Period Zine – Issue 10

Period Zine Issue 10 (the Daydream Issue) is available now on loremnotipsum.com. In this issue of Period, the 10th issue, 13 female artists interpret the theme Daydream/Daydreaming through writing, photography and illustration. 146 pages. Limited edition. No advertising.

“I spent most of my school years daydreaming and consequently didn’t pass many exams… haha….I daydreamed constantly about meeting the Thompson Twins. I daydreamed so intensely about this experience that in the end, the dream became reality and I met them and they kind of became friends (in as much as a bunch of thirty somethings could be friends with two teenage girls, me and my mate Tabbi). But I sometimes think it happened, it became real because I lived it so many times in my head.” Kate Monro (features editor).

According to Cambridge Dictionary, Daydreaming means the activity of thinking about pleasant things that you would like to do or have happen to you, instead of thinking about what is happening now.

”The world at the moment feels a bit bonkers to be honest. It’s hard to know what one should focus on, and how to help change the perspective. Find a way to cope and help others. I feel lost. In times of uncertainty we tend to look for inspiration in the subconscious, in dreams and memories, focusing on inner worlds, feelings and imagination, instead of external reality.

When Daydreaming, I usually think about places I have been. I think about oceans and big open landscapes. Daydreaming equals freedom. Freedom to be, live and dream.” Lena Modigh — founder & editor in chief

Period Zine is a limited edition magazine from Sweden. It was founded by Lena Modigh that unapologetically focuses on the contemporary female narrative by female-only contributors. Period is an independent magazine, without any advertising, not about periods, but about intriguing and interesting themes. For each issue, photographers, illustrators and writers, interpret the themes freely. Like the previous issues all the contributors are female, but anyone can relate. It’s not just for women, but by women. “When thinking of space it’s easy to imagine wide open space: empty, minimal and peaceful spaces,” Stockholm-based photographer and Period. founder Lena Modigh explains. “But there’s also personal space, crowded space, gendered space, virtual.” The zine covers the gamut. There’s a profile on 1940s graffiti pioneer Martha Cooper dousing public space in spray paint, an American criminologist’s account of starting a commune in east London and an essay on isolation by writer Yasmine Ganley. There’s collages of cloudscapes and close ups of crotches.” – Georgie Wright i-D online.

Contributors

Angelica Elliott, Cecilia Carlstedt, Dina Oganova, Hanneke van Leeuwen, Kana Tanaka, Kristina Sigunsdotter, Laura Kampman, Lena Modigh, Lotta Antonsson, Marieke McKenna, Masha Demianova, Nina Andersson Voigt, Paola de Grenet.

Details: Period Zine – Issue 10

146 pages, 21 x 29 cm, Softcover