Begun in the early Eighties, this artist-run periodical features a wide range of visual art, artists’ projects, essays, poetry, and fiction; each issue is guest-edited and devoted to a specific theme.

“Alchemy, the ancient science of transforming material, has been a source of inspiration for artists through the ages and, even in our age of high technology, continues to fascinate the creative mind … [It] has served both as an inspiration and a metaphor for the creative process.” (from editor Frederieke S. Taylor’s introduction)

Features in this issue: “The Computer as a Contemporary Philosopher’s Stone” by Charles Luce; “Alchemy and Suffering” by Ann McCoy; “Gold, Scum and Involuntary Throes” by Yolande McKay; “The Petrified Self” by Larry Miller; “Marcel Duchamp and the Chymical Wedding” by Alastair Noble; and “My Alche My” by Lucio Pozzi.

Other contributors include: Edward Batcheller, Joseph Beuys, Mel Chin, Jane Hammond, Eve Laramee, Gordon Matta-Clark, Jackson Pollock, Sigmar Polke, and Louis Sciullo.