No one believes anymore in the idea of revolution. It’s a term from the past, associated with violence, political failures, and lost illusions.
Yet, deep within us all, we see the need for radical change. My generation dreamed of an artistic alternative, an indie counterculture, and a cyberpunk underground. But we’re beyond that. The future of our planet is at risk, and social inequality has never been more extreme. Change is not an option. For new generations, it’s a duty, an impossible mission we’re entrusting to them.
French writer Virginie Despentes states it radically: “Not all generations have aspired to change the world; not all generations have been given the duty to change the world.
My generation was never told, even before we could read, if you don’t change the world, you’re all going to die. They are gender-fluid, and they are pansexual; they are racialized or supportive of the racialized;
they no longer want to be confined and defined by poverty and injustice; they are shamans; they are witches.
And what interests me is to be able to tell them everything is possible, starting with the best, and it’s a matter of desiring something else
In fact, the revolution is not to come.
It’s already here. The revolution is permanent and multifaceted.
All generations are now facing a chaotic period of multiple revolutions, some exciting, others dangerous, and yet others disastrous. To name a few: the climate crisis, cosmological discoveries, quantum theories, post-humanism, the rise of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, the gender revolution, and the burgeoning psychedelic revolution. All these mutations coexist to form a paradoxical world of fantastic promises but also of insane risks, which ultimately create confusion.
We are propelled by a revolutionary élan without knowing it, and a thousand revolts, a thousand angers, a thousand signs, a thousand discov-eries, and a thousand other possibilities testify to it. The point, as Virginie says, is not to be afraid.
It’s a question of desire. We still have the opportunity to change the world.
Olivier Zahm
[Table of contents]
editor’s letter
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regenerative revolutions
by Daniel Pinchbeck
electronic heroin
by Paul B. Preciado
cover #1 cindy sherman
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best of the season f/w 23-24
photography by Olivier Zahm
art or the possibility of the impossible
by Alain Badiou
cover #2 milla jovovich in gucci f/w 2023-24
photography by Cameron McCool
evgeny morozov
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cover #3 aylah peterson in prada f/w 2023-24
photography by Reto Schmid
cover #4 john giorno
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fashion riot
photography by Ethan Skaates
mariko mori, the unseen power of energetic fields
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cover #5 margaret qualley in chanel f/w 2023-24
photography by Jeremy Everett
de wain valentine
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cover #6 zegna x the elder statesman f/w 2023-24
photography by Olivier Zahm
neville wakefield
interview by Oliver Zahm & Aleph Molinari
what climate collapse asks of us
by Bayo Akomolafe
cover #7 gabbriette in guess usa f/w 2023-24
photography by Richard Kern
cover #8 minttu vesala in balenciaga winter 2023
photography by Juergen Teller
cover #9 mariana arias in dior cruise 2024
photography by Olivier Zahm
cover #10 saskia de brauw in fendi f/w 2023-24
photography by Brett Lloyd
cover #11 caroline polachek in givenchy F/W 2023-24
photography by Kira Bunse
cover #12 carsten höller
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is there an angel in the ecosystem?
by Val Plumwood
anthea hamilton “mash up”
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merlin sheldrake
interview by Aleph Molinari
charles ray
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cover #13 louis vuitton pre-fall 2023
photography by Takashi Homma
cyril gutsch
interview by Olivier Zahm & Aleph Molinari
hinako, the rubber queen of tokyo
interview by Bobbi Salvör Menuez
cover #14 hari nef
photography by Steven Klein
hour of the wolf
photography by Robi Rodriguez
the idiots revolution
by Byung-Chul Han
cover #15 melvil poupaud in dior men f/w 2023-24
photography by Ola Rindal
cover #16 marie-agnès gillot and charlotte dauphin in valentino f/w 2023-24
photography by Andrea Spotorno
cover #17 loro piana f/w 2023-24
photography by Dario Catellani
cover #18 emmanuelle luciani
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cover #19 sascha rajasalu in saint laurent f/w 2023-24
photography by Esther Theaker
douglas rushkoff
interview by Daniel Pinchbeck
bernardo kastrup
interview by Daniel Pinchbeck
“what can the body do?” with georgia bryan
photography by Dana Boulos
fashion faction
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cover #20 moncler karakorum f/w 2023-24
photography by Henrik Purienne
find each other
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cover #21 dash snow
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by Paul B. Preciado
photography by Olivier Zahm
by Alain Badiou
photography by Cameron McCool
photography by Reto Schmid
photography by Ethan Skaates
photography by Jeremy Everett
photography by Olivier Zahm
interview by Oliver Zahm & Aleph Molinari
by Bayo Akomolafe
photography by Richard Kern
photography by Juergen Teller
photography by Olivier Zahm
photography by Brett Lloyd
photography by Kira Bunse
by Val Plumwood
interview by Aleph Molinari
photography by Takashi Homma
interview by Olivier Zahm & Aleph Molinari
interview by Bobbi Salvör Menuez
photography by Steven Klein
photography by Robi Rodriguez
by Byung-Chul Han
photography by Ola Rindal
photography by Andrea Spotorno
photography by Dario Catellani
photography by Esther Theaker
interview by Daniel Pinchbeck
interview by Daniel Pinchbeck
photography by Dana Boulos
photography by Henrik Purienne
By The Invisible Committee