The Worst Model Agent: Angus Munro
Transposed into the biblical epics of Rick Owens’ universe are bodybuilders, men with tattooed eyeballs, and drag queens—and all of them have been cast by ANGUS MUNRO. In conversation with AGNES MAGGIE SHU, Munro mulls over purist forms of casting, Rick Owens’ regrets, and why there are no more supermodels.
By AGNES MAGGIE SHU
Marc Kalman’s Definition of Boyish
After more than a decade as a behind the scene influence, creative director Marc Kalman, who has previously embarked on a creative partnership with Travis Scott in 2012, shaping his brand identity and image, is now launching his own brand Still Kelley.
By PAIGE SILVERIA
Evolving
“Evolving” marks the convergence of distinctive attitudes of the past, present, and future—remaining their only point of unification. Featuring the Dr. Martens 14XX Sub Boot, 1460 Sub Boot, and the classic 1460, the shoot examines a history of innovation that continues to evolve.
Moncler and Rick Owens Craft Personal Sanctuaries
Screentime Overload with Eugene Kotlyarenko
Ukrainian-American director Eugene Kotlyarenko’s films blend a paranoid overload of messages, notifications, and social media prompts to show how our everyday lives have been mutated by interfaces. In conversation with ARIANNA CASERTA, he reflects on his latest release, The Code, and the influences behind his signature style.
By ARIANNA CASERTA
Fakethias’ Infinite Horizon
As experimental forms of music are never able to fully escape the politics of popular music, Norwegian artist FAKETHIAS has stopped trying to fight against them and now appropriates their structures and formats. In conversation with ORSON GILLICK MORRIS, FAKETHIAS discusses a hybrid sound unique to his live performances, hanging out with Varg2™ in a Stockholm arcade, and the defined agenda of Massive Gain.
By ORSON GILLICK MORRIS
Next To a Volcano, You Don’t Exist: Julian Charrière
On the occasion of “Stone Speakers - Les bruits de la terre,” Julian Charrière’s newest exhibition opening on October 17th at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, we revisit a feature interview with the artist and ADRIANO SACK as they ascend the ashy slopes of Mount Etna.
By ADRIANO SACK
All Networks Lead Through Kansas: The Shadowy Well(ness) of Masculinity
In the second installment of his column ALL NETWORKS, PHILLIP PYLE, drawing on artist Joshua Citarella's insights, explores the “Manosphere”—an online universe of right-wing forums, discourses, and practices dedicated to upholding masculinity—and highlights its subtle influence on mainstream politics.
By PHILLIP PYLE
The Art Institution of the Future
What does the future of the art institutional landscape look like? In conversation with CLAIRE KORON ELAT, the founders of TRAUMA in Berlin, a space where site-specific art installations and club nights take place simultaneously, talk about going against the standard music industry, being reduced to a club only, and the “pics or it didn’t happen” ideology.
By CLAIRE KORON ELAT
STURTEVANT
On October 12, an exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris is opening to celebrate the work of pioneering American artist Sturtevant, spanning 50 years of her career—from early paintings to video installations. Read our interview with the artist from 2008 HERE.
Artist and Distribution Master MARCO BRAMBILLA’s Hyper-saturated Pop Iconography
Marco Brambilla’s 3D digital collages are made by plundering images from the history of pop culture and Hollywood and reforming them into narrative kaleidoscopes. On the occasion of “Double Feature”, his upcoming installation at Fotografiska Berlin, we revisit a conversation with the artist from 2014.
Mire Lee’s Fountain of Filth
“I’m interested in the notion of impossibility, the notion of limits.” Mire Lee has been known to disobey taboos. On the occasion of Lee’s Turbine Hall installation at the Tate Modern, the Korean artist reflects on ugliness, porn, and death.
By PHILLIP PYLE
“We Cannot Assume False Neutrality”: Wu Ming—from the Luther Blissett community
Social activists, creative renegades, and an international literary movement. In this interview, AGNES MAGGIE SHU speaks with the elusive founders of the faceless collective WU MING, who share their unique approach to shaping and infiltrating culture.
By AGNES MAGGIE SHU
The Dare Knows What's Wrong with New York
The Opioid Crisis Lookbook: An Interview with DASHA ZAHAROVA and DUSTIN CAUCHI
DASHA ZAHAROVA and DUSTIN CAUCHI are the editors behind the Opioid Crisis Lookbook, a magazine about drug addiction and its systemic, aesthetic and cultural implications. In a rare interview originally published in 032c Issue #45, the couple tell CASSIDY GEORGE how they fell in love, what they mean by “speculative semiotics,” and why they joined the Santa Muerte cult in Mexico.
By CASSIDY GEORGE
Bryan Johnson: “Death is a Technical Problem”
Taking 111 pills a day, he’s a researcher and his own guinea pig. The tech tycoon BRYAN JOHNSON wants to put a halt to aging and calls on humanity to start a revolution. His slogan: “Don’t die!”
By DAGMAR VON TAUBE AND SVEN MICHAELSEN
Optimistic Runners: “Enter the Void”
“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional,” writes Haruki Murakami. Part training diary and part actual diary, his book has evolved into a life manual for runners—and this is also true of ANDREI KRAVSTOV, founder of OPTIMISTIC RUNNERS. Ahead of the Berlin Marathon, AGNES MAGGIE SHU poses just one question: Why do you run?
By AGNES MAGGIE SHU
Troye Sivan in Custom 032c Readytowear
For his sold-out Madison Square Garden concert, TROYE SIVAN wears full custom 032c Readytowear by MARIA KOCH.
As Long as it Lasts: Ari Versluis
In 1993, Lawrence Weiner’s AS LONG AS IT LASTS was installed on the Rotterdam Euromast overlooking the birthplace of gabber, Club Parkzicht. A year later, Dutch photographer ARI VERSLUIS began the project Exactitudes, investigating the identity, uniformity, and duration of subcultures as long as they last.
By ORSON GILLICK MORRIS
Harry Nuriev’s Critique of the Industry
Although it sounds preposterous, visual pleasure is often frowned upon in the art world. An artwork that is too documentable, too photogenic, and too ready to be posted on Instagram immediately arouses suspicions about its intent. In this conversation with CLAIRE KORON ELAT, HARRY NURIEV discusses the industry’s abuses, consumerism, and the line between art and design.
By CLAIRE KORON ELAT
Launch of 032c Gallery in Berlin
Joerg Koch / 032c is pleased to announce the launch of 032c Gallery in Berlin—032c’s new permanent art gallery in Berlin with a semi-traditional gallery model, annual program, and rotating exhibitions of which Claire Koron Elat and Shelly Reich will be Artistic Directors.
The Zone
In Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Stalker (1979) a man risks his freedom in a post-apocalyptic dystopia leading a writer and a professor to an unnamed place. Shrouded in governmental secrecy and prefaced by an unspecified past, the place is simply referred to as the “The Zone.” It contains another place within it alleged to fulfill any worldly desire: “The Room.” In this shoot featuring Zalando Streetwear, VIKTOR NAUMOVSKI captures the human navigation of these unspecified industrial spaces and potential for warmth within their structure.
SAAY: What is the distinction between life and art?
“Every single moment of meeting and parting in my life is my inspiration". In a global industry of polished-to-perfection pop idols, SAAY sees her music not as a neatly packaged product, but as life spilling over into sound. 032c joined SAAY for a week in Seoul ahead of her performance at Frieze Music.
By HARRIET SHEPHERD
Where Does The Puppet End And The Human Begin?
“This is a cybernetic folktale that illustrates our relationship to life and death, of material and immaterial worlds,” writes GÜNSELI YALCINKAYA. Through DM strings with Freeka Tet, Maison Margiela’s widely circulated AW-24, Shoggoth memes of artificial intelligence, and more, Yalcinkaya disseminates our innate kinship towards the puppet and its return as today’s folkloric symbol.
By GÜNSELI YALCINKAYA
Death in Sicily: Adriano Sack
Roland Barthes once advocated for the death of the author—032c veteran ADRIANO SACK has done exactly that. In conversation with SHANE ANDERSON, the writer and critic discusses death and lust, autofiction, and the symmetry within his debut novel.
By SHANE ANDERSON
