Ubikwist Issue 11- Expose Issue-Press Release

Guest Editor: Euzhan Palcy

After 10 issues and a global pandemic that altered the world, we’ve managed to launch a brand new issue – Expose. This latest edition of Ubikwist assembles a wide variety of activists, cultural luminaries, and artists from fashion, film, art and music, chronicling their respective journeys, heartfelt art forms, and 2020 in their own words. Amidst a health crisis, we adhered to mandatory safety precautions in conducting our interviews, capturing the beautiful images found in these pages. We had the pleasure to collaborate with the trailblazer, director, producer Euzhan Palcy as our first guest editor.

The first year of the decade exposed us to a wide variety of events: a country more deeply divided continuous merciless police killings of Black people, Black America’s rally cry for egalitarianism, a tumultuous political climate, and the implications of COVID-19. The conversation is shifting and we feel a sense of responsibility and obligation to not only contribute to the dialogue but initiate a deeper analysis of it. The fascinating paradox of art lies in its ability to alert our moral conscience while serving as a medium of escapism. Expose perfectly embodies that.

Professor Angela Davis and Kendrick Sampson lead the dialogue on civil disobedience, the new America, and what’s next. Talent giants Euzhan Palcy, Ruth Carter, Andrew Dosunmu open up about how they overcame obstacles along the way. Atlanta-based artist Codi Maddox is unfiltered in her disdain for gentrification and the systemic racism that is sweeping our big cities. Fashion’s newest it-girl Angeer Amol shares how TikTok landed her on the glossy pages of fashion. Other prominent features include Art Comes First, Assa Traoré, Baroness Valerie Amos, Gianni Lee, Mathieu Bitton, Mounia Orosemane, Danny Lyon, and Sean Waltrous. Rainbow Blonde Records, an independent label by artists, for artists is compelling in their unwavering belief in why art comes first. What makes this version of Ubikwist a particularly special one is how we’ve combined a broad range of ideas and works into a powerful message – that our experiences matter.

With every issue, we strive to capture the cultural climate of what’s relevant and necessary. Expose highlights 2020 in a unique way that intertwines dynamic art forms, triumphs, truth, and the profound personal stories of people. To produce this issue has been very challenging work, and we hope you are inspired by the diverse representations, collaborations, and activism as we look into the new year.

Sorbet - Winter 2020/21, Issue 30

Sorbet’s Winter 2020/21 issue is a few parts dirty, a few parts 30, and most parts, a party to mark our milestone 30th issue, and celebrate the end of 2020. We talk to celebrity event planners about how to downscale in size but upscale in style; we bring you stories from the most monumental parties in history; we celebrate men in dresses; and provide a menu fit for a 30th bash, designed by our dear friend Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alléno. We shot a house party in Jeddah with Gucci and Saudi songstress Tamtam, a beach party in the Emirates, a party in the jungle with Chanel, and a hundred balloons with Bottega Veneta. And would you even believe it, our cover star Monica Bellucci first stepped off runways and onto the silver screen 30 years ago. For this celebratory issue, master photographer Ellen Von Unwerth captures the Italian actress as Madonna in her most iconic video, ‘Material Girl,’ surrounded by sparkling rocks and strapping lads. Mamma mia!

GUP #67 - Performance

Photography and performance are intricately linked, and in the case of constructed portraiture even go hand in hand. The process of taking a photograph and the actions of the subject are all part of that performative process. As UK art theorist Margaret Iversen suggests, such photography can also be a future-oriented, narrated, subjective account of reality, rather than simply a slice of past reality.

In this issue of GUP – which also marks our 15th anniversary – we would like to pay tribute to performative photography, perhaps less a representation of an object than the effect of an event. Such images are, in the words of Iversen, best understood as “a residue of an experience”: the photograph records the action, and the artist is not completely in control of the outcome in advance. This experience is, metaphorically, exactly what has kept us going ever since we launched the magazine in 2005, and so we, the editors, very much feel acquainted with the artists included in this issue:

April Dawn Alison | Samuel Fosso | Isabelle Wenzel | Tania Franco Klein | Alex Blanco | Marisol Mendez | Paul Simon | Joana Choumali | Lewis Bush | Patrick Willocq | Diana Markosian

All of them have sought to redefine the image through photography, spurning the idea of recording a pre-existing object or situation in favour of using the camera as an instrument of experimentation and exploration.

– The Editorial Team

Contributing Photographers:

Alex Blanco

Diana Markosian

Isabelle Wenzel

Joana Choumali

Lewis Bush

Marisol Mendez

Patrick Willocq

Paul Simon

Samuel Fosso

Tania Franco Klein

Tom Butler

Contributing Authors:

Erik Vroons (chief editor)

Azu Nwagbogu

Daniel Boetker-Smith

Linda Zhengová

Patrycja Rozwora (intern)

Frankie – issue 98

need some good news? how about this: issue 98 is officially on sale! it’s winging its way around australia (and beyond), with lots of wonderful stuff tucked away inside. some examples: a lady who’s started a doomsday collection of bread tags. a book club devoted to first nations stories. some old-fashioned insults that are due for a comeback (you slugabed!). a cosy home built inside a former yellow school bus. there are also puzzles to keep your mind chugging along, facts about some of our favourite native birds, and a few nifty – and natural – ways to make your house smell nice. we talk boobs in all their droopy, sensitive, meal-making glory, meet a wellington drag king with an important message, and consider the life lessons that come from learning to ride a motorbike. oh, and just a little thing: you’ll finally meet the winners of the 2020 good stuff awards! they’re a mighty fine bunch, if we do say so ourselves, and we can’t wait for you to get to know them.

Flash Art # 333 Winter 2020-21

Vogue Italia Dicembre 2020

Fool #7 Politics

184 editorial ad-free pages. Hardcover. Thread-bound. Printed at Sweden´s leading art printing house. Limited edition of 3,000 copies. Two different covers, same content. Bo or Aaron? Your choice. Or why not both?

WELCOME TO THE FOOD CIRCUS – PR, PUBLICITY AND COOKING by Lisa Abend BO & DYLAN: YOUNG, ANGRY & MAKING A CHANGE by Perm Paitayawat A BRUTAL BREAK UP, THEN HOPE by Aaron Turner FEAR OF FOOD by Joanna Blythman OSWALDO OLIVA – A MEXPAT BREAKS UNWRITTEN RULES by Nicholas Gill THE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE by Andrew Friedman SOBERING THOUGHTS – FIGHTING GLUTTONY by Marie-Claude Lortie WHY ALL THIS FUSS ABOUT WOMEN? ASK THE WOMEN by Lesley Chesterman WILL GOLDFARB – MORE THAN A DESSERT CHEF by Lotta Jörgensen SAVE THE OCEANS – STEAL THEM by Seth Macinko FOOD FACTS, SEEDS, CASU MARZU, POLISH MILK BARS, VENEZUELA and much more…

Fool #5 Religion

In issue #5 we took on the huge subject - Religion. From confession to gluttony.  We went with Jock Zonfrillo into the wild Northern Territories, telling about him, restaurant Orana and his work shining light on Australia´s indigenous food. David McMillan opened his heart in a ground breaking interview by Lesley Chesterman, Paul Bocuse was still with us and Jeremy & Jeremy of Raymond's at St. John Island invited us to understand the religion of the wilderness. Oliver Strand spent 24 hours at Eleven Madison to understand how their service was constructed and visiting André Chiang at restaurant André in Singapore we were blown away by his non-alcoholic pairing; anything but fruit juices.

Fool #4 Italy

In 2014 we dedicated the whole issue to Italy.  Not only Italy, Italy but everything Italian in the world. The cover was epic featuring the staff of Osteria Francescana in a Fellini "8 1/2" style setting having a blast. Lisa Abend captured the Modenese food craze that has now become well known all over the world through Netflix other media.

Carlo Mirarchi, Roberto Petza, Fulvio Pierangelini, Nico Romito and so much more in an issue we are very proud of.

Fool #3 Origins

Sean Brock, David Thompson, Miyamasou, listing the "World's Most Underrated chefs", "A Swedish food history" by Magnus Nilsson and Matt Orlando building Amass.

This issue was released in 2013. Sean Brock was still in Charleston exploring his origins and Magnus Nilsson had not yet started his Nordic Cookbook research, Jean-Marc Brignot just moved to Sado island in Japan, Matt Orlando was still building Amass and Albert Adrià was voted the world's most underrated chef. A favourite issue! 

Good things take time, and we really took our time creating the eleventh volume of your favorite adventure and cycling magazine. Consider your patience rewarded.

FEATURING

– Everest
– Sustainable Cooking
– Trailblazers of Afghan Women’s Cycling
– Riding Through Times Past
– Richard Sachs
– Taylor Phinney
– Mexico City
– Thereabouts
– Seoul to Busan
– Chasing Future Swells
– Forward Motion

PRINT DETAILS

Size – 120mm x 170mm
Pages – 168
Printing – offset printed and sewn bound

Issue 21: Wings, smoke, and coffee

EATEN VOLUME 9: Fire and Ice features the hottest historical essays on the coolest moments of our culinary past, covering everything from the ice queens of the Caribbean to the piquant path of the piri-piri pepper and more. (Autumn 2020)

CONTRIBUTORS include…
       
        Darra Goldstein on the salt of the White Sea
        Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir on fueling the Icelandic kitchen
        Stephanie Ganz on the origins of flaming cheese
        Maria Steinberg on dirty ice cream in the Phillipines
        ...and more!

Frame #138

January/February 2021

The January/February issue of Frame outlines what the future office must be if it is to remain relevant.

The HERO Winter Annual 2020

Numéro Homme Berlin #13

16 different covers. Covers ship randomly.

Weight: 3.8 kg

Numéro Berlin ist die Plattform und Spiegel eines neuen deutschen Stils und einer ambitionierten kreativen Generation, die Kunst, Kultur und Mode neu denkt und gestaltet. Diese wollen wir in all ihren Formen national und international transportieren. Indem Numéro die Kraft des Bildes und der Worte zusammenfügt, erschafft das Magazin eine neue Sprache – inszeniert von den talentiertesten und besten Autoren und Fotografen der Welt.

ANSINTH celebrates visual experimentation. It is raw, visceral, subversive, fashion-forward, bold and unafraid.

ANSINTH is bi-annual, featuring a mix of men’s and women’s fashion. The magazine works with photographers, stylists and designers who are pushing fashion and photography forward; it is a highly-covetable, collectable and thick, thread-sewn, book-like object.

DAMNº 77 – A Conversation on Happiness

The celebrations that erupted across the world as Joe Biden’s presidential win became apparent rang like a victory for basic human decency. There was a real rapture – despite the ongoing spread of a devastating pandemic – and it was contagious. Might this decency and a return to so-called “norms” usher in a new era of stability for 2021? And does stability lie at the core of happiness anyway?

We also join a Dutch curator on his trip across the American election trail where he visited artists to hear how the American political landscape influences their work. The conclusion is a more humble understanding of what really makes us happy, a much-needed skepticism of the role technology plays, and a nuanced awareness of how design shapes it all.

Wonderland Winter 2020 Issue

Global challenge #8: Conflict

War Games

War has always been an essential tool of statecraft and empire building — a necessary means to acquire natural and human resources and expand territory. As a result, humanity is extremely adept at making excuses for it, using simple and effective narratives as an incitement to take up arms and lay down lives. But what use are these old tricks in a progressively globalised world, in which trade, travel and technology connect us more than ever before? War, what is it good for?

#37 uneven ground

The opportunities to encounter the Other – someone other than myself – are transforming dynamically, thanks in part to technological developments and the possibilities for sharing both images and other information. However, we often isolate ourselves in smooth bubbles of sameness and the others disappear. Photography mediates encounters, but it is also a medium that alienates. Uneven terrain is a place where we meet; where our relationships take place, whether they are personal or social and political.

The aim of this issue is to seek out possibilities for encounters and the sharing of emotions through the media of photography and video, which either balance out the unevenness of the terrain or allow both parties to profit from it. As the terrain is uneven, our aim is to give space to works that facilitate encounters with the Other and to revive the function that in this sense can be attributed to the documentary media of photography and film.

Wohnrevue 01—21 | So arbeiten wir |

Unser Arbeitsleben ist seit einiger Zeit anders als üblich: Aus Treffen wurden Videocalls, aus Messen Onlineausstellungen und den Bürotisch im Grossraumbüro tauschen viele gegen den Küchentisch. Passend zum Thema haben wir unterschiedliche Geschichten aufgespürt. Wir waren zu Besuch beim Designer @christoph.goechnahts, der in seiner schönen Zürcher Altbauwohnung lebt und arbeitet. Einen weiteren Einblick gibt uns David Marquardt von @mach_architektur. Er hat zwar ein Büro, doch er verwischt die Grenzen zwischen Privat- und Arbeitsleben bewusst. Egal, wie oft oder wie gerne Sie daheim arbeiten: Das Homeoffice muss auch ein Wohlfühlort sein. Aus diesem Grund haben wir viele tolle und praktische Möbel fürs Heimbüro zu stimmigen Produktseiten zusammengestellt. Für Detailverliebte schliesslich haben wir Schreibwaren und Accessoires von @desck.shop, einem jungen Schweizer Label von Marcel Britt. Wir zeigen die neue Wohnung des Gestalters, in der das charmant ausgestattete Homeoffice eine Hauptrolle spielt.
Ausserdem haben wir fürs neue Jahr die Wohnrevue inhaltlich aufgepeppt mit neuen Rubriken in Zusammenarbeit mit @okro_gallery, @schaetti_leuchtenund @prohelvetia.
Cover 📸: @lorenzcugini

Knuckle Magazine No 2

The edition of 2020 features the following stories:

• Andri Ragettli - Wenn Erfolg kein Zufall ist

• Helveski - Le ski-boom en Chine

• Ski Maître D’ - At your service

• Moskau, Seregesh, Valhalla - Unterwegs im russischen Hinterland

• L’art de s’excuser d’être une femme - La fin du monopole masculin

and many more things!

Language: German, French, English

 

Das Knuckle Magazine vereint kontemporäres Storytelling mit Ski Kultur. Eine Gruppe von Wintersport Enthusiasten vermittelt, was es heisst den Skisport nicht nur zu betreiben, sondern zu Leben. Geschichten welche darum herum entstehen, werden in diesem Print Magazin jährlich einmal veröffentlicht. Dabei reicht die Spannweite von unterhaltsamen Comics bis hin zu gesellschaftskritischen Essays. Auch der Fotografie und visuellen Gestaltung wird grosse Hingabe gewidmet. So vermag dass Knuckle auch Leser zu begeistern, welche wissen, dass es nicht immer darum geht, wer als Erster im Ziel zu sein.

MATTO is a contemporary culture magazine, featuring conversations and studio visits.

N.4

MARTIN MARGIELA - MICHELE LAMY AND RICK OWENS FURNITURE - NEIL BELOUFA - STEPHANIE D’HEYGERE - RACHEL ROSE - CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI - REBECCA LAMARCHE-VADEL - KAMONLAK SUNKCHAI - LOUIS-GERARD CASTOR - WALTER DE MARIA - ARAKI NOBUYOSHI - BEATRICE BONINO - DIANE PERNET - FEMKE DE VRIES - EDUARDO CASSINA AND MUCH MORE

Cover by MARTIN MARGIELA

A journal about creating a style of life with passion.
We want to present stories about people who make their ideas into tangible, long-lasting reality – people that make things happen. We present behind-the-scenes moments and honest interviews. We want to show passion in all its weird and different forms and outcomes. And we want to highlight ways of doing things a little differently.

KATIE MELUA — On writing the most personal lyrics for Album No. 8 // FRAMEWORKS BERLIN — Claire d’Orsay and Barbara Fellmann set out to create a business they want to work in // BIEL HUGUET — How to live up to family tradition and keep innovating at the same time // LIZ MICHAEL — From makeup artist to founding a natural paint brand // ZITA COBB — Creating a social business around art, hospitality, furniture making, and cod fishing // HARUMI KURIHARA — From housewife to cooking star // FLOYD — How skateboards inspired two friends to build modern suitcases // KLAUS DISSERTORI — Creating hospitality in South Tyrol // FRANCES VAN HASSELT — Weaving origin into handmade rugs in South Africa // PETER IBSEN — Turning the love of art into a profession, interview by Liz Michael