Triple Canopy (online magazine)
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Triple Canopy is an online magazine
, which was first published in 2008. In an effort to "slow down the Internet," the magazine curates and facilitates new media projects, which engage with the formal possibilities of the web. Its content ranges from art and literature to essays and critical theory
. A nonprofit 501 (c)3 organization, Triple Canopy also hosts numerous public programs, including performances, readings and artist talks.
approach to publication, which recalls traditional print magazine aesthetics, while paying tribute to experimental forms, such as the magazine-in-a-box. In a review of David Graeber
's essay from Issue 10, Book Forum praised the magazine for integrating the immersion of print with the immediacy of the internet. Triple Canopy was cited as the best new online magazine of 2008 and "the best reason to not mock new media" in The L Magazine.
Online magazine
An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control...
, which was first published in 2008. In an effort to "slow down the Internet," the magazine curates and facilitates new media projects, which engage with the formal possibilities of the web. Its content ranges from art and literature to essays and critical theory
Critical theory
Critical theory is an examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities. The term has two different meanings with different origins and histories: one originating in sociology and the other in literary criticism...
. A nonprofit 501 (c)3 organization, Triple Canopy also hosts numerous public programs, including performances, readings and artist talks.
Overview
Founded as an editorial collective in 2007, Triple Canopy consists of a staff of writers, artists, researchers, designers, and web developers based in New York, Los Angeles, and Berlin. The magazine is published exclusively on the internet but is designed and edited to foster a prolonged engagement with online content. From its presentation of substantive material in a web-specific context, Triple Canopy has been referred to as "the sort of stuff people say is not happening on the internet." The magazine takes a new mediaNew media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
approach to publication, which recalls traditional print magazine aesthetics, while paying tribute to experimental forms, such as the magazine-in-a-box. In a review of David Graeber
David Graeber
David Rolfe Graeber is an American anthropologist and anarchist who currently holds the position of Reader in Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He was an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University, although Yale controversially declined to rehire him, and his...
's essay from Issue 10, Book Forum praised the magazine for integrating the immersion of print with the immediacy of the internet. Triple Canopy was cited as the best new online magazine of 2008 and "the best reason to not mock new media" in The L Magazine.
List of Notable Contributors
- Mel BochnerMel BochnerMel Bochner is an American conceptual artist. Mr. Bochner received his BFA in 1962 and honorary Doctor of Fine Arts in 2005 from the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University...
- Joshua Cohen (writer)Joshua Cohen (writer)Joshua Aaron Cohen is an American novelist and writer of stories.-Novels:* Witz * A Heaven of Others , second edition 2010,...
- Keren CytterKeren Cytter-Biography:Cytter spent her childhood in Israel, where she went on to study visual art in AvniInstitute for Art, Tel Aviv. After her success in various galleries in her home country, she moved to Amsterdam on a scholarship from De Ateliers....
- Tim Davis (artist and poet)Tim Davis (artist and poet)Tim Davis is an American visual artist and poet. His photographic work delves into formal aspects of photography as well as socially engaged documentary...
- Rivka GalchenRivka GalchenRivka Galchen is a Canadian-American writer. Her first novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, was published in 2008, has been translated into over 20 languages, and was awarded the William J. Saroyan International Prize for Fiction....
- David GraeberDavid GraeberDavid Rolfe Graeber is an American anthropologist and anarchist who currently holds the position of Reader in Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He was an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University, although Yale controversially declined to rehire him, and his...
- Jon KesslerJon KesslerJon Kessler is an American artist. He began college at SUNY Purchase from 1974—78 but left after two years to travel in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. He returned to Purchase in 1978 and graduated in 1980 with honors. Following graduation, Kessler took up a studio in Brooklyn, New York where...
- Wayne KoestenbaumWayne KoestenbaumWayne Koestenbaum is an American poet and cultural critic. He received a B.A. from Harvard University, an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University...
- Tom McCarthyTom McCarthyTom McCarthy can refer to :*Tom McCarthy , ice hockey player in the NHL*Tom McCarthy , ice hockey player in the NHL*Tom McCarthy Tom McCarthy can refer to :*Tom McCarthy (ice hockey), ice hockey player in the NHL*Tom McCarthy (ice hockey b. 1960), ice hockey player in the NHL*Tom McCarthy Tom...
- James McCourtJames McCourtJames McCourt is an English actor, singer, songwriter, radio DJ and television host. He has worked for BBC Radio Sheffield, been part of his own pop band and still writes songs for musical theatre shows....
- Robert Stein (computer pioneer)
- Eve SussmanEve SussmanEve Sussman is a British-born American artist. She was educated at Robert College of Istanbul, University of Canterbury and Bennington College. She resides in Brooklyn, New York, where her company, the Rufus Corporation is based; however, she continuously visits cultural centers around the world,...
- Michael AlmereydaMichael AlmereydaMichael Almereyda is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His most well known work is Hamlet , starring Ethan Hawke.-Early life:...
See also
- New mediaNew mediaNew media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
- Online magazineOnline magazineAn online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control...
- List of literary magazines
- List of art magazines
External links
- Triple Canopy
- The State of Inauthenticity - an analysis of the International Necronautical SocietyInternational Necronautical SocietyThe International Necronautical Society is a semi-fictional organization closely modeled on European avant-gardes of the early 20th century. It replays, not without parody, the politically-inflected structures of these avant-gardes, with their manifestoes, committees, splinter groups and purges...
from Issue 1 - Star Wars: A New Heap - John Powers' acclaimed essay from Issue 4
- The Used Future - Kevin Kelly's review of Star Wars: A New Heap
- To Have Is to Owe - David Graeber's essay on the history of debt from Issue 10
- Notes in Time - a digital reanimation of Nancy Spero's landmark work from Issue 10
- Digitizing Art Online with Triple Canopy - an analysis of the digitized "Notes in Time"