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From the series ‘Modern Alchemy’, 2022
From the series ‘Early Works’, 1999–2000
IVY, 2007
Luxaflex, 2017

Courtesy of Viviane Sassen and Stevenson (Johannesburg /Cape Town / Amsterdam)

Published in Extra Extra No 22

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AUGUST, METEOR SHOWER

It’s August – the month of shooting stars – on the remote island of K. A sudden rain of stardust seizes some people with basorexia – a burning desire to…

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PLAY ALONG

As agreed, she had changed the wallpaper on her phone to a photo of S: a screenshot of a picture on S’s Instagram account. She had chosen the photo of…

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AH

Marvelling at … something so obvious … the idea that the world continues to revolve around the sun … that the moon keeps revolving around the earth … that who…

Long Read Interview

Alicia Framis On Ailex, My AI Husband

Beware: in one sense, the following conversation doesn’t pass the Bechdel test. In another … well, I’m speaking with Alicia Framis, not about a human man, but about Ailex…

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THE PIT

https://extraextramagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ExtraExtra_ThePit_V1.mp3 ‘When did it happen?’ Ronnie’s voice sounds measured on the other end of the line. ‘Less than fifteen minutes ago.’ ‘How did he land?’…

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