Voiceworks 'Doll' is ready to unbox
Sooo… we recently launched our 130th issue of Voiceworks, themed Doll. To quote Mario: ‘Wahoo!’
Voiceworks #130 ‘Doll’ interrogates dolls as commodity, as plaything, as nostalgia. Em Readman explores ‘little treat culture’ and its links to economic precarity in their essay The Prodigal Son(ny Angels). A matryoshka doll is at the centre of a father-daughter relationship in Kalliste Hardy’s rhythmic story Baba Rhymes with Babushka. Ava Jean plays with ballet dancers in their visual poem Coppélia, and Indigo Colquhoun explores the class symbolism of dolls in their comic Eviction Notice. The issue is tied together with a suite of illustrations by Kitman Yeung, a dreamy cover by Tereza Ljubic and Cecile Richard’s phenomenal design.
Congrats to all our contributors and thank you to all our readers and subscribers. We hope you enjoy playing with Voiceworks #130 Doll!
WATCH THE LAUNCH
Thanks to our readers Ava Nunan, Rishabh Bhargava, Indigo Colquhoun, Amélie Jean Staff and caitiln fox and to The Wheeler Centre for having us for the Doll launch. You can watch a recording of the launch below: