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STRATUM has been growing quietly, and we wanted to share a few updates with you.

Over the past few weeks, we have been refining the STRATUM website and building a clearer journal structure around it. STRATUM began as an editorial space for artists, writers, researchers, and cultural practitioners whose work moves between categories. That spirit has not changed.

What has changed is the structure around it.

We have added and clarified several journal pages, including About the Journal, Aims & Scope, Editorial Board, Peer Review Policy, Publication Ethics, Author Guidelines, Open Access Policy, Current Issue, and Issues Archive. These pages help STRATUM become more transparent, more readable, and more sustainable as an open-access journal for art, culture, and the humanities.

Our aim is not to make STRATUM narrow, closed, or inaccessible. We are not interested in reproducing the kind of academic gatekeeping that makes many important forms of knowledge feel…

Open Call: Casablanca Research & Production Residency 2026

ELSEHERE × Yasmine Laraqui Studio Residency is now open for applications.

This residency invites artists, filmmakers, curators, writers, and artistic researchers to spend time in Casablanca developing projects across research, production, material experimentation, and contemporary cultural practice.

The program is organized across two spaces in the city: Mers Sultan, a residence and research environment, and Palmier, a professional studio for making, experimentation, and production.

Through the ELSEHERE partnership, selected applicants may receive a reduced community rate, priority review, a dedicated curatorial session, a permanent digital artist profile, and potential editorial visibility through STRATUM Journal.

2026 available sessions:

Conversations, criticism, and editorial features documenting contemporary artistic practice across disciplines.

Over the past few weeks, STRATUM Journal has continued to expand its growing archive of artist interviews, essays, criticism, and interdisciplinary discourse.

Recent publications include:

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Đurđija’s multidisciplinary practice transforms field recordings and overheard voices into profound cultural inquiries. From wartime Yugoslavia’s radio static to New York subway arias, this conversation explores how the act of listening maps the hidden hierarchies of our world.

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Yasmine Laraqui’s multidisciplinary work transforms the image into a live sociological experiment, exploring the fluid mechanics of human belonging under platform capitalism.

Alongside these features, STRATUM continues to publish essays, criticism, artist writing, and long-form editorial projects that help create a more durable public record around contemporary artistic work.