KALEIDOSCOPE No. 8 focuses on the theme “The Politics of Friendship” and is part of the magazine's early phase; it was founded in Milan in 2009.

This issue belongs to the early phase of the magazine, which was founded in Milan in 2009 and combines contemporary art and culture with an international, interdisciplinary approach.

The issue brings together articles, interviews, and columns on contemporary artistic, curatorial, and theoretical positions. The thematic focus is on forms of closeness, collaboration, networking, and the public sphere: friendship is not presented here as a private relationship alone, but as a cultural and political category that helps shape production, exchange, and institutional structures.

Among the contributions featured in this issue are texts on Lourdes Castro, Simon Fujiwara, Paweł Althamer, Jos de Gruyter, Harald Thys, and Philippe Parreno. Markus Miessen contributes with “The Politics of Friendship”; Paola Nicolin writes about “Ce qui arrive” in the “On Exhibition” section. In this way, the issue combines artistic practice, exhibition history, and architectural and cultural theory in an editorial format characteristic of KALEIDOSCOPE.

KALEIDOSCOPE, Issue 08, The Politics of Friendship. Published September 2010. Language: English. With contributions by Markus Miessen, Paola Nicolin, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Simone Menegoi, Luca Cerizza, Elena Filipovic, and others. KALEIDOSCOPE was founded in Milan in 2009 and is an international magazine for contemporary art and culture. Sources: Slanted Publishers, ORBilu University of Luxembourg, MoMA Millennium Magazines.