Epoch #3
230 x 300mm, 376 pages
Paris, France
Annual, first published in 2022
Editor-in-chief: Francesca Gavin
Creative director: Léonard Vernhet
If you know your indies, you’ll immediately recognise the names of Epoch founders Francesca Gavin and Léonard Vernhet—both have had their names attached to multiple magazines. Launched last year, Epoch is a big, bold thought-provoking attempt to cross-pollinate disciplines and link subjects often regarded as opposites: art and science, archeology and music, anthropology and fashion. Their argument is that traditional ideas of linear history are outdated; we need a new way to explain human civilisation.
The third issue opens with eyes towards the future: ‘Here we unpick ideas around progression, divination, new paths, and shifting technologies...’ Themed ‘Prophecy,’ this latest edition casts predictions for music, luxury, space travel, cyborgs, and artefacts.
Notable artists like Thundercat, Barbara Kruger, and Gabriel Moss use their bodies of work to divine their impending evolutions; while others like Victoria Camblin and Grace Wales Bonner consult a mix of artificial intelligence and historic archives to make sense of what is to come. Expect to find Epoch's established style of highly visual, philosophical and cross-disciplinary design in full effect for this third issue.