Prompt Issue #1

by Jeremy Biles

Prompt is a cross-disciplinary biannual art journal dedicated to analyzing aesthetic ideas, objects, and practices in Chicago and beyond. Situating art within its wider cultural contexts – from economics, politics, and technology to religion, ecology, and law – Prompt offers clear, fresh, and engaging commentary with a Chicago focus and global implications. Intelligent and readable, enthusiastic and critical, Prompt brings insight from across spectrums of knowledge, with analyses of aesthetic and cultural issues from multiple points of view. With innovative content and imaginative sections, this journal is designed to prompt new forms of thought and new modes of action in contemporary culture.

Prompt is diverse in its methods and interests, but focused in its intent to inform, analyze, and compel. It is a place where unexpected ideas and approaches can converse, collaborate, or even clash, creating productive tensions and inciting new modes of thought.

Prompt is also about action, movement, communication. It’s about conversation and commitment, prompting new ways of thinking and new modes of activity.

Daring to be dedicated both to theory and practice, Prompt will interest anyone who wants to understand – and impact – the role of art in the wider culture.

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First published January 1, 2008