“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
Girlhood Is Not A Moment: SHUSHU/TONG
The diction of “girl,” over “woman,” is one that SHUSHU/TONG has been explicit about since their founding. In conversation with AGNES MAGGIE SHU, the duo speak on designing womenswear with a male gaze, logomania, and “coquette” joining the trend cycle.
By AGNES MAGGIE SHU
032c Launches Mike Kelley Special Capsule Collection
Who Wants to Be a Human Jukebox? Richie Hawtin
Following an illustrious career that includes setting up a techno university and designing runway tracks for Prada, RICHIE HAWTIN talks to SHANE ANDERSON about scoring for Centre Pompidou, losing a sense of futurism, and coming from the school of James Turrell, Mark Rothko, and Anish Kapoor.
By SHANE ANDERSON
Maggie Dunlap’s Teenage Murders
In MAGGIE DUNLAP’s work, you will find the human body—sometimes her own—depicted as vulnerable, subjected, enslaved. In conversation with ARIANNA CASERTA, Dunlap speaks on the glam narrativization of horrors that true crime is based upon, letting go of authorship, and what it takes to truly shock.
By ARIANNA CASERTA
Who Is an American Artist?
American Artist—whose official, legal name is actually “American Artist”—is concerned with thought experiments that address the history (and present) of technology, race, and knowledge. In conversation with Claire Koron Elat, American Artist talks about racist and militarized intentions of early computer technology, the user/programmer relationship, and claiming American as part of his identity.
By CLAIRE KORON ELAT
August Edition: Société de 032c Bar Night
Carnage and conversation, as per. The newly-minted monthly edition of the Société de 032c Bar Night is back at Kranzler X.
Reinventing Mike Kelley
Across the course of his career, MIKE KELLEY has reinvented himself not one, not two, but four times; each iteration characterized by an interest in social reality in its entirety. Ahead of his first retrospective exhibition curated by FALK WOLF, SHANE ANDERSON touches base on the artist’s conspiracy theories, subversions of masculinity, and being one of the last non-digital artists.
By SHANE ANDERSON
The Sound of Wheels: OTW by Vans
Just as the Sacré-Cœur acts as a pilgrimage site for tourists and religious devotees day in and day out, skating spots, too, attract followers from far and wide. It is fitting, then, that on the same Montmartre butte as the Sacré-Cœur, OTW BY VANS have erected such a pilgrimage site for skaters worldwide.
Urban Protection with Lorenzo Osti: C.P. Company
When the Italian sportswear brand Chester Perry was sued by Fred Perry and the U.K. brand Chester Barrie, founder Massimo Osti was forced to change his brand’s name to what it’s known under today: C.P. Company. ALMA LEANDRA speaks to the company's president LORENZO OSTI on legacy, archiving, and moving forward through referencing pasts.
By ALMA LEANDRA
The After-effects of Painting With Azize Ferizi
Artist Azize Ferizi and writer Eleonora Milani met in DMs. Here they discuss the transition from painting to sculpture, the relevance of a palette, and the artist’s deep connection to fashion.
By Eleonora Milani
