Volume Six: Garbage

When we first chose the theme for this issue, we didn’t intend for it to be quite so on the nose.

“Garbage” had long been on our list of topics to cover in our normally abnormal way. It’s weird, but also deeply sensory—someone says the word garbage and you can immediately picture it (and smell it, too). After an edible and a few puffs, we started to wonder what a different perspective on garbage could look like. Plus, the idea of calling something the “Garbage Issue” just made us laugh. And so, here we are.

Volume Six includes Conversations with chef Sophia Roe, activist Emily Barker, designer Sarah Nsikak, and writer Anand Giridharadas; meditations on space junk, garbage time, houseflies, and loss; and art by Arielle Bobb Willis, Rajni Jacques, Ekua King, and David Brandon Geeting; and much, much more. We hope Volume Six offers some kind of escape. After all, like five o’clock, it’s always garbage somewhere. 

PROVENCE is an independently published bi-annual contemporary art journal established  2009 and based since 2018 in Zurich. The core of the publications is formed of conversations between artists, curators, writers and designers. Additional in-depth features and editorials deal with contemporary culture at large, covering fashion, literature, photography, film, design and architecture. PROVENCE embraces print not as a carrier of disposable information but as a container, box, an archive, a chronicler, a discursive platform of issues of our times. PROVENCE designs and produces each journal to let it become a collectors including often merchandise and editions such as stickers, a fold out poster, buttons or set of postcards. PROVENCE as a publication and para-artist has been presented within exhibitions at amongst other MoMA, New York; Kunsthalle Zurich; Artists Space, New York; Kunstverein Düsseldorf; Kunstverein Heidelberg; Kunsthaus Glarus; Kunsthalle Vienna.

Juxtapoz – Spring 2021 #217

This is a new year, and in so many ways, it feels like  a fresh start. We didn’t really get a 2020, at least in the ways we thought we would. It got us thinking about the ones we lean on, those we look to for inspiration, and that is why our Spring 2021 cover by Yusuke Hanai offers reason for hope and support. It is so clear; friends supporting each other in times of trouble. Such directness guides us in leaving the last year (or four) behind. Yusuke is a rare, humble talent who can convey truth for a collective consciousness. This Spring, our quarterly focuses on forthright honesty and a sense of possibility, from Yusuke to Chris Martin, Tiffany Alfonseca to Ryan Travis Christian.

The full Spring 2021 lineup includes Yusuke Hanai, Amoako Boafo, Ania Hobson, Hernan Bas, Tiffany Alfonseca, Ryan Travis Christian, Shannon T Lewis, En Iwamura, Cathrin Hoffmann, Helen Bur, Christopher Martin, Tony Toscani, Khalik Allah, Yinka Ilori, Alexandra Sipa and more! 

AB 153: The New Left

Let’s get into something personal right off the hop. Let's talk about resistance.

Resistance is what people feel when they just can’t face what needs to be done. Something important is right in front of them, but it’s so hairy, so scary in its implications on their life, their cozy way of keeping on keeping on, that they can’t deal with it.

Resistance grips us when our very soul recognizes just how much is on the line. Like right now.

Caught in an existential crisis with no obvious way out, we begin to question the hidden coordinates of our reality and start thinking about a new operating system for Planet Earth. We hatch a new grand narrative, a set of ideas so fundamental, so systemic, so profound that a sane sustainable future is unthinkable without them.

And then we deploy them.

In this 200-page mindbomb, we unleash a movement that operates completely outside of geographic borders and political structures — the Third Force — to revitalize the forces of resistance and point the way to a future that computes.

Issue E 

Novella is an annual-ish publication on fashion and an accompanying collection of fashion-adjacent items. Informed by the “compact and pointed plot” structure of the traditional novella, each collection and magazine attempts to weave a compelling narrative within the bounds of text and textiles.

In this first issue, we have asked contributors to take stock of their material world as it relates to fashion and romance. Within the following pages you will find an inventory of our research, artifacts, and reflections on these themes, ranging from insights into the use of apparel within romance fiction, clothing and compatibility within relationships, as well as reflections on the cultural symbolism of the wedding dress and the nostalgia of clothing from a not-too-distant past.

Novella Issue No.1, Romance measures 6” x 8.5”, with 136 pages, a pink softcover with otabind binding, and is offset printed in black and white with a color image gallery in the center. Front and back cover feature the editor’s letter, while the inner front flap features a tearaway bookmark that acts as a secondary table of contents to accompany the reader throughout the book.

21.59 × 15.24 cm, Softcover, 2020,

Para Jounral – Notes besides the point
assembles text an image.

Issue 1 is dedicated to getting lost. More than 30 friends and strangers, from Mexico City to Tiblisi, from Glasgow to Dar es Saalam contributed.

160 pages, B4

Lost in cables, lost in gadgets, technology and devices, lost in thoughts and memories, on outings, in images. Complexity and abundance (of things, options, hazards) allow for myriad ways to err and lose track, in often annoying, sometimes dangerous ways. Proximity – be it corporeal or virtual – puts us in constant touch with others, only to lose it with ourselves.

Etc pp, and on and on with the lamentation.

It is easy to denounce a lack of orientation in contemporary existence. Because, who does really know where we are and where we are headed. But then, who are we, and – is it actually so important to know, at all times? Isn’t it rather the obsession with tracking and knowing always and exactly where we are that causes so much of the confusion? Who cares.

In these pages we don’t, very much. On the contrary, and true to the name of the magazine PARA (parallel, against), here we celebrate, revel in, in any case get closer to the phenomenon of getting lost. We may follow down memories (what’s the point in that?), meander on unspectacular paths along insignificant streams going nowhere, reminisce about lost objects we may or may not miss, find ourselves in nondescript dead-ends, losing track of what just...

The feral peripheries, the unglamorous anti-climax, the empty field, the non-designed paved road cum gravel/plant/random sign... In the everyday we inhabit these places more often then we think (because we think of everything else but what’s in front of our eyes, or we just think about was has been put in front of our noses, mainly screens). So we want to explore the fully-charted territory, again, to discover anew what it can all mean – because nothing is forever. It’s to inject the anti-serum of presence in absence into inescapable dullness – romanticism after irony.

This sounds all quite serious, solemn, and it is (yet not only). Transparency, information, happiness - if there’s too much of them, they become oppressive, especially when the aspiration to deliver on them becomes normative. Plus (yes it’s a matter of quantity and measure) we miss the point on a much larger issue: it is impossible to always get it right, logically but more importantly existentially. Failure is the ultimate point. And the animal that we are comes (often) on two legs, to wander and explore, try and err. Not allowing this coerces the world, reality, us into a mold that does away with the cherished pursuit of happiness information transparency. Thou shalt get lost!

ACT Magazine
Issue Number 3 - March 2021

See The ACT Creative Studios present the third issue of ACT Magazine, published under the title  “White Noise” featuring the Lebanese artist 𝐙𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐢 

ACT magazine (Art, Culture, Talent) is an independent, Triannual Print magazine, founded in 2020 and based in Toronto. We aim to be a destination to satisfy your aesthetic hunger and a place to showcase unique, creative people and artists of all kinds.

The title of the third ACT is “White Noise”, the theme of this issue in itself. Get up close & personal In 134+ pages of beautiful design, editorials and interviews; be inspired and energized by our world, the World of ACT, full of color, opulence, fashion and positivity. issue no. 3 considers a future in which nothing can be taken for granted and a past that must be worshipped.

See The ACT Creative studios produces 100% of its content/editorials. act studios capabilities range from strategy to creation: cinematic, stylized and thoughtful film & photography, derived from an original understanding of culture; strategy, conception, direction, create, capture, post production.

WELTKUNST 183/2021 "AMERIKAS MALERIN DER STUNDE"

Titelthema: Nina Chanel Abney - Amerikas Malerin der Stunde: Sie konfrontiert ihr Publikum mit unangenehmen Wahrheiten. Auf Bildern, die bunt und humorvoll daherkommen
• Was bewegt die Kunst? Die Galerien reagieren auf die Pandemie sehr unterschiedlich
• Die Unsichtbare: Mary Warburg war die starke Frau neben Aby Warburg. Nun wird sie auch als Künstlerin entdeckt
• Mit Gips und Grips: In einem Dorf in der Uckermark schafft Inge Mahn Objekte voller Witz und Seitenhiebe, die derzeit neue Aufmerksamkeit erfahren
• Antike im Jungbrunnen: Die Münchner Glyptothek eröffnet nach mehrjähriger Sanierung mit dem Bildhauer Bertel Thorvaldsen
• Auktionen: In New York präsentiert Christie’s die Sammlung Rosenberg, Kunst bei Döbritz, wertvolle Bücher bei Bassenge, Neumeister mit seiner Frühjahrsauktion

Besides providing botanical content in a simple, personal and cozy way; The Plant offers plant lovers a new look at greenery by featuring the works of many creative people who share our love for plants.

As a curious observer of ordinary plants and other greenery, the magazine presents a monograph on a specific plant; bringing together photographers, illustrators, designers, musicians, writers and visual artists, both established and emerging, from all over the world.

These people share with The Plant their unique perceptions and experiences of plants.

This magazine is PACKED with the most contemporary art, teasing fiction, raw statements by international artists and the best thing: no ads - 128 pages PURE content.

(little spoiler)

INTERVIEWS

Andromeda! (Cover 1) by Lena-Grace Suda, talking to Edo Oliver in Tokyo about inspirations of his drag persona, growing up in Mexico, K-Pop dance groups and much, much more <3

Eirik Falckner - Multidisciplinary student of fine arts in Bergen, Norway. Taking you into nature, a "dark and powerful side of nature" through his works. Interviewed by Synchron Magazine

The Sucklord - Godfather of bootleg toymaking spills some inside knowlegde in a conversation with Pavel Chernish, a toymaker and director himself. With a prologue by the one and only @tokyotoybastard Jeremy Mauney!

FICTION

Andre Harris "The process comes from a place of loneliness and boredom dug by the q - the rona. documenting a seemingly sensless world to control it, slow it down and ultimately find some sense in it." Prepare for disturbing fiction and practical facts about the house sparrow.

Jonathan Lyon's short story "Prologue To A Film That Never Begins, Called ‘The Actress Wins The Award‘" drags you in deeper with every sentence. You can not resist this scandalous film script...

VISUAL ARTISTS IN THIS ISSUE

Alexander Woloszynski + Amanda Bodell + Andromeda (cover 1) + Caroline Ballegaard + Edo Oliver + Erasmus Leinweber + Eirik Falckner + Francis Kussatz + Gothgirl96 + Jeremy Benkemoun + Jeronim Horvat + Jonathan Small + Jonathan Ungemach + Julia Rosenstock + Killian Butler + Kim Modig + Kodama999 + Kumi Sato + Léa Taillefer + Leander Kreissl + Lennart Mink Weber + Leonardo Grünig + Linnea Palmestål + Luna Naumer + Mika Schwarz (cover 2) + Niko Wu + Noemi Liv Nicolaisen + Olga Maria Bläsi + Ryo Koike + Sam Holzberg + Sophie Fitze + Sucklord

WRITERS x JOURNALISTS

Calissa Teiniker, Caroline Ballegaard, Johannes Farfsing, Jonathan Ungemach, Julian Weber, Lea Kloepel, Noémi Barbaglia, Niko Wu, Jost Wessel, Cccccoma, Mika Schwarz, Luna Faye Naumer Mateos, Léa Tailefer, Kim Modig, Marina Valle Noronha, Charlotte Noack

ISSN: Synchron / Visual Art and Fiction
ISSN 2701-4630

February / March 2021

Trailblazers
Have you ever had a song stuck in your head for days, weeks, even months? Throughout this time period there have been a few that have stuck with me, In My Life by The Beatles, Sinnerman by Nina Simone and Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver. All of these songs must be 50+ years old, but they resonate with me, perhaps because they are all about memories, time and place.  

We’re coming up to one year living in a pandemic. The global experiences of Covid are near immeasurable. For those of us who have never had the virus, or those who have had it and recovered, there must be a moment of reflection to appreciate just how very lucky we are. To all the families grieving for lost loved ones: I can’t even begin to understand your pain. For all the people who have been affected by loss of work, or for businesses that have had to close down: I am so genuinely sorry. 

This life-changing virus has altered everything about the way we live and interact, think and engage. I am a glass-half-full kind of person; I guess I was born that way. I know that our lives will be marked by this forever, but when we come out the other side, we will be stronger and more resilient.  

This issue features the work of several pioneers, innovators and trailblazers. We speak with Gulnara Samoilova about Women Street Photographers, a new book published by Prestel. We start off by looking at the canon of street photographers and notice how women are missing from this list, or those only added posthumously. Samoilova is using social media to propagate a new narrative.  

We also look at Fotoclubismo: Brazilian Modernist Photography, 1946–1964, opening at MoMA in New York. It is the first major exhibition of its kind outside of Brazil, looking at São Paulo’s Foto-Cine Clube Bandeirante. Yet again, this show asks us to question the canon and really probe who is included and why. We are also fortunate to feature inspiring photographers exploring isolation, identity and the future. The Last Words go to Anna Dannemann about the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.

Coucou N°94 März 21

Seit Dezember 2012 erscheint das Kulturmagazin Coucou monatlich in Winterthur. Das Magazin bietet auf über 50 Seiten  Hintergrundberichte, Porträts, Musik-, Literatur-, Film- und Veranstaltungstipps sowie unterhaltende Kolumnen und einem Veranstaltungskalender zum Herausnehmen. Hoch- wie auch Populär- und Alternativkultur werden abgedeckt. So hilft Coucou mit, Kultur zu vermitteln und einem breiten Publikum zugänglich zu machen. Das Kulturmagazin setzt sich in erster Linie mit der Kulturlandschaft in Winterthur auseinander, greift aber auch überregionale und gesellschaftliche Themen auf. Das Coucou berichtet nicht nur über Kultur, sondern ist auch Kultur:  Die «Page Blanche» bietet jungen Künstlern zudem die Chance, die Rückseite des A2-Kalenders in der Heftmitte zu gestalten.

Frankie – issue 99

we hope you’ve been doing some push-ups and squats (or at least have a forklift handy), because issue 99 is out in the world today, and it sure is a biggun. tucked inside our summer bumper issue you’ll find a set of four postcards designed by fotini tikkou, a make-it-yourself pennant kit featuring fun art from luke john matthew arnold, and of course, our humongous annual wall planner (hooray! smell you later, 2020!). then there’s all the rest: a chat with some lovely neighbours who share more than just a fleeting wave, and a guide to taking a roadtrip without blowing the bank or breaking down in the middle of woop woop. we delve into the science behind the feeling of hanger and meet a local lady having fun with eye make-up (spoiler: it involves one of your favourite childhood cereals). you’ll take a trip through some of australia’s raddest art deco pubs, be encouraged to make a mess while making art, and meet a few embroidery whizzes doing their own thing with a needle and thread. plus, there’s all the usual eye-catching visuals and chuckle-inducing real-life musings.

Questions of what is real and what is a replica, what is explicit and what remains concealed, which Peter Fischli dissects in various media: sculpture, video, photography, and installation probe the essence of the authentic and counterfeit image, laconically appropriating the familiar and alienating it. The exhibition catalogue assembles essays by various authors addressing all the series of works, Thomas D. Trummer expounds on Fischli's invariably humorous way of working, focusing in particular on his concept for the exhibition at Kunsthaus Bregenz. The publication is designed as an artist's book by Peter Fischli himself.
Text: Peter Fischli, Rosa Aiello, Daniel Baumann, Bice Curiger, Eva Fabbris, Arthur Fink, Cara Manes, Mark Godfrey, Valentin Groebner, John Kelsey, Charlotte Matter, Kaspar Müller, Andreas Selg, Thomas D. Trummer Stanislaus von Moos, Katrin Wiethege, Stefan Zweifel

Artforum

January/February 2021, Vol. 59, No. 4

CANVAS Issue 96

The cover for Canvas Issue 96 "A Year Like No Other" shows Mia and Jun, Allston, Massachusetts, a work from Rania Matar’s Across Windows series of photographic portraits. Created during the coronavirus pandemic, it is part of the exhibition Art in Isolation: Creativity in the Time of COVID-19 at Washington DC’s Middle East Institute. This issue contains a review of that show with the work itself serving as a poignant symbol as we look back on 2020 as a year in which so many of us found ourselves confined, restricted and separated from those we love.

Pressing Matters – Issue 14

As the new year commences, it’s important to stay hopeful and celebrate new beginnings. Having spent a lot more time in 2020 working from home, the views from our windows have taken on new meanings – making us perhaps a little more receptive to the small moments and subtle changes that make the world go round.

Issue 14 is a celebration of artists digging deep in their everyday lives to keep on creating. Making work that’s borne from a need to stay connected to the things they love – their culture, their love of nature and sometimes their favourite musicians.

Even in these times of rules and restrictions, the spirit of collaboration, community and, above all, ingenuity shine on, proving that printmaking can be a tonic for the soul as well as a treat for the eyes. And boy, are you in for a treat!  

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Featured artists/studios:

Catherine Ade • Laura Berman • Meg Buick • Cakolyre • Tommy Fachiri • Ellie Hayward • Megan Hopkin • Sayaka Kawamura • Limerick Printmakers • LSAD • Jim McElvaney • Karl Morgan • Dennis Muraguri • Rod Nelson • Nzinga Project • Simone Philippou • Barnaby Lawrence Smith • Izzy Williamson • Elizabeth Jean Younce • YUK FUN

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Format: 

100 page perfect bound publication, printed by Park Communications on Edixion Offset paper (including 2 page insert with art print by Yuk Fun printed on GF Smith 135gsm Colorplan Pristine White stock.)

Broccoli is the international magazine for cannabis lovers.

Created by women who love weed, Broccoli is a magazine presenting a new perspective on cannabis culture. Playful, informed, eclectic, and thoughtful, it encourages the discovery and intelligent appreciation of cannabis through explorations of art, culture, and fashion.

88 pages, perfect bound, printed on premium coated paper.