DISC JournalIssue 3Enchantment

1 April 2025, 6–8 pm
gta exhibitions, Foyer, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg

With a special apéro by chuchiluempli and a DJ set by Loooris

DISC casts an enchanting spell over the gta lobby for 25 hours, bathing the space in flickering projections, soundscapes, and fleeting illusions. The lobby transforms into a one-night-only magic show for the launch of DISC’s latest issue: Enchantment. With manipulated live streams, food, drink, and music, the event appears—and vanishes—like a trick of the light.

DISC is an experimental publication that explores media, technology, and environments through themed books, events, and products. DISC is editorially independent, para-institutional, and guided by an ever-changing advisory circle.

Issue 3.0 of DISC asks, “Where has the magic gone?” In the anxious context of our present, made up of never-ending crises and widespread estrangement, we have left little room for that which enchants us. As Toni Morrison pointed out, “It’s not possible to constantly hold on to crisis. … you have to have the magic. That’s also life.” The issue investigates varied enchantments from various angles: revealing the techniques behind an illusion, reveling in magical atmospheres, and re-illuminating subjects that have lost their mystery and interest.

Issue 3.0 “Enchantment” features work by: Alice Bucknell, Animali Domestici, Anisa Olufemi & R. Treshawn Williamson, Annmagrit Möller, ANY—Michael Abel & Nile Greenberg, Ayana Zaire Cotton, Bailey Keogh, Ben Denzer, Claire Djang, Clement Valla, clovisbaronian, Cyrus Peñarroyo, Departamento del Distrito, DRAWINGS—William Smith & Daniel Garcia, Edgar Rodríguez & Sander Verbeek, Eilis Finnegan, Eric Lawler, Feifei Zhou, Felix Ansmann, Harry Nuriev & Ilana Curtis, Inga Danysz & Tomi Laja, Jonathan Levine & Jennifer Newsom & Tom Carruthers, Joseph Zeal Henry, Kennedy Yanko & Camille Bacon, Kevin McCaughey, Kevin Moultrie Daye & Ahya Simone & Imani Day & Harmonia Rosales, Lauda Virginia Vargas, Lily C Wong, Lindsey Krug, Liza Walling, Marius Oneta, Marya Kanakis, Matīss Groskaufmanis, Michael Young, Noa Mori, Sarah Aziz, Shane Reiner-Roth, Shant Charoian, Sharmain Siddiqui, soft-firm - Lexi Tsien, Stephanie Choi, Valentin Bansac & Alice Loumeau, Vere van Gool, and Will Fu

Issue Guest Editor Tomi Laja; Founding Editor-in-Chief Ian Erickson; Design Betty Wang, poster in collaboration with Teo Schifferli