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Category Archives: resistance

THE WORLD IS MY SUNSEED

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

It’s rare for an Instagram post to make the headlines: our former cover star Ai Weiwei apparemtly received his passport, after being forbidden to leave China for the last four years… It’s about time!

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POLICING OF OUR BODIES

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Terre Thaemlitz has commented on the changes to Japan’s controversial Fuueihou law via a statement on her website. The post responds to the “Declaration On the Future Of Japan’s Club Culture”, signed by 40 Japanese DJs on the same day that the 67-year-old law was officially changed by the Japanese government. She argues that it has “no purpose other than [...]

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A LETTER FROM THE PAST

Saturday, April 4, 2015

God bless the Internet, that treasure chest of little jewels hidden among piles of rubbish. Of course, 2010 did eventually get made, but it took another 14 years. Happy Easter!

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: HIGHWAY

Friday, March 20, 2015

Reaching us from the depths of the USA is the first issue of HIGHWAY, a biannual music magazine that comes as a nifty postcard-sized booklet. Firmly grounded in a black & white fanzine / DIY / post-punk aesthetic, its content is refreshingly eclectic and hands-on, ranging from experimental sound projects to electronic producers to punk [...]

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BRONX BOYS

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

‘The Bronx felt like home to me because the people I photographed took me into their hearts and made me family. When you are family, a place can still be dangerous at times but it is home.’ It’s this discrepancy between violence and poverty on one side, family and belonging on the other, [...]

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JE SUIS CHARLIE

Friday, January 9, 2015

Over at It’s Nice That, they compiled a nice series of caricatures responding to the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris – vicious as ever, and long live political satire. See more here.

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One Night In Berlin

Monday, December 15, 2014

Just in case you’re feeling that Berlin winter blues already: go out at night, and go underground.

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HELLO CHARLOTTENBURG

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Two years after photography centre c/o Berlin had to close their doors in Mitte, they are finally opening new doors this evening in a very stylish location indeed, the historic Amerika Haus just around the corner of Berlin Zoo. Launching with a bank with shows by Magnum and Will McBride, we can only say congratulations, [...]

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Miranda’s Trick: Free of Distractions

Wednesday, October 8, 2014
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NOT AT BLENHEIM PALACE

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Nowness feature a beautiful portrait of our former cover star Ai Weiwei to celebrate his latest exhibition at Blenheim Palace in the UK – as shockingly usual, Ai Weiwei is holding the exhibition in absentia, as he is still not allowed to leave China.

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