“O” is the second issue of Provence, an eight-issue magazine “dedicated to hobbies,” produced in Nice. In the art world, where the line between work and free time rarely exists at all, the editors of Provence have deemed it necessary to “open up some space to reflect on creation and recreation. Pursuing hobbies is a chance to switch sides, to find another vantage point from which to look back at our assumed positions, at our own operations within the discourse of contemporary art.”
Each issue is named for a different letter of the magazine’s title. The third issue, “O”, was published in conjunction with an exhibition at Halle für Kunst Lüneburg and features contributions from Gerry Bibby, Nick Mauss & Ken Okiishi, Ei Arakawa & Malik Gaines, Ulf Wuggenig, Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda, and Edgars Gluhovs.
