K. Revue trans-européenne de philosophie et arts: New Issue
K Revue Cahier spécial 2025
For the third time, I had the pleasure of designing a special issue of K – Revue trans-européenne de philosophie et arts. This is a journal I feel deeply connected to, as it represents an intellectual space of great importance to me — a place where thought, writing, and art intersect with critical intensity.
This new issue, The Greatness of Mahmoud Darwish, is trilingual (Italian, French, English) and includes a dedicated section titled WORKS, focusing on contemporary artistic responses to Gaza and the political catastrophe unfolding in Palestine. The issue features for the first time a full cover image: Monochrome Resistance, based on a photograph by Hashem el Madani (Saida, 1970, revisited 2025), by the artist Akram Zaatari, whom we thank deeply for his generous contribution.
The graphic design is based on a first editorial model created by Patrizio Esposito, who helped launch the initial call for papers. The issue uses the typeface Simoncini-Garamond and adheres to the clarity of a university journal format, while also giving space to a rich diversity of visual contributions.
Below, I share the editorial text written by Luca Salza, signed by the editorial board of the magazine:
It was hard work. Done in urgency, in haste, during the summer, heat, sea… trying to speak of a genocide unfolding on that same sea, under that same sun. How can one even begin to think about it? In the heat of summer… while thousands of people live in tents and die for a yes or a no…
And yet, we committed ourselves, and dedicated this issue to Mahmoud Darwish, believing that Palestinian art and poetry could not only tell us of a long history and geography to defend as something precious, in the face of brutal violence, but could also point to a political path for emancipation — impossible, but stubborn — within the massacre.
Practices of catastrophe. Because the Palestinian question remains a political question. And because even if there is nothing to think inside a massacre, the only thing left for us to do is to think (of) Gaza.
