Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Books," Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe on Fashion and Surrealism; "Object," Alessandro Mendini on Design; "Remote Control," Barbara Kruger on Television; "Curies' Children," Vilém Flusser on Discovery; "Believe it or Not," J. Hoberman on American Myths; "Here, There, & Otherwise," John Welchman on Elsewhere; "Special Effects," Carol Squiers on the News and Its Pictures; "Like Art," Glenn O'Brien on Advertising; "About this Issue," by Ida Panicelli; "Prisoner," by Jonathan Borofsky; "Two Ages: A Project for Artforum," by Enzo Cucchi; "Reflections from the Innermost-earth to the Outermost Constellations: A Project for Artforum," by Rebecca Horn; "Sky Goddess. Egyptian Acrobat," by Nancy Spero; "Object Ghost and Love Collectors: A Project for Artforum," by Robert Longo; "Untitled: A Project for Artforum," by Lothar Baumgarten; "No Exit," by Joseph Kosuth; "Untitled: A Project for Artforum," by Jenny Holzer; "Out of the Blue: A Project for Artforum," by Dara Birnbaum; "Untitled," by Tony Cragg; "Untitled: A Project for Artforum," by Jannis Kounellis; "Projections of Home," by Vito Acconci; "Site Work," by Daniel Buren. Reviews by Jean Fisher, Donald Kuspit, John Miller, Claudia Hart, Dennis Cooper, Jean Fisher, Christian Leigh, Carlo McCormick, John Yau, John Howell, Ronny Cohen, Patricia C. Phillips, Charles Hagen, Glenn Harper, Judith Russi Kirshner, Buzz Spector, Mason Riddle, Bill Berkson, Colin Gardner, Susan Larsen, Richard Rhodes, Aurora García, Alessandra Mammì, Pier Luigi Tazzi, Daniel Soutif, Michael Tarantino, Max Wechsler, Jutta Koether, Martin Hentschel, Doris von Drateln, Paul Groot, Michael Archer, Adrian Searle, Arturo Silva, and Kazue Kobata. Cover: Claes Oldenburg.