Dust #28
230 x 300 mm, 500+ pages
Berlin, Germany (English-language)
Biannual
Editor-in-chief: Luca Guarini and Luigi Vitali
Art director: Emanuela Amato
This latest edition of chunky Berlin-based fashion biannual Dust declares itself ‘another fashion magazine that won’t save you’, inviting readers ‘to feel free to try otherwise’; it’s a realistic—if sobering—sentiment, holding space for hope for the small number of individuals willing to persevere.
Editor-in-chief Luigi Vitali opens the issue with an informative deep dive into the state of independent publishing today, reflecting on the flattening of culture in today’s ‘digital-neoliberal economy’. Most alarming is the connection he draws between the current cultural crisis and growing dissonance across politics and society as a whole: where difference once signified a thriving counterculture, it has since become a commodity. In spite of Luigi’s solemnity, his insistence on the role of the independent magazine in discerning ‘what risks being lost when creativity exhausts itself in its own exposure’ offers a refreshing method of resistance characterised by pausing long enough to pay attention.
Inside, you’ll find the likes of author David Marx, discussing what culture is in a world devoid of movement; Kirsty Sedgman on what it means to be an audience; Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and Dev Hynes (aka ‘Blood Orange’) in a generation and vision bridging conversation on the state of music; and director Harry Lighton in conversation with Alexander Skarsgård on their unexpected new film ‘Pillion’; interwoven with a range of shoots featuring Bella Hadid, Cole Escola, Oliver Laxe, Bách Buquen, and more.