ABOUT MIMESIS MAGAZINE

MIMESIS IS A PLATFORM FOR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CONTEMPORARY FILM PRACTICES AS ACTS OF PERFORMANCE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR EVERY DAY AS FUNDAMENTALLY SHAPED BY THE CINEMATIC AND THE MOVING IMAGE. WE SEE FILM’S TRANS-TEMPORAL COMMUNICATION CAPACITY AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP DECIPHER POWER STRUCTURES WITHIN OUR SENSORIAL WORLDS. WRITING ON FILM PERFORMANCE PRACTICES GUIDES OUR LEARNING PROCESS AND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR RESISTANCE AND SUBVERSION OF THOSE MODES OF POWER. WE EMBRACE THE COMPULSION FOR THE MIMETIC AS A CHANCE FOR MUTATION AND FAILURE.

MIMESIS IS AN INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED MAGAZINE FOR AND FROM PRACTITIONERS OF FILM AND PERFORMANCE. WE ARE OPEN TO EXPERIMENTAL, POETIC, THEORETICAL, FICTIONAL, AND INTERVIEW CONTRIBUTIONS.

Mimesis Magazine is a privately produced, artist-run journal, based in Oakland, CA (USA), Mumbai (India), and Berlin (Germany).

Team: Neha Choksi, Lior Shamriz, Elbe Trakal

Founding Editors: Lior Shamriz and Elbe Trakal

Published by Mimetic Publishing