Side Magazine accompanies the fourth Bergen Assembly a contemporary art triennial in Bergen
Norway which opens in 2022. Under the editorship of curator Yasmine d'O. (b. 2020 Berlin
Germany) Side Magazine combines artistic literary and scientific writing with seven issues
being released prior to the exhibition. The publication serves as a discursive space for the
triennial which is conceived by artist Saâdane Afif (b. 1970 Vendôme France). Invited by
Afif to curate the triennial Yasmine d'O. sets out to search for a mysterious seven-sided
geometric shape the heptahedron and in the process encounters seven characters: the professor
the bonimenteur the moped rider the fortune teller the acrobat the coalman and the tourist.
Each respective issue of Side Magazine is dedicated to one character with a special eighth
issue published after the triennial's opening including installation photography. The first
issue The Professor features seven articles exploring of the identity role and position of
The Professor. Contributors include Uli Aigner Lili Reynaud Dewar Jörg Heiser Christian
Nyampeta Vivian Slee and Marjorie Senechal.
