[Bonus Content] Jodo Journal 7 [2026 SPRING]

The seventh issue of "Jodo Journal," an arts magazine where art and writing intersect, originating from Kyoto.

This issue features a complete recording of the symposium "Artistic Production and Rhythm" (Masaya Chiba, Gosuke Ikeda, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Michiko Tsuda, Futoshi Hoshino), which discusses the relationship between creation and rhythm, spanning generative AI, painting, street art, video, and installations. Graham Harman's "Art Without Relations," from the philosopher advocating Object-Oriented Ontology, proposes art as an object that cannot be reduced to open relationships.

The lecture series "Practices of Writing" includes multifaceted discussions such as the problem of travel and alterity (Kazuhisa Toba), the intersection of art historical research methods and critical stances (Hiromi Matsui), and the connection between ongoing religious revival in America and art culture (Tamiji Yanagisawa).

*First-come, first-served bonus: a special booklet and sticker from Jodo Complex's video project "Unraveling the Collection."

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[Table of Contents]
 
Feature: Rhythm and Object

Artistic Production and Rhythm—Starting from Masaya Chiba's "Philosophy of Sense"
Masaya Chiba, Gosuke Ikeda, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Michiko Tsuda Moderator: Futoshi Hoshino

Art Without Relations Translated by Motoaki Iimori
Graham Harman

Translator's Introduction Art is Becoming
—On Harman's Object-Oriented Philosophy and Its Aesthetic Theory
Motoaki Iimori

Collection and Attention—Thinking Through Arendt
Mokudai Hyakuki × Gosuke Ikeda

[Photo Essay] 
Cats in Bern and Paul Klee
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[Lecture Series] Practices of Writing

Traveling and Continuously Learning
Kazuhisa Toba

The Interstice of Art History and Criticism
Hiromi Matsui

The "Age of Faith" and Writing
Tamiji Yanagisawa
(From publisher's website)