pacificREVIEW 2015: Vivarium
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
FICTION * NONFICTION * POETRY *
GRAPHIC NARRATIVE * PHOTOGRAPHY * ARTWORK
Submission Period: October 1st 2014 – February 28th 2015
A vivarium (Latin for "place of life") is an area for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research. Often, a portion of the ecosystem for a particular species is simulated on a smaller scale, a microcosm with controls for environmental conditions.
We, as human beings, create vivariums for both ourselves and other species. In these environments of our own design (zoos, shopping malls, universities, cathedrals, etc.), we breathe simulation, observe phenomena both natural and unnatural, speak in symbols, and cypher our dreams. We are inhabitants of our creations, thriving in the flux between the abstract and the absolute. The newest issue of the pacificREVIEW seeks dynamic work that speaks to this theme and interrogates the ever-blurring line between "real" and "unreal" settings.
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