and promising as it is-especially relevant to the work at hand. Project: A task, a scheme, a public undertaking, public housing, to throw or cast, to jut out, to gauge or estimate, to make oneself heard clearly, and also to mistake one's subjective view for reality, to make an image appear on the surface.

As ever, Bidoun aims to be a repository for original, relevant, and idiosyncratic expression.

PROJECTS BY:
Anoush Abrar
Lara Almarcegui
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Group Tuesday
Rokni Haerizadeh
Iman Issa
Amina Mansour
Jesús Bubu Negrón
Serkan Özkaya
Babak Radboy & Nelson Harst
Setareh Shahbazi
Julia Meltzer and David Thorne
    (The Speculative Archive)
Princeton Arch Studio