Paprika

*Open Call* Traditionally conceived, figments of the imagination are contrived or fantastical notions. Synonymous with delusion and unreal in the sense of an empirical, mundane reality, figments share an affinity with other irreal modalities of meaning making – fictions, myths, superstitions, the uncanny – that sometimes reveal more than we could know or intend without them. What if in addition to being reflective of an individual's interiority or sense of selfhood figments, in their (mis)translation, (re)production, and (re)telling as material records, were also deeply imprinted with a collective experience of ambition, need, fear, or desire born of truth? Once rendered in tangible form, does the unreal not then become real? What visual tools and vocabularies are necessary for the imaging of imaginings, and where might they fall short? This issue of Paprika! “Figments” invites contributors to consider not simply the idea that figments might reflect life, but that life itself may take place in figments. As tools and practices of worldbuilding, how might their spatialization, distortion, and dissemination register in exquisitely intimate or troublingly ruinous ways? We welcome submissions of diverse formats: essays, poems, transcripts, letters, images, and comics. Send us your response (a 2-3 sentence proposal and anticipated word count) to [email protected] by end of day, Jan 31st, 2023. Issue Editors: Nicholas Arvantitis Sabrah Islam Sarah Kim Max Stern Graphic Designers: Saskia Globig David Walker

[ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! ] [V8! ISSUE 01] Transient Nostalgia is seeking contributions - take a moment to review the brief and send us your one-paragraph abstracts by September 5th at midnight. This issue compels you to contemplate time and memory, both fundamental to the sentimental longing for the past - known as nostalgia. Nostalgia is a shared emotional state, at times individual and at times collective. This issue seeks to create a space in which fragments of the past intersect to manifest meaning. We implore you to investigate nostalgic spaces nostalgic sounds nostalgic smells nostalgic songs nostalgic objects We welcome submissions in all formats: written word, audio clips, images, film. Share gossip, reveal secrets, perform poetry, send essays, screenplays, photo essays, comics, tweets, memes, facetime screenshots, interviews, and more. [ please send replies to [email protected] ]

💥 Call for Submissions 💥 Vol.07 [0.2 Call & Response]: Rendering Fiction Fiction is not a binary- rather, it defines a percentage of how we view the world and how we imagine the world to be. The architect doesn’t just render an image, she renders a blurry fiction: edges of fiction are sharp at different points for different viewers, the amalgamation of which produces a line in perpetual movement. Fiction is a field, and the image is a figure. Our visualization methods and unbuilt artifacts grant a stage for the architectural idea; they remystify and mythologize the world; they offer tools for carving out specific discourse and viewpoints; they lead to productive misreading; they offer revisionist history; they make space for the unpredictable. In a world that would undoubtedly benefit from less building, how does the architect find agency (Alas, another cry for agency) in her beautiful images - beit still, moving, or immersive. Send us your response: a 2-3 sentence proposal and anticipated word count to [email protected] by end of day, March 28th, 2022. Issue Editors: @christopherpin_ @sabasalekfard Graphic Designers @jessicameiflemming Cat Wentworth

💥Call for Submissions💥 Vol. 07 [0.1 Unread Voicemails]: Reading the Room (in collaboration with PLAT) How do we “read” architecture? “Reading a room” requires a capacity to see beyond what has been made explicit. Initial perceptions often determine whether our actions towards others are seen as careless or thoughtful, easy or awkward, appropriate or inappropriate—they form the basis of how we interact with the people and spaces around us. Similarly, architecture can be understood as a relational act. A building may internalize, dialogue with, or disrupt its context. It can be tactful or callous. It might misread its context, or we, as readers, might interpret the situation differently… We ask: How can we sense the quality of a place? What makes a building contextually appropriate or inappropriate? How do we pay close attention to our built surroundings? And what are we to make of misreadings? ✍️✍️✍️ We seek contributions that investigate how architecture, both as a textual and material construction, reads its context and how it, in turn, is read. We welcome close reads, quick takes, and misreadings, as well as examples of social aptitude or ineptitude. In particular, we are looking for observations, criticism, reflections on your own practice, and works of creative writing that explore these relationships, preferably text-based (however you define “text”) and on the shorter side (~300–700 words). Please send a 2–3 sentence proposal and an anticipated word count to [email protected] by end of day Sunday, February 20, 2022. Issue Editors: Jane van Velden Paul DeFazio Jerry Chow Graphic Designers: Junyi Shi Ainsley Romero [Image Description: Two circles scan several lines of black text that are blurred by a faintly purple haze. As the circles move across the haze, they reveal the issue title and call for submissions deadline.]

{CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!} Missed Calls is seeking contributions!! If you are interested, please take a moment to read the brief below and send us your 3-5 sentence abstracts by February 4th by 12pm. A call as mode of communication facilitates the possible connection between two poles. In a missed call, there is always something unsaid, something that did not materialize between two parties. The missed call represents a missed opportunity for connection, confession, or admission. A missed reconciliation, a missed apology, a missed opportunity, love confession or perhaps a missed confrontation. Our intent for the issue is to focus on oppositions or the two points at the end of a line. We welcome submissions in all formats, from written submission to audio clips. Send us your gossip, essays, secrets, poems, screenplays, photo essays, satirical illustrations, comics, tweets, memes, facetime screenshots, and interviews. We want it all!!} Please respond to [email protected]

{CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!} Missed Calls is seeking contributions!! If you are interested, please take a moment to read the brief below and send us your 3-5 sentence abstracts by February 4th by 12pm. A call as mode of communication facilitates the possible connection between two poles. In a missed call, there is always something unsaid, something that did not materialize between two parties. The missed call represents a missed opportunity for connection, confession, or admission. A missed reconciliation, a missed apology, a missed opportunity, love confession or perhaps a missed confrontation. Our intent for the issue is to focus on oppositions or the two points at the end of a line. We welcome submissions in all formats, from written submission to audio clips. Send us your gossip, essays, secrets, poems, screenplays, photo essays, satirical illustrations, comics, tweets, memes, facetime screenshots, and interviews. We want it all!!} Please respond to [email protected]

Paprika! Vol. 05 Issue 16, “Color” is seeking contributions! . We spend an awful lot of time looking at black and white drawings pinned up above carpet so iridescent that they become tinged Paprika, so let’s talk about color. Why don’t architects wear color? Design buildings in color? Write in color? Draw in color? Why is red critical? Why is white conceptual? Why is Classic Blue the 2020 Pantone color of the year? Please share your amusing, embarrassing, boring, confusing, scary, or skeptical colorful stories with us. Make color a part of your life, it starts here. . First drafts are ‪due Monday, February 24, 2020‬