Attempts to write about the art of Tianzhuo Chen are bound to fail. They end in a buzzword thunderstorm that sounds something like this: pan-asian-shamanic-hyper-digital-queer-performance-ritual. A lot of labels trying to describe what you have to have experienced. Because Chen’s performances have a critical element: ourselves. So, instead of staying with the habitus of the […]
by Joshua Ezechiel and Julius Rueckert Not everyone is born with the courage to change. While some are gasping for change and can hardly stand still to endure the here and now, others remain in acute stagnation for decades or even a lifetime. Everyone is aware that the living conditions as well as the location […]
This conversation is not only about the Church of Euthanasia — even though Korda’s radical antinatalist movement from the 90s seems to be more urgent than ever. It is about us, about our future, and our home planet Earth.
Ashus in Cleptomanicx by The Real Tim Bruening — This is Axel aka Ashus in their not so classic interpretation of the Cleptomanicx “Ligull” basics. For this exquisite streetwear feature we asked the queer and fashion-savvy musician and sex worker to create their own outfits from a selection of casual garments with the notorious seagull […]
New domestic spheres to live in: this series of interiors is an excerpt of Kristall — a thesis by Daryan Knoblauch concerned with the spatial implications of water. It investigates the emergence of the bathroom as a built repercussion of body culture through a series of case studies revealing the social implications of the bathroom […]
by Sofia Blu Cremaschi and Giulia Ballabio Uncomfortable movements captured in harmony, creating a sense of emptiness in this fine knitwear and lingerie editorial. L’appel du vide is the inner and irrational urge to jump off a high bridge or building without being suicidal. For the artists it is a metaphor for entering space in […]
An isolated society evolves on the outskirts of the city, living by its own rules. The characters move in spaces where artwork is arranged in small shrines so people can make their rituals. In search of an elsewhere, a possible escape and filled with a desire for emancipation and liberation, they invoke their body’s felt […]
Petra Valenti & Yosephine Melfi
Yes, the photographer is back and we’re the first to drop the news. We met him at the opening of his exhibition “Comeback” at Horst Janssen Museum in Oldenburg a few days ago. What? Where has he been and why in Oldenburg? And what have Amanda Plummer, Paz de la Huerta, Nicolas Cage, and Burt […]
She is a prophet and a poet, using Brazilian baile funk to fight the dichotomy of power and to amplify the voice of LGBTQ+ community. Linn Da Quebrada started as an actress, and she still works within the realm of cinema. Tranny Fag, a film that profiles her life, won a Teddy Award, the Berlinale […]
