i am a temple forged from sun
an army of iron shimmers from its
golden rays off a white cross
lodged into the beating heart of an empire

displacement.

Jessica Kahn is a musician and educator of Jewish, Scottish, and Andean descent, and contributor to the Alternative Worlds Andean collection.

On "Different Folks" and Andean musical fusion

Here follows an interview with Alejandro Fernandez, an Aymara descendant and creator of improvised and progressive psychedelic folk music.

Heritage, music, and creative freedom

Rima(y) Raíz is a community collective created by and for the Andean/Andinx diaspora community of the United States.

Choclo y Chicha: a zine for (and from) the Andean Diaspora

Calling all Andean and Asian American folks! AltSalt is creating two multidisciplinary collections of work — and we want you to be a part of it.

Alternative Worlds: The Andes and Asian America

This is the first in a series of posts to highlight members of the AltSalt community. First up we have Shirley Man-Kin Leung, organizer behind the Asian American collection for Alternative Worlds.

"To Dream and Be Intentional" — Interview with Shirley Man-Kin Leung

This is because life itself is dynamic, a spiral — and you can see this play out even in history. Everything is always changing yet circling back on itself, evolving with similarities but transformed.

Andean Sacred Geometry

Offering resonance is an intentional practice used to cultivate deep listening and connection; we've adapted it for AltSalt.

What is Resonance?

Every year since my friend Bill committed suicide, his mother and I had exchanged Christmas cards. And I am one of those people who do holiday letters...

The Coming Out Ring

A short story about legacy, revolution, and obliquely, terraforming Mars. Also contains a dumpling recipe.

Within the Fold

In his first letter to Art, Charles writes on human nature, technology, and the 90s Disney film "Honey I Blew Up the Baby"

First Letter to Art - Human Nature, Technology, and Blown Up Babies

Called forth from the dreamers, healers, witches, womxn of our bloodline, we are the beginning of a new story,..

Becoming Our Own Prayer

Loved this so much! I am inspired to make my own - how can I learn?

@Analisa - I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I have a <a href="https://nyanseong.neocities.org/journal.html?entry=web-resources" target="_blank">list of resources</a> on my website as a starting point. I used HTML, CSS, and Javascript to make this, but you can also use an app called <a href="https://twinery.org/" target="_blank">Twine</a> to make a similar interactive website with less coding :)

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Red, green, and yellow art with choclo and geometric iconography.

Cover of the author walking down a city sidewalk

A cover image with the text "Making AI Art Responsibly: A Field Guide", & a cute character at the summit of a mountain alongside a flag.

The background is the Colombian Flag with the Words "Colo-Mitolo-Gital" spanning each stripe. In the foreground is a floating back and a pair of red heels. In the top right, there is two buttons

Screenshot of webzine: two side-by-side portrait-orientation images of cityscapes, overlapped by a rectangle containing a recreated text message conversation, all against a white background.

Blue text on white background: "These are the things they took from us, They left us bare These are the things they couldn’t"

A group of people surrounding a frustrated girl trying to draw, they all seem to be looking at what she's doing.

The cover uses a retrofuturistic artist's rendering of a space colony from NASA's Ames Research Center.

A shovel and axe in the shape of an X, along with the publications title, the author's name Alda Yuan, and info including the publication year of 2021 and version 1.0

Cover of a book with the title in Spanish, "El Código de Wira Cocha: Simbolismo Milenario Andino" and ancient stone structures in the background

The title "Cultural Correspondence" along with the illustration of a hands holding uprooted plants and dirt

An abstract image of bubbles and dots and rays of sunshine in a blue and pink color palette

Title page "Andean Sky" with subtitle "The story of an immigrant his search for home"

Title 'Dear Charles' over a man holding his heart in a meditative stance

Portrait of a child with night sky and plants in the background

New Media Literature

Game

Interactive Fiction

Zine

Digital Comic

Tabletop Roleplaying Game

Book

Choose Your Own Adventure

Poetry

Screenshot of webzine: lineart illustration of a small living room, with an open suitcase overflowing in the center. The image is decorated by 3 solid colored circles highlighting the front door, the TV, and a smartphone on a side table.

A Modern Ghost

Choclo y Chicha Vol. 1

SoftwareApplication

Reflections at Sunset

See Sandy

Surviving and Diving

The Life is a Freestyle Quaranzine

Quechualish: An Indigenous Language Zine

Making AI Art Responsibly: A Field Guide

Colo-Mítolo-Gítal

An interactive story of my trip to Hong Kong with my friends a while ago, centering mundane moments of joy and tiny lessons about what "home" means to me.Content warnings: looping GIFs in motion, images of food

Envisioning an alternative world

From the Community

Heritage, music, and creative freedom

On "Different Folks" and Andean musical fusion

displacement.

Becoming Our Own Prayer

First Letter to Art - Human Nature, Technology, and Blown Up Babies

Within the Fold

Andean Sacred Geometry

"To Dream and Be Intentional" — Interview with Shirley Man-Kin Leung

Alternative Worlds: The Andes and Asian America

The Coming Out Ring

What is Resonance?

Choclo y Chicha: a zine for (and from) the Andean Diaspora

Featured - From Alternative Worlds

Added this Week (November 26, 2023)

From the Community

Heritage, music, and creative freedom

On "Different Folks" and Andean musical fusion

displacement.

Becoming Our Own Prayer

First Letter to Art - Human Nature, Technology, and Blown Up Babies

Within the Fold

Andean Sacred Geometry

"To Dream and Be Intentional" — Interview with Shirley Man-Kin Leung

Alternative Worlds: The Andes and Asian America

The Coming Out Ring

What is Resonance?

Choclo y Chicha: a zine for (and from) the Andean Diaspora

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