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"A jilted lover calls to say, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑. Exhibition value appreciates. I shut the book."

Excerpt from Sarah Burgoyne's "Four Thoughts on Gail Scott," imposed on 2nd ed cover of Scott's 𝑀𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠 (1999).

Read Sarah's CNF piece in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/sa...

"A jilted lover calls to say, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑. Exhibition value appreciates. I shut the book."

Excerpt from Sarah Burgoyne's "Four Thoughts on Gail Scott," imposed on 2nd ed. cover of Scott's novel 𝑀𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠.

Read Sarah's CNF piece in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/sa...

"The house had two stories."

An excerpt from Natalie Rice's poem "Looking In," imposed on Francesca Woodman's self-portrait 𝑈𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦 (1977-78).

Read Natalie's poetic reply to Woodman's self-portraiture (including her 𝐸𝑒𝑙 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠) in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/na...

"His arms and legs are becoming birds"

An excerpt from Hugh Thomas's poem "Razovsky at peace," imposed on a detail from the cover of @razovsky.bsky.social's collection 𝑹𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒗𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 (2001).

Read Hugh's re-translation of Stuart Ross's poem in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/hu...

Find Gil McElroy at
@gmcelroy.bsky.social

"The lesson of the statement/The problem nevertheless/The business/The relationships"

Excerpt from Gil McElroy's "A Frame" in the sky above 1380 Ypres Ave (Windsor, ON), designed by Garnet A McElroy.

Read "A Frame," an intergenerational inter-art reply, in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/gi...

"𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔"

An uplifting excerpt from Hannah Zamora's short story "Silence Thing," paired with a photo of Montreal Botanical Garden's juniper bonsai (c. 1750), to which Hannah's story replies.

Read "Silence Thing" in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ha...

"The minor character is / required to repeat all the things that injure her."

Excerpt from Angela Hibbs's poem "Maps," imposed on Man Ray's 𝑁𝑜𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑡 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒 (1926), which it references.

Read "Maps" in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/an...

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Don't be shy: submit your art-replying-to-other-art for a place in issue 2.4!

Deadline Jan 31. longconmag.com/submit/

(🎨 Suki Seokyeong Kang's 𝑺𝒉𝒚 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚, 2013-2015)

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reproduction/creation
satirical/reverential
studying/deviating

Productive tensions in Kieran Valde's artist's statement for 𝑅𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, imposed on detail from Velázquez's 𝐴𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑔𝑔𝑠.

See Kieran's "ironic reproduction" of Velázquez in issue 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ki...

Find Marilyn at @mletts.bsky.social and www.mletts.ca

"If a sledgehammer is not enough / for the drywall / bring in a girls’ swim team."

Excerpt from Marilyn Letts's "(De)Construction Instructions," imposed on 2010 flyer for Sawako Nakayasu's "Improvisational Score."

Read Marilyn's poetic reply to Nakayasu in issue 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/ma...

"...I move through cloth, binding memory into seams."

An excerpt from Connor Andersen's artist's statement for 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 (𝟎𝟔𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒 – 𝟎𝟔𝟐𝟑𝟐𝟒), imposed on a panel from Agnes Martin’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 (1979).

See Connor's quiltwork 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭... in issue 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/co...

Excerpt from Anton Pooles's poem "EO" with detail from the theatrical poster for Jerzy Skolimowski's 𝐸𝑂, to which Anton's poem responds.

Read "EO" in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/an...

Why are you just sitting on that coral-ated umbrella?!

Submit your art-that-replies-to-other-art for issue 2.3!

Extended deadline: November 14. longconmag.com/submit/

(🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝑁𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑒́ 𝐼𝐼, 1940)

A. Damon Cutter “Branches” A. Damon Cutter Cutter is an ex-pat, new-Canadian writer and biologist living in Toronto. He is author of the book Evolving Tomorrow, and his poems have appeared previously in The Literary ...

New piece out in @longconmagazine.bsky.social latest issue longconmag.com/issue-2-2/a-...

Very excited to share that my Bread and Roses collage is in issue 2.2 of @longconmagazine.bsky.social! Head over to longconmag.com to read my accompanying essay—and check out some fantastic poetry, fiction and art, too 😃

Contributors to follow on Bluesky: Yvonne Blomer (yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social), A. Damon Cutter (adamoncutter.bsky.social), Lori Langille (lorilangillestudio.bsky.social), Marilyn Letts (mletts.bsky.social), Gil McElroy (gmcelroy.bsky.social), Jessica Patterson (jessicapatterson.bsky.social)

Connor Andersen Connor Andersen (b.1997) is a multidisciplinary artist based in London, Ontario. His work fuses sculpture and textiles, exploring the intricate relationship between emotion and domesticity. By transfo...

Cover art: 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 (𝟎𝟔𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒 – 𝟎𝟔𝟐𝟑𝟐𝟒) by Connor Andersen (www.itsconnorandersen.com)

ISSUE 2.2 Andersen | Blomer | Burgoyne | Cutter | Hibbs | Langille | Letts | McElroy | Patterson | Pooles | Rhodes | Rice | Thomas | Valde | Zamora

ISSUE 2.2 (longconmag.com/issue-2-2/) is Connor Andersen, Yvonne Blomer, Sarah Burgoyne, A. Damon Cutter, Angela Hibbs, Lori Langille, Marilyn Letts, Gil McElroy, Jessica Patterson, Anton Pooles, Emma Rhodes, Natalie Rice, Hugh Thomas, Kieran Valde, & Hannah Zamora

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We publish strange and wonderful artworks (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, & translations + visual, video, audio, & other art) that are inspired by, respond to, and reinvent other artworks.

Submit by Oct 31 for a place in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/submit/

(🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒, 1947)

All art forms. All art re. art.

Get thee in on 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛 ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/submit/

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Bidding farewell to issue 2.2 subs, we bid a cheeky hey there handsome stranger to issue 2.3 submissions.

We want artworks (any form) that reply to other works of art & culture, and we want them by October 31 at longconmag.com/submit/. You in, or what?

(🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝑒́𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠, 1937)

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We want work that stuffs, pushes, or slices open the CNF envelope. So send us your consequential brushes with paintings, your entanglements in unsettling performances, your accounts of completely rearranging your life around an appreciation for artisan cheeses, etc., etc.!

REMINDER: we've opened an 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂-𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅! All creative nonfiction submitted by Aug 22 will be considered for issue 2.2: longconmag.com/submit/

What are we looking for? 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 (in some way) 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭.