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On What We Owe
Astra Taylor & Laura Hanna

A digital project, part of Two Ears and One Mouth
  • Astra Taylor is a filmmaker, writer, and organizer living in New York. Her films include What Is Democracy? (2018), an exploration of the meaning and work of democracy; Examined Life (2008), a series of excursions with contemporary thinkers; and Zizek! (2005), a documentary about the philosopher Slavoj Žižek. Taylor is the author of the forthcoming book Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone (2019), The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age (2014), and Examined Life: Excursions with Contemporary Thinkers (2009). Her writing has appeared in the Nation, the London Review of Books, n+1, and the Baffler, among other publications.
  • Laura Hanna is an organizer and filmmaker. She is co-founder and co-director of the Debt Collective, a membership-based economic justice organization. She serves as board president of Rolling Jubilee, a fund that has facilitated $33 million dollars of debt relief to people struggling with predatory debts, including medical debts and student loans. Hanna's background is in filmmaking. Prior to political organizing, she developed film and media strategies on behalf of those facing the death penalty. She has produced and directed films that have been screened and installed in museums in the U.S. and abroad.

“On What We Owe” was published as part of Two Ears and One Mouth, Triple Canopy’s twenty-sixth issue, which is made possible through the generous support of the Stolbun Collection, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

26 Two Ears and One Mouth
  • The Great Equalizer, by Alexander Provan
  • Omniaudience, by Triple Canopy & Nikita Gale
  • Parts of Speech at MCA Chicago, by Triple Canopy & Public Fiction
  • On the Difficulties in Writing the Truth, by Hari Kunzru
  • On What We Owe, by Astra Taylor & Laura Hanna
  • On Similitude, by Steffani Jemison with Garrett Gray
  • On Onomatopoeia, by Tomeka Reid with Taylor Ho Bynum, Ugochi Nwaogwugwu & Mike Reed
  • On Labor and Management, by Julio Torres
  • On the Next Economy, by Christopher Kulendran Thomas
  • Parts of Speech
  • Rave, by Rainald Goetz
  • Stereomodernism, by DeForrest Brown, Jr.
  • Listening, by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
  • A Cinder Block Falling on Concrete, by Lawrence Abu Hamdan
  • The Black Catatonic Scream, by Harmony Holiday
  • LITTLE GIRLS, by Nikita Gale
  • Second Rate, by Jonathan Sterne & Mara Mills
  • Table of Visions, by Tashi Wada with Alexander Provan
  • Proyecto DATA, by Julia Weist & Nestor Siré
  • Proyecto DATA, by Julia Weist & Nestor Siré
  • Answers with Questions, by Gregg Bordowitz with Jasmine Nyende, Vivien Goldman, Joy Ladin, Kendall Thomas, Morgan Bassichis & The Illustrious Pearl
26 Two Ears and One Mouth
  • The Great Equalizer, by Alexander Provan
  • Omniaudience, by Triple Canopy & Nikita Gale
  • Parts of Speech at MCA Chicago, by Triple Canopy & Public Fiction
  • On the Difficulties in Writing the Truth, by Hari Kunzru
  • On What We Owe, by Astra Taylor & Laura Hanna
  • On Similitude, by Steffani Jemison with Garrett Gray
  • On Onomatopoeia, by Tomeka Reid with Taylor Ho Bynum, Ugochi Nwaogwugwu & Mike Reed
  • On Labor and Management, by Julio Torres
  • On the Next Economy, by Christopher Kulendran Thomas
  • Parts of Speech
  • Rave, by Rainald Goetz
  • Stereomodernism, by DeForrest Brown, Jr.
  • Listening, by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
  • A Cinder Block Falling on Concrete, by Lawrence Abu Hamdan
  • The Black Catatonic Scream, by Harmony Holiday
  • LITTLE GIRLS, by Nikita Gale
  • Second Rate, by Jonathan Sterne & Mara Mills
  • Table of Visions, by Tashi Wada with Alexander Provan
  • Proyecto DATA, by Julia Weist & Nestor Siré
  • Proyecto DATA, by Julia Weist & Nestor Siré
  • Answers with Questions, by Gregg Bordowitz with Jasmine Nyende, Vivien Goldman, Joy Ladin, Kendall Thomas, Morgan Bassichis & The Illustrious Pearl

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