Trigger #6

This edition of ‘Trigger’ presents a collection of photographs, images, and personal essays that reimagine what sociopolitical gatherings are, could be, or might become. Moving across the Southwest Asia and North Africa region (SWANA), it considers the politics of gathering and traces the many shapes and forms of coming together – from protest to ritual, from informal circles to fleeting encounters – to reflect on what remains, and what comes after. Guest-edited by Taous Dahmani in collaboration with FOMU Assemblies, the book features artists and writers such as abih Mroué, Ala Younis, Hoda Afshar, Myriam Boulos, Céline Semaan, Farah Abdessamad, Didem Pekün, Larissa Sansour, Jumana Manna, Khaled Barakeh, alongside an extensive archival section with works by Mashid Mohadjerin, Joyce Joumaa, Tashattot, Mahasen Nasser-Eldin, Arab Image Foundation, and more.

Guest editor Taous Dahmani / Trigger is made in collaboration with FOMU Antwerp

Trigger

is a new publication platform concerning photography and is an annual thematical magazine in collaboration with Fw:Books. 

publishes non-academic essays, interviews, opinions, new narratives, and invites writers, photographers, thinkers both to reflect on new perspectives in photography (exhibition) and to revisit practices and images from the past from new angles/approaches. It aims to make connections and strives to critically reflect on photography in and outside institutional contexts. It wants to open up debate by disclosing photography collections and archives and making artistic research available to different publics.