Spike #81
216 x 280mm, 226 pages (plus pull-out poster)
Vienna, Austria & Berlin, Germany (German & English-language)
Quarterly
Published since 2004
Editor-in-chief: Rita Vitorelli
Art direction: Mirko Borsche
Spike is an art magazine. This issue, and its minimalist, doodled-on black and white cover is dedicated to The Post-Cool as the magazine celebrates 20 years in print. Happy birthday, Spike.
'As Spike turns twenty, what does it mean to do culture Post-Cool? Launching the same year as The Facebook (now an AI auto-spam singularity), Berghain (subject to boycott), and the first EP by Kanye West (need we say more?), how do we retrain the spotlight on art that deals productively with the world?'
Also inside, find a special pull-out poster celebrating Spike and named: A Radically Condensed History of Life Under the Sign of Spike: 2004-24.
On the Journal, about an earlier issue:
‘I love Spike magazine. The quarterly art magazine has been published since 2004 by artist Rita Vitorelli and has just reached its 50th issue. It follows an idiosyncratic editorial direction – part of its strength is its refusal to follow the crowd, and the art mag shelf is a crammed one. It’s not easy to stand out, but Spike’s mix of written and visual essays brings a more curatorial than editorial approach. And the main reason it stands out is its design.’ READ MORE