November 2012
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March 2012
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EDITS →
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”Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
This quote from R.W. Emerson to introduce the first edition of EDITS, an online photography and video magazine, is apt not only for the content (for which it was intended) but also for format of the magazine.
A quick look at the site reveals a visually stunning online magazine, that instantly delights and surprises in equal measure, drawing you in from the title page to back cover. Proof, if you needed it, that elegant publishing can happen on the web as on well as on paper. Personally, I love the embedding of video, the feel of pages turning, and how vivid the imagery is when set like this. All the stunning imagery is offset with great typography that gives it that journal, fanzine feel, of something well designed with care and craft. Great work - can’t wait for edition two.
November 2011
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“We understand the trajectory of cities not as being instanciated through replications of the present, but as a set of potentials which contain unpredictable elements as a result of the co-evolution of problems and solutions. Each urban moment can spark performative improvisations which are unforeseen and unforeseeable. This is not a naive vitalism, but it is a politics of hope.”
—Amin, A. & Thrift, N. (2002) Cities: Reimagining the Urban.
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October 2011
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Anish Kapoor x Richie Hawtin →
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Anish Kapoor x Richie Hawtin for the Creators Project. Would loved to have had the chance to see this. The spatial element to techno music, its intrinsic futurism and minimal nature go hand in hand with Kapoor’s work. Could imagine Booka Shade’s Body Language being amazing with this too. Sans the pilling hipsters would have been good though! (There video player isn’t compatible with Tumblr posting)
September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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June 2011
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“I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator – a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.”
—Hans Ulrich Obrist - I think a lot of brands, planners, cultural mediators, should really take the role of curator seriously, look at what the greats say versus assemble things of interest
