Damn #87
DAMN° #87: All Hail The Provocateurs
- Condition: New
- Language: English
- 208 Pages
- 20.7cm x 27.5cm (8.15" x 10.83")
- Published in Berlin, Germany
- Spring 2024
- Frequency: Quarterly
DAMN° just turned Twenty and in keeping with our perennial support for daring creatives willing to destroy and rethink culture, we present the Provocateu issue.
To make any sort of meaningful contribution to intelligently shape the tangible and intangible world around us, a designer must be bold — willing to brave the wrath of social media outrage and cancel-culture warriors… to not conform to the mainstream, to polite society, or to any prevailing trend.
Artists must dare — dare to resist, to be rude, to disobey, to be wild, shameless, and even sometimes wrong.
In the issue DAMN° discusses the ongoing and horrific battle playing out in Gaza. DAMN° regular Matthew Longo offers a sensitive and brave account of how as a Jewish man he grapples with the controversial battle-cry, “From the River to The Sea” in the Palestine rallies he attends.
Of course there is always the need to separate the brave artistic provocateur and the Twitter troll pumping out clickbait. The gap has unfortunately narrowed — both use wrecking-ball tactics. But at DAMNº believes artists are activists, albeit with a contempt for cliches and with a vision to emphasise an alternative set of values.
This is an issue to celebrate artists and designers who confront and inspire change, who open doors to new possibilities, while provoking us to see the world anew.
A Magazine for opinions on contemporary culture.