The new Open Call: Stories of In-between

We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.

- Carson McCullers

Welcome to 2023!

In Roman mythology, Janus was the two-faced god that was celebrated in the month of January and he was represented by two heads facing opposite directions. He symbolised the duality of time through gates, doorways and frames, presiding over all beginnings and transitions, linking the past with the future. Let’s focus a little bit on this in-betweenness: the duality of empty and full, negative and positive spaces, reality seen through opposites.

Facing both past and future, this issue of The Pluralist welcomes your meditations on states of transition, focusing on keywords like in-between, otherness, mirroring, two-sided, opposite, crossroads, adolescence.

Send your pitches to thepluralist.rca@gmail.com by February 10th, at midnight.

Hoping to hear from you all!

What is the Pluralist?

In the spirit of self-publishing, The Pluralist is an independent newspaper with its roots amongst the students and alumni of the Royal College of Art. The publication derives its name from pluralism, becoming an advocate of a system where different groups, principles and worldviews coexist, and creates a space for diversity where students’ voices manifest and harmonise in a critical yet playful way. The Pluralist offers an insight into the RCA community’s thoughts, hopes and concerns on the one hand, and on the other, the creative practices that emerge within and beyond the college bounds. The publication encourages experimental practices and work in progress, offering an alternative space for content that is usually kept behind the curtains.

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