If I Could Wish for Something non-fiction Dennis Ferrer

Dennis Ferrer

and with the social crisis that may emerge from them

Also in the issue: Gustav Metzger’s anti-environment manifesto

Glenn Ligon

If I Could Wish for Something non-fiction Dennis FerrerIn 1930, German film composer Friedrich Hollaender wrote Wenn ich mir was wnschen drfte, famously performed by Marlene Dietrich. It inspired the foundation of Dora Garcas exhibition If I Could Wish for Something and this accompanying publication. The song serves as a powerful expression of a complex concept: sadness as political strength. Garca in turn connects this concept with womens struggles for emancipation. Disappointed in the promise made to