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Issue 7 | Stories off the page
Slipstream
To be caught in a slipstream is to feel some kind of pull, willingly or otherwise. A current of air driven back by a jet engine, an eddy of water, swirling. A sense of danger permeates the idea. After all, slipstreams can pull us under.
The stories selected for this issue and exhibition offer novel ways of navigating slipstreams. From Cornish waterways to unseen flight paths, from 1980s Beijing to digital worlds, this issue traces the shifting currents of how stories move. Ways of telling stories have changed, as have the ways we share them. In this issue, we consider the shifting ecology of storytelling.
Thanks to CDF Tech, HASS and Venn Creative and OSLH for hosting.
Slipstream
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