{"product_id":"4n-5","title":"4N #5","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e185 x 240 mm, 172 pages \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York, US\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiannual\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSince 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor: \u003c\/strong\u003eWen-You Cai\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGuest editor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fía Benitez \u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArt direction and design: \u003c\/strong\u003ePanny Chayapumh\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A community magazine showcasing extraordinary talent across the globe’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brainchild of New York creative studio Special Special, \u003ci\u003e4N \u003c\/i\u003e(‘Foreign’) provides an inclusive space for foreign creatives to display their work. In outlining the motivations behind the biannual, the team explicitly acknowledge ‘the challenges faced by foreigners in obtaining sufficient credentials to demonstrate their value for staying in the United States.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIssue five debuts a theme for the first time, delving into ‘Alias’ through a showcase of work from creatives using different mediums, hailing from China, Egypt, France, Morocco, South Korea and Taiwan—all working towards applying for their US artist visas. The team also unveil their new annual publishing schedule, enabling them to ‘dive deeper’ into the talented artists featured in each edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside, guest editor and issue one contributor Fía Benitez introduces the contributing artists of this edition, observing that \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e‘their perspectives reveal alias not as a single strategy but as a condition of contemporary artistic life.’ Highlights include an interview with model scout Zihan Yang, touching on his practice devoted to the notion of home, becoming a scout, and the Oscars\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e’ recent debut of their new award \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e‘Achievement in Casting\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e’. Elsewhere, PR power house Gia Kuan shares her advice for artists building a social media strategy and curating their personal brand; self proclaimed ‘rational psychic’ Jennifer Vista helps readers discover their personal astrocartography—a practice devoted to how our location can trigger a unique emotional response predicted by astrology; and the team sit in conversation with artists John Yuyi and Misha Japanwala, delving into how they travel creatively in the ‘Baggage Claim’ column of this issue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/4nmag.com\/\"\u003e4nmag.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"magCulture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68065055735917,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/7889\/files\/4NIssue5_f75ebf74-edb5-4434-8b68-91d25bc5e1d7.jpg?v=1791984858","url":"https:\/\/magculture.com\/products\/4n-5","provider":"magCulture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}