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

April 30th, 2020,

In Love with a Lobbyist

THE LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS IS A GLOBAL DEMAND, BUT THE FIGHT ITSELF IS A LOCAL AFFAIR. WE HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK TO GEORG WURTH, FOUNDER OF DEUTSCHER HANFVERBAND (DHV). THE GERMAN HEMP ASSOCIATION IS THE MAJOR INSTITUTION IN THE FIELD OF CANNABIS LEGALIZATION IN GERMANY. WURTH IS GIVING SPEACHES, TALKS TO POLITICIANS, EDUCATES THE PUBLIC AND CONDUCTS PUBLIC RELATIONS. HE’S DOING ALL THE DIRTY LOBBY WORK FOR STONERS AND PATIENTS ALIKE. HE EVEN WON A MILLION EUROS IN A TV SHOW TO FUND HIS VISION.

April 22nd, 2020,

CANNABIS BASED PRODUCTS
IN TIMES OF PROHIBITION

FOR SOME TIME NOW, THE SUCCESSFUL PROLIFERATION OF COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS THAT INCLUDE CANNABIS HAS BEEN EXPONENTIAL. THE ACHIEVEMENTS CONQUERED IN THE LAST TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE HAVE INSPIRED A NEW IMAGE OF CANNABIS USERS AROUND THE WORLD. HEMP IS NOT ONLY SOMETHING STONERS OR HIPPIES ENJOY, THANK GOD, BUT IS SLOWLY SEEN FOR ITS GREAT MEDICAL POTENTIAL. THE RESULTS OF A LONG STRUGGLE IN FAVOR OF CLINICAL RESEARCH WITH CANNABIS HAS STUNNED CONVINCED AND SKEPTICAL ALIKE, BUT WHO’S LINING THEIR POCKETS WITHIN THIS NEWLY BORN INDUSTRY AND TO WHOM ARE THESE PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR ARE MORE THAN CONVENIENT QUESTIONS. Read more

April 7th, 2020,

Magazine Masters —
Claire Milbrath of Editorial Magazine

IT’S JULY 2019 AND IT’S VERY HOT. TISSUE MAGAZINE CALLS CLAIRE MILBRATH FROM THE ROOF OF SCHLOSS ISENBURG, THE OLD CASTLE ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ART & DESIGN IN OFFENBACH. WHICH IN ITSELF IS ODD: USUALLY TISSUE’S EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES ARE CONFINED TO THE APARTMENT-COME-OFFICE OF TISSUE’S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. SOMETHING THAT CLAIRE HERSELF IS USED TO: SHE HAS BEEN RUNNING EDITORIAL MAGAZINE FROM HER BEDROOM IN MONTREAL FOR YEARS. BUT THAT’S JUST THE NEW NORMAL: AS THE MAGAZINE’S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, WHO IS ALSO MAKING A CAREER AS A PAINTER, CLAIRE SAYS SHE NEVER REALLY TAKES MEETINGS IN PERSON ANYWAY.