September 17th, 2020,

KRISTINA NAGEL “ETHER++”

Readers might already know about Kristina’s powerful work as an artist, as the curator of the Berlin off-space Aesthetik01 and as the editor of zines like AXIS. Aesthetik01 was recently sent into oblivion but Ms Nagel assured us that there will be something totally different, Aesthetik02. Kristina brings an unconventional ethereal glitch to fashion photography by creating an intimate studio situation with her well-chosen models. See by yourself

September 14th, 2020,

Channelling Schlingensief

WORDS: LUCA GANZ
PAINTING: PIETER BRUEGEL
PORTRAIT: ECKHARD KUCHENBECKER

For a lot people, the author of this story included, Christoph Schlingensief is an iconoclast and a genius. Starting out as an experimental filmmaker, he expanded his work into the field of performative arts in the early ’00s. Heavily influenced by Joseph Beuys’ social sculptures he began using video footage to capture a certain image of the social. Despite of Schlingensief’s early death in 2010, Luca Ganz can feel his revolutionary spirit reverberating throughout the German art world. So, ten years after his death: what makes firestarting Christoph Schlingensief so relevant to this day? Channel here

July 11th, 2020,

Alles ist vorbei —
A Different Eulogy

BY STEPHAN GRÄFE
When I was 16, I raised my right arm in public. Sudden, rigid and in an angle of 45 degrees to my sight: the Hitler salute! I fell in love after hearing Der Mussolini for the first time after a punk concert in my local youth centre. It appeared to me as if this was everything that had been banned from the punk culture (what a non-word) that I tried to be a part of. Since it had started becoming weirdly serious since the start of the millennium, Der Mussolini offered dance music, references from techno or EBM and the lyrics were crystalline commands! Say Good Bye to Gabi Delgado

June 7th, 2020,

Yis Kid —
4 colours

OVERLOOKING COMPLEX SOCIAL LANDSCAPE, SEARCHING FOR ORDER WITHIN THE CHAOS. KIND OF SNAPSHOTS TRANSGRESSING RULES OF BEAUTY, BY FOCUSING ON COLOUR AND FORM.

MY SUBJECTS ARE BANAL, I’M INTERESTED IN ALL, I’M INTERESTED IN NOTHING. I SHOW URBAN LIFE AS IT IS THROUGH MY WORKING CLASS EYES; I CAN’T SEE IN GOLD AND VELVET. THE COMPOSITION IS NOT A BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN RATIO. I TURN MY BACK ON PHOTOGRAPHIC EVALUATION CRITERIA, BREAKING WITH ALL IDEAS IMPOSED AFTER VOMITING THEM. ENOUGH RULES ON LIFE AS FOR HAVE THEM ALSO ON PHOTOGRAPHY, I BELIEVE. See with your own eyes