What can't you say?

In your creative practice are there things you are unable to express in your typical medium of choice? Are there things that you can only say in an alternate language? Do you translate your practice, or self, into another form because one is not enough? Language should not only be defined linguistically, but also as visual vocabularies or as artistic practices or other modes of behavior that constitute a form of artistic expression. 

This issue of Accordion will explore what effect such translations have on artists’ work under the following guidelines:

Describe, through text or image, what and why it is that you need to work in an additional medium to your main practice.

How do you see a balance between multiple practices/personas/languages? What becomes problematic when moving between them?


How do you negotiate the idea of translation as bridging distance both physically (in terms of space: between you and others, or one culture to another) and internally (multiple disciplinary, multiple personas, and multi lingual)


Submission deadline 10/10/14 - email: 2accordionzine@gmail.com

We will accept Word documents or PDFs or JPEG images for any form of expression you wish to use to address your problem of translation. Links to video and audio work are welcome, either as freestanding contributions or accompaniments to submitted work. We also encourage written contributions to accompany any visual submission. Collaborative submissions are also welcome.