28/09/2023
Introducing Kiteverse.
Short story: Kiteverse is a new writing platform that we've spent the last 7 years dreaming and willing into being. And here it finally is: www.kiteverse.app
Longer story: On this day 7 years ago, we launched the last issue of The Outpost. By that time, the magazine was doing so well, but we needed a break. We had depleted our resources after 4 years of publishing independently, and needed to figure out how the magazine could grow more organically, organize more efficiently, and run more sustainably. The following years were marked by tireless trying and testing of new models, media, and means of engagement (some of you may remember The Outpost cafe, The Outpost archive, Mapping Possibilities, Radio Mansion, the poetry card game, To Stay exhibition and concert, the kite workshops, and our endless conversations on magazines as movements). In the end, the code was cracked but the times had changed, and The Outpost, as a magazine born of the Arab Spring, felt like it had lost its sense of urgency. It was time for it to go, so it could make way for Kiteverse.
