A Magazine Curated By — Hiroshi Fujiwara
230 x 295 mm, 184 pages
Antwerp, Belgium (English-language)
Biannual
Editor-in-chief: Blake Abbie
Art director: Mike Meiré
Guest curator: Hiroshi Fujiwara
A Magazine Curated By describes itself as ‘a fashion magazine that explores the universe of a chosen fashion designer in each issue… Each issue celebrates this designer’s ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity.’
This 30th issue is curated by Japanese musician and fashion figure Hiroshi Fujiwara, an eagle-eyed cultural tastemaker widely regarded as the ‘Godfather of Streetwear’. The contents of this issue is hinged around Fujiwara’s guiding principle to omit his own projects, allowing a bountiful edit of moving image, music, art, landscapes, history, and rituals that inform his way of thinking to unfold.
The issue—encased in a metallic dust jacket embossed with laser cut squares, mapped onto a series of colour blocked squares arranged in the shape of an ‘A’—is divided into six sections, exploring what Fujiwara has seen, heard, liked, disliked, and who he has met. Featuring: Tokyo’s Shibuya district seen through a combination of archive and contemporary photography; a conversation between artists Ai Weiwei and Ana Scripcariu Ochiai; a showcase of atmospheric paintings by Keita Morimoto; Fujiwara in conversation with electronic musician Eugene Whang; a series of evocative screenshots from a selection of Fujiwara’s favourite documentaries; photographer Kozo Miyoshi in conversation with editor Blake Abbie; and an intriguing editorial reimagining Fujiwara’s best loved gourmet dishes as Japanese konbini convenience food.
As the curator himself puts it: ‘An archive in my mind. That’s all there is.’