Following the publication of Surface Tension: Problematics of Site in 2003, Surface Tension appears regularly as a series of published Supplements (launched 2006) that continues the artistic and philosophical program initiated in the original anthology. Identifying a gap between art publications and architecture journals, Supplement addresses questions of site-specific art, public and architectural space, and location-based practices. Broadly, the Surface Tension Supplements investigates and encourages public practices through writing, documentation, and field work, while questioning what role such practices can offer in defining contemporary culture and society. We aim to follow forms of design in site-specific moments, when artistic practice might perform to actively discover, define, and create public space.

editors: Ken Ehrlich (Los Angeles) and Brandon LaBelle (Berlin)