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Setting tongues wagging - DAMN° Magazine

Setting tongues wagging

The fantastical world of Laure Prouvost

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Fringe Benefits

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Ruinous Joy

Into the darkness with Cyprien Gaillard In his work, French artist Cyprien Gaillard embraces the dark qualities present in the world of today. Through focusing on the contrary and highlighting the […]

Body of Innocence - DAMN° Magazine

Body of Innocence

Pipilotti Rist rolls her eyeballs A solo exhibition that spans an oeuvre of 25 years struck us as a good opportunity to speak with Pipilotti Rist about her inspirations, attractions, […]

Unanswered Questions - DAMN° Magazine

Unanswered Questions

A haze in Vienna Determined to demonstrate just how far-reaching fashion is today, Spanish curator Lliure Briz has chosen 21 young talents to offer their interpretations, and to do so […]

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From the Bin

Thorsten Brinkmann In the mercantile port of Hamburg, Thorsten Brinkmann tangles with a modern-day caveman’s dreams. Unable to resist the allure of dumped urban detritus, this German artist recomposes and […]

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Dubbed the “first TikTok war” the current battle raging in Ukraine against Vladimir Putin’s reckless imperialism is taking advantage of user outrage.

As British art critic John Bergen so poignantly said, “Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established.” And that’s just what we all want – TikTokers, magazine subscribers, TV addicts, artists, designers, and architects alike.

In the new issue of DAMNº – The Art of Protest – we side with those creatives whose work bites deep, with those who use their craft to protest, and specifically with those who reach out to the public directly as collaborators in that fight against iniquity. We have tried to extend the impact of cultural protest to emphasise those artists and designers who go beyond mere representation and dare to discuss real solutions.

And even if the medium of protest expands in the age of social media, it should be recognized that rough skills as well as cheap accessible materials have always been at the core of protest art – posters then, memes now, photography then, NFTs now.

The kernel usually starts emotional and even angry before the narrative cleans up and moves across the spectrum into polite society where eventually even galleries and collectors become enthusiastic.

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