Alternate Currents (AC) is a two-year program designed to support artists and organizers working to thoughtfully challenge dominant systems, forge collaborations, and engage with their communities. An alternative to a conventional MFA, AC cohort members work together to understand how justice in the arts is interpreted, documented, and enacted.

Fairplay, Amplify’s newest Alternate Currents Reader, is an anthology of essays, manifestos, poetry, and fiction by ten artists, organizers, and culture workers, all members of Amplify’s Alternate Currents cohort. Collectively, their contributions reveal a shared set of ethical concerns that attend to friendship, solidarity, care, and discovering joy in uncertainty. This volume playfully gestures toward finding assurance in the in-between and welcoming life’s ambiguities, while celebrating creative work’s capacity to investigate our present and inspire a fair future.

2023-24 Alternate Currents Cohort Members: Justin Alexander, Yuanjun Chen, Keegan Dunn, Jessie Fisher, Natalie Hanson/Facade Queen, Cassy Jensen, John Paul, Sener, Viy, and Carlie Waganer

Price: $20.00
ISBN: 979-8-9852972-5-6
Ships from Amplify’s offices in Omaha, NE within 3-5 business days.