KINGS AND QUEENS

In the late 1970s, Jean-Michel Basquiat teamed up with Al Diaz to write enigmatic graffiti statements across New York City under the pseudonym SAMO©. Soon he was collaging baseball cards, creating his own clothing, DJing, playing in a band and painting on doors, window frames, and enormous home-made canvases. Today, Basquiat (1960–1988) is recognised as one of the most significant painters of the 20th century. Having come of age in the post-punk underground art scene in Lower Manhattan, he conquered the art world and gained widespread international recognition, becoming the youngest artist ever to participate at the documenta. Read more

April 15th, 2018,

“I’M A GIRL, THAT’S ALL I HAVE EVER KNOWN“

At first sight she seems self-conscious and childishly jolly while she pleasurably places a strawberry between her lips. She chews in a hasty manner. She looks up. Her eyes are shy, even sad yet sure of her own expression. Her whole appearance seems authentic, however looking at the details leaves questions. Read more

March 20th, 2018,

THE COOLEST PUSSY IN THE JUNGLE

TISSUE met Brooklyn-based rising rapper Junglepussy just around the corner of the TISSUE lab. Hanging out together in her backstage jungle, we talked about her sheltered youth, how dumb boys actually are and general pussymusclehustlin’. Read complete interview

February 13th, 2018,

Punk Has More Colours
Than White

Elise Rose is a London-based photographer and co-organiser for Decolonise Fest, a music and arts festival for people of colour in punk and alternative music. She currently works on an ongoing series called POC PUNX documenting the UK people of colour punk scene. Read complete interview

November 3rd, 2017,

“FEMININE SEXUALITY IS LIKE PAINTED TOE NAILS COVERED IN MUD”

Heather Glazzard is a queer feminist artist based in Manchester. Her work questions gender stereotypes by depicting the diversity of individual sexuality. She focuses on the female body in its authentic appearance without retouching the reality. Her intimate portraits depict people who are open about their inner selfs and are thereby disarmingly pure. Her work was recently featured in a solo show called Isn’t She Lovely held at Islington Mill, Manchester. Besides being a photographer she is a curator of M(.)ist collective. Read complete interview