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An international open-access journal for contemporary art, performance, visual culture, moving image, curatorial practice, and critical humanities.

Committed to accessible criticism, critical depth, and plural ways of thinking across art, culture, and the humanities.

Layers of thought, layers of time.

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ISSN 3070-8869  ·  Open Access  ·  Seasonal  ·  Peer-reviewed and editorially reviewed sections  ·  Published by ELSEHERE

Recent articles, interviews, reviews, and editorial features from the journal.

Explore the latest seasonal issue of STRATUM Journal, featuring research articles, critical essays, interviews, reviews, visual essays, and artist portfolios across contemporary art and critical humanities.

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​STRATUM

Strata of the NOW.

STRATUM brings together research articles, critical essays, interviews, artist research, and reviews across contemporary art, culture, and the humanities. The journal is shaped by an editorial commitment to readability, intellectual generosity, and plural ways of thinking across histories, languages, and knowledge systems.

Committed to accessible criticism, critical depth, and plural ways of thinking across art, culture, and the humanities.

We believe that ideas shape the present.

We publish to widen access and deepen understanding.

STRATUM publishes across several editorial sections. Each section has its own review process, format, and editorial purpose.

Research Articles

Peer-reviewed scholarly articles that make an original contribution to contemporary art, performance, visual culture, moving image, curatorial practice, or critical humanities.

Artist Features & Portfolios

Editorially framed presentations of artistic practice, research process, documentation, visual work, and project-based inquiry.

Critical Essays

Editorially reviewed essays that develop a critical argument, interpretive framework, or cultural analysis.

Field Notes & Public Discourse

Shorter reflections on contemporary art, culture, institutions, public life, and emerging cultural conditions.

Reviews

Editorially reviewed writing on exhibitions, performances, books, films, public programs, and contemporary cultural discourse.

Experimental Writing & Series

Serialized writing, letters, fragments, hybrid forms, and experimental publishing formats when they align with the journal’s scope.

Interviews & Conversations

Edited conversations with artists, curators, scholars, researchers, cultural workers, and interdisciplinary practitioners.

Selected essays and research-oriented writing from STRATUM, foregrounding artistic practice, cultural analysis, and critical inquiry.

STRATUM publishes edited conversations with artists, curators, filmmakers, writers, scholars, and cultural workers. These interviews document process, method, artistic formation, and the conditions surrounding contemporary practice.

A journal between scholarship and practice

STRATUM brings together research articles, critical essays, interviews, artist research, and reviews across contemporary art, culture, and the humanities. The journal is shaped by an editorial commitment to readability, intellectual generosity, and plural ways of thinking across histories, languages, and knowledge systems.

 

Research Articles are subject to peer review. Essays, reviews, interviews, visual essays, and artist portfolios are reviewed editorially.

Bring Your Layer Into STRATUM

STRATUM brings together scholarly research, critical writing, artist research, and editorial conversation across contemporary art, culture, and the humanities.

The journal is shaped by a commitment to readability, intellectual generosity, and plural ways of thinking across histories, languages, and knowledge systems.


Research Articles are peer-reviewed. Other sections are editorially reviewed.
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THINKING ACROSS ART. CULTURE. AND THE HUMANITIES.

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STRATUM Journal

An international open-access journal for contemporary art, performance, visual culture, moving image, curatorial practice, and critical humanities.

ISSN 3070-8869

 

Open Access · Seasonal

English, with selected bilingual publication

Published by ELSEHERE International Arts Nexus

 

Legal Publisher: ELSEHERE LLC

New York / Global

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stratumjournal@elsehereglobal.com

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